Missing GPS Metadata on edited picture file

Wayne.Paul

I recently purchased PhotoPad. I noticed that when I checked edited file's Priorities Details tab the GPS field "longitude and latitude" data had been removed; however, the "altitude" information remained. Is there a setting, or a procedure what would avoid this happening? I use my photos in mapping software. Removing the data results in the inability to map edited photos. This problem doesn't happen in other photo editing software.

What I'm trying to say is "Is there a way to keep the original photo's GPS Metadata on an edited picture?"

[deleted]

Hi,

PhotoPad should be able to preserve EXIF metadata, I'm not sure why latitude and longitude aren't being preserved.

What file format are you opening from PhotoPad, and what file format are you saving the edited photos as?

Wayne.Paul

The pictures have been taken with an iPhone 5S and transferred to my PC as JPEG files. I open them with Photo Pad, crop and/or adjust the lighting and save as JPEG. The GPS field of the metadata of the original picture has three lines; longitude, latitude and altitude. I do a "save as" jpeg and modify the file name. The edited file only contains one line in the GPS field which is altitude.

I should note that I am using a Dell laptop with a Windows 10 operating system.

[deleted]

Thanks for providing this information, I found a sample photo taken from an iPhone 5S and was able to reproduce the problem.

Looks like it's a bug with our software - will keep you posted when this gets fixed.

[deleted]

Hi,

This bug has been fixed. The fix will be included in the next PhotoPad release, which should come out in the next few weeks.

rnlg

I just downloaded PhotoPad, v 14.18, and it has this same bug still, GPS attributes are lost when I crop and save an photo.

borate

Keep an eye out for the next release where it's rumored that the issue may be resolved.