geotag from .csv

[specpro]

total trog trying to tag...

I have a .csv tag_test.csv

I have tried some different arguments based on examples I have found online without success.

My questions are, 1) what are the best locations for the image folder, .csv, and renamed (exiftool.exe) program? 2) what would be the proper construction of the argument?

thank you for any assistance!

[StarGeek]

The CSV file attached doesn't include a path for the images, so you will have to CD to the same directory as the images.  If they are in different directories, then you either need to add the path to the CSV file or move them all to the same directory.

Exiftool must be in one of the directories in your PATH env variable.  I'm assuming Windows and if so, you can type path into the command line and Windows will return a semicolon separated list of the paths.  Exiftool can be in any of those directories or the current one if you feel like moving exiftool around.

The CSV file either needs the full path to the CSV file or it needs to be in the current directory if you don't give a path.

The basic command would be
exiftool -csv=/path/to/tag_test.csv /path/to/files/

If you CDed into the images directory, which is likely given your example csv file, /path/to/files/ would be a single dot .

[specpro]

Thank you StarGeek. I'll give it a whirl based on your feedback. Cheers

[specpro]

Thanks again, I got it to work! Now just understanding why/how.