Tool NameImport Image GPS Tags
Tool ID5
Library IDio_grid_image
Version2.0
Author(s)J.Spitzmüller © 2025

Description

This tool extracts EXIF GPS tags from image files and creates corresponding point features using the Exiv2 library. One can either select individual files or let the tool recursively search entire directories for supported image formats. The output features can be assigned a target coordinate system, and the tool will reproject the GPS coordinates accordingly. The default projection is WGS84. The original GPS values are also preserved for reference.

The following GPS informations are currently extracted if available:


Exiv2 version is 0.28.8


References

Exiv2 C++ metadata library


Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Output
Shapeshapes, outputSHAPESShape
Options
Coordinate System DefinitiontextCRS_STRINGSupported formats comprise PROJ and WKT strings, object codes (e.g. "EPSG:4326").
Select FromchoiceSOURCEAvailable Choices:
[0] Files
[1] Directory
Default: 0
Filesfile pathFILES
Directoryfile pathDIRECTORY
RecursivebooleanRECURSIVEDefault: 0
HTML DescriptionchoiceHTML_INFOChoose if and where to create additional feature description to be shown for selected features in the 'Information' tab.Available Choices:
[0] do not create
[1] create HTML file in the image's directory
[2] create HTML file in the selected directory
[3] create as attribute field
Default: 3
Directoryfile pathHTML_DIRECTORY
Include All MetadatabooleanHTML_COMPLETEDefault: 0