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Installed this extension on a friend's board, and followed the installation instruction to the letter. Everything works fine, except with ALL uploaded images that do have GPS data embedded in EXIF (all such photos showed correct GPS data when viewed with some other photo viewing software), it always show "GPS data not available"

I did some "debug" on @exif_read_data($filename, "EXIF, IFD0, GPS", true)

And I see this below if statement is always FALSE on uploaded photos with GPS data:

if (!empty($exif["EXIF"]) || !empty($exif["GPS"]) || !empty($exif["IFD0"]))

But other part of EXIF data (such as image orientation, etc) show up just fine such as with this if statement:

if (!empty($exif['Orientation'])

I start to wonder if in my case, function exif_read_data with "PHP Version 5.2.17" (in my case) does not support extracting GPS data from EXIF, or what?

Any insight? Thanks!

Hi,
According to the specifications of exif_read_data, nothing was changed since PHP 4.3.0. The function follows strictly the exif 2.2-Standard, but many camera manufacturer don't write their tags correctly. Other image interpreters are (maybe) more error-tolerant in handling metadata.
Would it be possible to upload one of the problematic images in my testing area so I can further investigate this issue? You'll find it here: http://canonknipser.com/viewforum.php?f=11

Thanks in advance

Thank you for your very quick reply. I just visited your site http://canonknipser.com/viewforum.php?f=11

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But I do not have permission to post at all.

Thanks again

Ok, I followed http://canonknipser.com/viewforum.php?f=11, and created a new topic, and attached a sample image. (though I can't view my post yet)

Just recognized you found the correct area and approved your post, but you posted one of my test images, not one of yours

Yes, but even with that image from you, I have the same problem (does not find GPS data with exif_read_data).

And then just now I posted a new one

Thanks again

No image attached to the new post. But when even my photo (which you can clearly see has a google maps link with the gps position) doesn't work on your site, there must be a problem with your PHP libraries. Can you give me informations about your exif version (see phpinfo module in acp)

I updated the post, and re-attached an image (taken with my iphone6).

And then from board ACP --> PHP information: PHP Version 5.2.17

Thanks again!

But yes, on your test site, I do see the image from you that I posted did show up with GPS data! (on google map on clicked:-)

xiaolu wrote: ACP --> PHP information: PHP Version 5.2.17

a little further down, you should see the exif library informations like those:

forgot to add exif-specific info:

from ACP --> PHP Info:

'--enable-exif'

exif
EXIF Support enabled
EXIF Version 1.4 $Id: exif.c 293036 2010-01-03 09:23:27Z sebastian $
Supported EXIF Version 0220
Supported filetypes JPEG,TIFF

just had a little investigation and found this: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73004 which seems to be the same problem as yours, but it is said for PHP version >= 5.6.25 ...

Thank you again for all the help and for the info you provided. So more than likely (and I am convinced) it (the issue) is with the php package (its version of exif "library" or function). I will see if there is anything I can "play" with. Thank you again for all the help!

PS: You can remove the pic I uploaded on your test site (the one I took at home with GPS coordinate:-)

Thanks again,

Thank you for pointing me to a potential issue with the PHP libraries - good to know for future support

I removed your photo so your home is hidden again

Just another hint: maybe it's worth to upgrade the PHP version, because 5.2 has reached EOL more than 6 years ago (and maybe has some security leaks) and the actual 5.6-Version is good if you plan to update your phpBB to 3.2.x.

canonknipser wrote:Just another hint: maybe it's worth to upgrade the PHP version, because 5.2 has reached EOL more than 6 years ago (and maybe has some security leaks) and the actual 5.6-Version is good if you plan to update your phpBB to 3.2.x.

Thanks. I was indeed thinking to upgrade php but with webhosting --> cpanel I didn't find the option to upgrade, so I think I need to contact the hosting company.... Cheers