database to Exif

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[Originally posted by rvvelzen on 2008-10-09 12:13:11-07]

Dear forum members,

I have an ms access database with information about my photographs (imagepath, geographic coordinates and other tags). Now I would like to get all these data in my photographs' exif. And because it concerns over 5000 photos I wish to do this automatically in a batch.

While searching the web I came across the Image-ExifTool software. Do you think it is possible to transfer my ms access data to my photos exif with it? The access data can easily be exported to .xls or tab delimited text files.

Or maybe someone else has already made a script for a similar purpose?

Many thanks, Robin

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-10-09 14:06:01-07]

Hi Robin,

There are a few ways to do this.  Here are forum threads
discussing two possibilities:

1. use the
spreadsheet program to output data in the format of an exiftool
command line

2. write
a custom script to parse a CSV file.

It sounds like number 2 is what you're after.  The example
script in the above post may help get you going.

- Phil