Open source library for reading latitude and longitude from JPEG / EXIF in Java?

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I want to extract the latitude and longitude from the EXIF information in jpeg images. I am looking for a Java-based open source library.

Longitude and latitude, IF they exist in a jpeg, are in the EXIF headers. Just google around for how to read jpeg EXIF headers in Java. — Chris Eberle, Feb 24 '13 at 19:02
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120283/working-with-latitude-longitude-values-in-java — Mihai8, Feb 24 '13 at 19:03

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '13 at 19:06

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I've never used it myself, but I have been told good thinks about this:

http://drewnoakes.com/code/exif/

answered Feb 24 '13 at 19:06

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '13 at 21:16

I was also looking for a library to read jpeg geotag data. I looked at Metadata Extractor written by Drew Noakes, as suggested by mjshaw. However it had way more than I needed. So I created a slimmed down version available here: https://github.com/alecdhuse/Java-Jpeg-Geotag-Reader

It will return latitude, longitude, altitude and the time from the photo's exif data.

Open source library for reading latitude and longitude from JPEG / EXIF in Java?

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