iPhoto 11 - Extended EXIF data where?

Ahhh, Old Toad,
Your answer causes laughter and curses at the same time! 🙂

New Question: if you export one of your images/photos with location info to an EXIF reader program, like Bridge, does it display the Lat/Long there? (Asking you is simpler than my having to re-install Bridge since I took it off some months ago; thanks.)

File -> Export: Kind: Jpeg. Check the box at 'Location Information" and the lat/long are written to the file and can be read by any app that understands Exif and IPTC.

Regards

TD

When I've added a location in iPhoto and exported as Terry described the Lat and Long are written to the file and can be read by apps that can read EXIF data.

Old Toad,
I have looked but cannot find the extended layout anywhere. Can you show me how to find this layout.
Is it within iPhoto ?

The extended EXIF information is at the top if the Info window in iPhoto. Just click the Info button at the bottom of the iPhoto window.




This screenshot compares the old and the new extended EXIF info:

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Terence, Old Toad,

Just FYI.

I've tried sending images with GPS location data to a different computer 3 different ways, with differing results. All images had GPS recorded by a Panasonic DMC-ZS7 w/ built-in chip, and the images displayed in iPhoto11, on the Google map with surprising accuracy.

Using the new "Share" in iPhoto, the GPS data was not recognizable on the recipient machine by Adobe Bridge CS4 -- it was apparently "stripped out" to facilitate the transmission.
Using a DragNDrop to a flash drive, the GPS data was recognizable by Bridge CS4 with Lat/Long notation (including both a date/time stamp and also the WGS-84 Map Datum detail).
Using the DragNDrop to a Mail email, rather than Share, the GPS data was also recognized by Bridge CS4.

My conclusion, for what's it's worth: Apple does not modify or delete the GPS data from the camera when storing the image in iPhoto11 -- instead, it USES the data to provide useful information -- ie, the map display, rather than merely displaying a bunch of numbers.

(Personally, the lat/long numbers mean nothing to me until I get my ruler, my paper map, and spend far too much time at it -- I'm happy with the new map, particularly since I'm now fairly certain the data is still available for other applications -- we just have to be careful how we transmit the image to others.)

Thanks, again, to both of you, and other posters, for your help and suggestions.

edited by BPWMorro for clarification only.

What do you get if you edit the photo in iPhoto first. I don't think you'll get the GPS data transferred unless you export it out of iPhoto with the option to include Location. If you test that let us know the results.

Old Toad,
In response to yours, of "What do you get if you edit the photo in iPhoto first."

I don't know; I've never tired to edit a photo as to this type of info. Will try, but not today.

Old Toad,
thanks for the reply. I must be missing something, because when click the info button, all I get is the subset of the info, not the full extended info. What do I need to do to see the full extended info

See the screenshot above. View the full size version which is a comparison of the old Extended Info window and the iPhoto 11 info window. It's not obvious at first.

Old Toad,
OK, I'm being more dense than usual today -- I can't figure out how to assign place name to a photo (haven't done in the past; always assign events by place names....just haven't done it in the metadata). So I can't test whether the assigned data stays through email....will continue to study

You do it at the bottom of the Info window.

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Have to say... this thread proves my point about '11.
Users are having to come up with all sorts of work-arounds in '11 for something that existed and worked perfectly well in '09.
I'll say it again... the new iPhoto looks all very cool but is less useful - form over function is what they call it in design.
Analogy - a chair that looks superb & very funky but is too uncomfortable to sit on for more than 5 minutes...

No argument here. Send your concerns to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html