SharePoint 2013 EXIF data lost from jpg image files

Hello, We upload jpg images to our SharePoint 2013 site, and have noticed that we lose the EXIF data (lat / long) from the jpg. A a third party app which produced the images. I have noticed htt...

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mbalcarek
Oct 23, 2020
EXIF data (10/23/2020) is retained in jpg files in SharePoint 2013.
I have tested SharePoint 2013 with EXIF data from first principals:
first manually uploading jpg file to SharePoint and then downloading it, and it retains the EXIF data
using CSOM code to upload the file and then manually down load it, and it retains the EXIF data
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(context, doclibRelativeUrl, fs, true);
I used https://www.conversion-tool.com/exifreader to check for the metadata .

Looks like our issue may be related to our 3rd party software, or the code used to upload the images. My apologies for wasting everyone's time here.

mbalcarek

Copper Contributor

EXIF data (10/23/2020) is retained in jpg files in SharePoint 2013.

I have tested SharePoint 2013 with EXIF data from first principals:

first manually uploading jpg file to SharePoint and then downloading it, and it retains the EXIF data
using CSOM code to upload the file and then manually down load it, and it retains the EXIF data

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(context, doclibRelativeUrl, fs, true);

I used https://www.conversion-tool.com/exifreader to check for the metadata .

Looks like our issue may be related to our 3rd party software, or the code used to upload the images. My apologies for wasting everyone's time here.

Paul de Jong

Iron Contributor

Oct 24, 2020

mbalcarek

Good to hear the problem is solved. SharePoint does not alter existing properties in images like EXIF.

FYI: there are also tools that allow you to view the EXIF (and other metadata formats) directly in SharePoint. See e.g. here or here
Paul

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