[OSGeodata] File format for geo-coded ground-based photos

[Tyler Mitchell]

Ned,
EXIF already has some stuff, of course.  I assume you've seen this..
http://search.cpan.org/src/EXIFTOOL/Image-ExifTool-6.00/html/TagNames/GPS.html

Apparently getting tools to write EXIF may be more the issue, but there is this EXIFTOOL I heard of.

Can GDAL access all EXIF tags in images?

Enjoy.

Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: David Bitner <osgis.lists at gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:08 am
Subject: Re: [OSGeodata] File format for geo-coded ground-based photos

> I would think extending EXIF would more be the route to go.
> 
> On 5/10/06, Ned Horning <nedh at lightlink.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I am looking for file format standards for geo-coded ground-
> based photos.
> > I'm developing a project to collect and archive digital photos 
> with GPS and
> > direction information but haven't found a standard file format 
> for storing
> > all of this information. The information stored with the photo 
> data should
> > include camera state (focal length, date, time, frame size, 
> resolution),> location (geographic coordinates), and orientation 
> (camera bearing, and
> > possibly camera inclination) information.
> >
> > Would it make sense to extend the GeoTIFF format? TIFF tags 
> already exist
> > for storing camera information (EXIF tags), GPS information (GPS 
> tags), and
> > image geocoding information (GeoTIFF). I expect additional TIFF 
> tags could
> > be developed to contain other metadata.
> >
> > If a new standard needs to be developed how does one begin that 
> process.> Would the geodata committee of OSGeo be a good start?
> >
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Ned
> >
> >
> >
> >
>