How to save GPS coordinates in exif data on Android?
Other answers delivered nice background info and even an example. This is not a direct answer to the question but I would like to add an even simpler example without the need to do any math. The Location class delivers a nice convert function:
public String getLonGeoCoordinates(Location location) {
if (location == null) return "0/1,0/1,0/1000";
// You can adapt this to latitude very easily by passing location.getLatitude()
String[] degMinSec = Location.convert(location.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_SECONDS).split(":");
return degMinSec[0] + "/1," + degMinSec[1] + "/1," + degMinSec[2] + "/1000";
}
I stored the return value in my image and the tag is parsed fine. You can check your image and the geocoordinates inside here: http://regex.info/exif.cgi
Edit
@ratanas comment translated to code:
public boolean storeGeoCoordsToImage(File imagePath, Location location) {
// Avoid NullPointer
if (imagePath == null || location == null) return false;
// If we use Location.convert(), we do not have to worry about absolute values.
try {
// c&p and adapted from @Fabyen (sorry for being lazy)
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(imagePath.getAbsolutePath());
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE, getLatGeoCoordinates(location));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF, location.getLatitude() < 0 ? "S" : "N");
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE, getLonGeoCoordinates(location));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF, location.getLongitude() < 0 ? "W" : "E");
exif.saveAttributes();
} catch (IOException e) {
// do something
return false;
}
// Data was likely written. For sure no NullPointer.
return true;
}
Here are some nice LatLong converter: latlong.net
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(compressedImage.getPath());
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE,gpsTracker.dec2DMS(gpsTracker.getLatitude()));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE,gpsTracker.dec2DMS(gpsTracker.getLongitude()));
Convertor double to String
String dec2DMS(double coord) {
coord = coord > 0 ? coord : -coord;
String sOut = Integer.toString((int)coord) + "/1,";
coord = (coord % 1) * 60;
sOut = sOut + Integer.toString((int)coord) + "/1,";
coord = (coord % 1) * 60000;
sOut = sOut + Integer.toString((int)coord) + "/1000";
return sOut;
}
Here is some code I've done to geotag my pictures. It's not heavily tested yet, but it seems to be ok (JOSM editor and exiftool read location).
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(filePath.getAbsolutePath());
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE, GPS.convert(latitude));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF, GPS.latitudeRef(latitude));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE, GPS.convert(longitude));
exif.setAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF, GPS.longitudeRef(longitude));
exif.saveAttributes();
And class GPS is here. (method could be shorter, but it's readable at least)
/*
* @author fabien
*/
public class GPS {
private static StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(20);
/**
* returns ref for latitude which is S or N.
* @param latitude
* @return S or N
*/
public static String latitudeRef(double latitude) {
return latitude<0.0d?"S":"N";
}
/**
* returns ref for latitude which is S or N.
* @param latitude
* @return S or N
*/
public static String longitudeRef(double longitude) {
return longitude<0.0d?"W":"E";
}
/**
* convert latitude into DMS (degree minute second) format. For instance<br/>
* -79.948862 becomes<br/>
* 79/1,56/1,55903/1000<br/>
* It works for latitude and longitude<br/>
* @param latitude could be longitude.
* @return
*/
synchronized public static final String convert(double latitude) {
latitude=Math.abs(latitude);
int degree = (int) latitude;
latitude *= 60;
latitude -= (degree * 60.0d);
int minute = (int) latitude;
latitude *= 60;
latitude -= (minute * 60.0d);
int second = (int) (latitude*1000.0d);
sb.setLength(0);
sb.append(degree);
sb.append("/1,");
sb.append(minute);
sb.append("/1,");
sb.append(second);
sb.append("/1000");
return sb.toString();
}
}
GPSLatitude
Indicates the latitude. The latitude is expressed as three
RATIONAL
values giving the degrees, minutes, and seconds, respectively. If latitude is expressed as degrees, minutes and seconds, a typical format would bedd/1,mm/1,ss/1
. When degrees and minutes are used and, for example, fractions of minutes are given up to two decimal places, the format would bedd/1,mmmm/100,0/1
.https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exif.org%2FExif2-2.PDF
The Android docs specify this without explanation: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/ExifInterface.html#TAG_GPS_LATITUDE
Exif data is standardized, and GPS data must be encoded using geographical coordinates (minutes, seconds, etc) described above instead of a fraction. Unless it's encoded in that format in the exif tag, it won't stick.
How to encode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_conversion
How to decode: http://android-er.blogspot.com/2010/01/convert-exif-gps-info-to-degree-format.html