Ask WPCentral : Photo GPS data and Facebook

yellow_tweety_64 sent in the following question apropos photos tagged with GPS coordinates:

"If I posted a picture on Facebook that was taken with a GPS enabled camera, would a person exist able to elevator the coordinates off of it?"

While we had our suspicions as to what the answer was, we did a piffling field test to confirm our initial thoughts. To see how it turned out and if the GPS coordinates from your Windows Phone transfers to Facebook, follow the break.

Windows Phones that tag photos with GPS coordinates place that information on the image's EXIF data. The EXIF information (Exchangeable Image File Format) contains specific metadata tags that contains information such as exposure settings, date the image was taken, photographic camera information, copyright information and other data specific to that item photograph.

When viewing images online, many browsers will allow you to pull upward the EXIF data on images (some browsers require a plug-in). Just right click on the photograph and y'all should see a command "view EXIF data". If you don't run across such an selection, yous'll likely need a plug-in or extension added to your browser.

Hither is a photo from CoppertopPhoto.com (shameless plug) and the EXIF data for this particular photograph.

EXIF Data on Website

Now we have a photo taken at a local eating place with my Samsung Focus, showing the EXIF data viewed from Windows Explorer (correct click on the paradigm and choose Properties and then Details). The GPS coordinates for where the photo was taken are listed in the EXIF data.

EXIF from Computer

The photo was uploaded to Facebook from the Windows Phone and here is the same photograph, viewed from Facebook with the EXIF information pulled upward.

EXIF file from Facebook

It would appear that Facebook either hides or wipes the EXIF data from images when it'south uploaded, hiding the GPS and other prototype data, which isn't uncommon for website. I checked other images that had been uploaded from my Windows Telephone to Facebook, as well equally photos uploaded from my computer, and the EXIF information was not viewable.

Thanks goes out to yellow_tweety_64 for sending in this question and if yous accept a question or tip, feel gratis to contact us here.

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