Software for batch processing geotagged images

Do you just want to extract the GPS coordinates as a point feature? Or do you want to try to georeference the jpegs for viewing directly in ArcView?

The former is relatively straightforward... extract the GPS coordinates of the photo series, add the heading as an attribute (extrapolating from the other positions in the series if the GPS heading isn't in the EXIF), and export to a shapefile. I'd do it as a shell script with exif and OGR doing the heavy lifting, but that's not exactly userfriendly if you aren't familiar with command-line software.

You might try http://www.br-software.com/extracter.html . I've not used it myself, but once you get the coordinates and filename into a CSV you can do some simple geoprocessing inside Arcview to create your point feature class.

For the latter, you need to calibrate the camera / lens system, use a DEM to correct for terrain displacement, and have a highly accurate IMU for good georeferencing (a few degrees of pitch and roll can make a big difference in the photo footprint, depending on your optics). Doable, but not simple. GRASS GIS would be the place to start on that sort of project... Arcview can orthorectify photos with a DEM and RPCs,but I'm not sure offhand how you'd go about generating a set of RPCs for an arbitrary digital camera.

EXIF meta data to CSV

This is a simple program that extracts selected data from the EXIF Meta Data.

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TenzinR September 8, 2010 at 4:35pm

Thanks for the information guys. I've tried using most of the software programs you guys have listed but either they cost money to use (full license) or it does not export tables of data the way I needed it (for ArcMap). I ended up making my own script to extract the information and output as a point shape file.

Thanks anyways!
John_K September 5, 2010 at 11:36pm

http://www.irfanview.com/
Under-PLUGINS
EXIF - (version 4.27): allows IrfanView to show EXIF information from JPG files
John
Tommy September 4, 2010 at 8:20pm

How about "GPS Photo Link"? It generates shp file for applying on Arc software. This software allows you 10 times free and you may ask for extending the licence for evaluation.
Robert Cicconetti July 31, 2010 at 11:06am

Do you just want to extract the GPS coordinates as a point feature? Or do you want to try to georeference the jpegs for viewing directly in ArcView?

The former is relatively straightforward... extract the GPS coordinates of the photo series, add the heading as an attribute (extrapolating from the other positions in the series if the GPS heading isn't in the EXIF), and export to a shapefile. I'd do it as a shell script with exif and OGR doing the heavy lifting, but that's not exactly userfriendly if you aren't familiar with command-line software.

You might try http://www.br-software.com/extracter.html . I've not used it myself, but once you get the coordinates and filename into a CSV you can do some simple geoprocessing inside Arcview to create your point feature class.

For the latter, you need to calibrate the camera / lens system, use a DEM to correct for terrain displacement, and have a highly accurate IMU for good georeferencing (a few degrees of pitch and roll can make a big difference in the photo footprint, depending on your optics). Doable, but not simple. GRASS GIS would be the place to start on that sort of project... Arcview can orthorectify photos with a DEM and RPCs,but I'm not sure offhand how you'd go about generating a set of RPCs for an arbitrary digital camera.

EXIF meta data to CSV

This is a simple program that extracts selected data from the EXIF Meta Data.
TenzinR July 30, 2010 at 8:04am

anyone?

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