Format of coordinates when geotagging photos with Basecamp.

In Options under the Measurement tab, change the Grid setting to Lat/Lon hddd'mm'ss.s". All coordinates will now be displayed in degrees, minutes and seconds.

In Options under the Measurement tab, change the Grid setting to Lat/Lon hddd'mm'ss.s". All coordinates will now be displayed in degrees, minutes and seconds.

Thanks for reply RSTANTON.

However, I do not want Lat/Lon hddd'mm'ss.s.

I have Lat/Lon hddd.ddddd selected in Measurements, as this is what I want. When I check track details under "Properties" all coordinates are shown as decimal, as required.

My problem is that after I geotag my photos, the coordinates shown in the exif data for each photo have been transformed into degrees, minutes and seconds.

I want the coordinates of my photos to be decimal, same as shown on the track data.

Sorry for the confusion.

From a quick search, it would seem that the Exif standard specifies that GPS location data is stored in the image as three rational numbers (degrees, minutes, seconds).

It is up to the viewing program to translate this data into different formats.

Thanks RSTANTON

I'll have to investigate alternative programs to view the exif data.

Cheers

I use my GPSMAP 62s in the hddd° mm.mmm format and that is how the lat/lon metadata appears in my images when viewed in Adobe Bridge (CS5). Once there, I usually don't view the location as I just want it there when I upload my images to Flickr for automatic placement on the map.

The way your device shows the coordinates has nothing to do with how Adobe Bridge shows them; that's just coincidence.
No matter what your device uses for coordinate notation (WGS84, UTM or whatever format/datum you have set it to); the coordinates are stored in WGS84 decimal format in GPX files.
The coordinates in the EXIF of photos are always stored in degrees, minutes and seconds (just as RSTANTON wrote)

The way your device shows the coordinates has nothing to do with how Adobe Bridge shows them; that's just coincidence.
No matter what your device uses for coordinate notation (WGS84, UTM or whatever format/datum you have set it to); the coordinates are stored in WGS84 decimal format in GPX files.
The coordinates in the EXIF of photos are always stored in degrees, minutes and seconds (just as RSTANTON wrote)

Perhaps so but, when I view the coordinates in Bridge, they are in the hddd° mm.mmm format, NOT degrees, minutes and seconds.

Perhaps so but, when I view the coordinates in Bridge, they are in the hddd° mm.mmm format, NOT degrees, minutes and seconds.

Thanks for the comments, FRENSICPIC and JAVAWA.

I am storing photos in a database (not mine) that requires positions in decimal format.

I'd be interested to hear of any graphics program that can display the exif coordinates as decimal.

In the meantime I'm using photo "time" to reference decimal coordinates from my track in Basecamp.

Well, you could use a spreadsheet program to the conversion. To get decimal coordinates, use the formula: degrees + minutes / 60 + seconds / 3600

The command line tool ExifTool would be an option to automate things (extracting info from photos and inserting into the database), but you would have to create an interface yourself.

ExifToolGUI is a program around ExifTool to view EXIF data (including coordinates in decimal format)

Apologies for the delay in reply, JAVAWA.

I finally got to download and figure out ExifToolGUI. That is exactly what I wanted, and a wonderful handy tool to have.

Many Thanks