PyTopo can Show GPS from Image Files Now (30DayMapChallenge #15, My Data) (Shallow Thoughts)

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Fri, 15 Nov 2024

PyTopo can Show GPS from Image Files Now (30DayMapChallenge #15, My Data)

[Screenshot of PyTopo showing the track (in purple) of a hike on Pajarito Mountain plus GPS locations for 16 images, which are in two clumps neither of which is near the actual hike track] For Day 15 of the 30 Day Map Challenge, "My Data", I'm highlighting a feature I added to PyTopo last week: the ability to read GPS tags in image files.

JPEG, and probably other image formats as well, lets you store GPS coordinates inside the EXIF (EXchangeable Image File format) metadata stored within each image file.

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