Q: Where is the location metadata stored in photos taken with an iOS device?
I just got back from a trip with lots of photos taken with a couple of iPhones as well as a digital point-and-shoot camera. The photos taken with iOS devices mostly have locations associated with them as evidenced in the "Get Info" dialog box in Photos for Mac. They show properly on a map and have properly associated location keywords (e.g., "Sierra National Forest, Northeast Fresno County, United States"). But I can't figure out where the geographic coordinates are stored. There's nowhere to look in Photos for Mac that will give me the actual coordinates. Additionally opening the images in Preview will not show a GPS tab in the "More Info" box the way my GPS-equipped camera will. And finally looking at all the metadata in Photoshop or Adobe Bridge will also not show any coordinates or any other type of geographic information. I just checked my old version of iPhoto (9.6.1) and it will also not show any location information.
Photos for Mac will show some rudimentary information, but I can't find where it's getting this. Any ideas?
Posted on Aug 6, 2016 5:09 PM
If you are not seeing GPS info in Preview's Inspector window, you are likely stripping it while dragging or exporting to desktop. Try dragging the image out of Photos while holding down the Option key.
Posted on Aug 6, 2016 6:20 PM


