[Qgis-user] Is location info included in metadata when save an image file?

Fernando M. Roxo da Motta petro at roxo.org
Mon Jun 3 16:13:29 PDT 2019


On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:01:06 -0300, Kirk Schmidt
<kirk at nortekresources.com> wrote:


> Hi Ert:
> 
> You can save locational data in jpg and pdf files from within the
> Print Composer window.  Under composition tab on the right hand side
> of the window, scroll down and check the Save World File checkbox.
> Export your map/composition as a jpg or pdf and the geolocation data
> will be written to a world file for a jpg and internally for a pdf.

  Just to be sure that I understood it correctly.   If I save as jpg
the geolocation information will be only written to the world file if I
check the Save World File checkbox.   That means that, regardless to
check or not that checkbox, the jpg image will not contain any
geolocation information.

  Is that correct?


> 
> Good luck
> 
> Kirk Schmidt
> 
> On 6/2/2019 4:26 AM, Ert Four wrote:
> > Thank you Alex and Roxo for your replies.
> >
> >  From what I can tell the SVG and JPG files probably don't have
> > location info in them, but it's also hard to tell what exactly the
> > data is in some places, especially in the SVG.
> >
> > It looks like qgsmaprenderertask.cpp was written two years ago,
> > which was after 2.14 came out.
> >
> > I will post on the developer list per Alex's suggestion. All of
> > this is trying to prove that something doesn't exist -- which is
> > always hard.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> >  
> >> On June 1, 2019 at 4:41 PM "Fernando M. Roxo da Motta"
> >> <petro at roxo.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 30 May 2019 17:09:59 +0200 (CEST), Ert Four
> >> <4ert at mailbox.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>  
> >>> Does any coordinate or location data get embedded in the image
> >>> file if I use Project > Save as Image or Composer > Export as
> >>> Image/PDF/SVG?
> >>>
> >>> I'm using QGIS version 2.14.3 Essen, although I would like to know
> >>> about more recent versions, too, for when I upgrade later.
> >>>
> >>> (I'm aware of the option to check "World file on" and create a
> >>> separate world file. What I need is to make sure there is no
> >>> identifying info whatsoever from the project file in the image
> >>> file itself.)
> >>>
> >>> Eg, say I have a basemap like OpenStreetMap open for a country
> >>> and I load points in another layer that are inside that country.
> >>> Then I zoom in on a group of points from my data layer, I turn
> >>> off the basemap layer, and make a map with just my data points. I
> >>> want to preserve the relative spatial relationships between my
> >>> points but not reveal where in the world the map came from. If I
> >>> publish this image file, might the metadata reveal the location?
> >>>
> >>> For the work we do, it's critically important we not unknowingly
> >>> publish specific locations.
> >>>  
> >>    AFAIK, if you save in PNG or JPEG format no coordinate
> >> information is stored in metadata of the image:
> >>
> >> $ exiftool Inhambu.jpg
> >> ExifTool Version Number         : 10.80
> >> File Name                       : Inhambu.jpg
> >> Directory                       : .
> >> File Size                       : 49 kB
> >> File Modification Date/Time     : 2019:06:01 11:37:04-03:00
> >> File Access Date/Time           : 2019:06:01 11:37:04-03:00
> >> File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2019:06:01 11:37:24-03:00
> >> File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
> >> File Type                       : JPEG
> >> File Type Extension             : jpg
> >> MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
> >> JFIF Version                    : 1.01
> >> Resolution Unit                 : inches
> >> X Resolution                    : 96
> >> Y Resolution                    : 96
> >> Image Width                     : 917
> >> Image Height                    : 665
> >> Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
> >> Bits Per Sample                 : 8
> >> Color Components                : 3
> >> Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
> >> Image Size                      : 917x665
> >> Megapixels                      : 0.610
> >>
> >> $ exiftool Inhambu.png
> >> ExifTool Version Number         : 10.80
> >> File Name                       : Inhambu.png
> >> Directory                       : .
> >> File Size                       : 47 kB
> >> File Modification Date/Time     : 2019:06:01 11:37:04-03:00
> >> File Access Date/Time           : 2019:06:01 11:37:04-03:00
> >> File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2019:06:01 11:37:44-03:00
> >> File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
> >> File Type                       : PNG
> >> File Type Extension             : png
> >> MIME Type                       : image/png
> >> Image Width                     : 954
> >> Image Height                    : 652
> >> Bit Depth                       : 8
> >> Color Type                      : RGB with Alpha
> >> Compression                     : Deflate/Inflate
> >> Filter                          : Adaptive
> >> Interlace                       : Noninterlaced
> >> Significant Bits                : 8 8 8 8
> >> Pixels Per Unit X               : 3780
> >> Pixels Per Unit Y               : 3780
> >> Pixel Units                     : meters
> >> Image Size                      : 954x652
> >> Megapixels                      : 0.622
> >>
> >>    If you save as geotiff the positioning information should be
> >> written in metadata.  I don't know about the PDF format.  In any
> >> case, all informations, except the CRS, will be written to the
> >> world file.
> >>
> >>    HTH
> >>
> >>  
> >>> Thank you, first time posting, very much appreciate QGIS and its
> >>> community!  
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    Roxo
> >>
> >> -- 
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  Roxo

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