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Photo locations as towns, tidy columns only

Nearest town, region, country and time zone for each GPS photo, without the full tag list.

Updated November 13, 2026

What this example returns

The dataset’s “Overview” view shows 16 columns: File, Type, Make, Model, Taken, Latitude, Longitude, Address, Country, Width, Height, Author, Personal data found, Cleaned copy, Source, and Error. See every output field.

What each setting does

The input this example runs File Metadata Extractor – EXIF, GPS & Document Properties with. “Try this input” opens it in the console, where you can run it as-is or change any field first.

File URLs fileUrls

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0027.jpg, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0029.jpg, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0038.jpg, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samp…

Direct links to the files, one per line: photos (JPEG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, TIFF, RAW such as DNG, CR2, NEF, ARW), videos (MP4, MOV), audio (MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV) and documents (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument), up to 500 MB each. Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub share links are turned into download links…

Place names for GPS locations reverseGeocode

Town only (fastest)

What to add when a file carries GPS coordinates. Street address: the address from OpenStreetMap (road, house number, suburb, city, postcode, country), about one new location per second. Town only: the nearest town or city with its region, country and time zone from a built-in place list, instantly. Off: coordinates…

Default: Street address → this example uses Town only (fastest)

Include every metadata tag includeAllTags

No

Add a 'metadata' object with every tag found in the file, grouped by where it is stored (EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, maker notes, QuickTime, PDF, ID3 ...). Turn off for smaller rows with only the tidy columns.

Default: Yes → this example uses No

.json
{
  "fileUrls": [
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0027.jpg",
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0029.jpg",
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/DSCN0038.jpg",
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ianare/exif-samples/master/jpg/gps/missing-photo.jpg",
    "https://github.com/ianare/exif-samples",
    "not a link"
  ],
  "reverseGeocode": "city",
  "includeAllTags": false
}

What it costs

You pay for the events the actor reports, such as each result or page it produces. Platform usage is included in the event prices: compute, proxies, browser and storage cost nothing extra.

  • File read$0.00425The metadata of one file read and saved as a row, with the street address of its GPS location. Files that cannot be read are free.
  • Cleaned copy$0.00425One copy of a file saved with its metadata removed (only when cleaned copies are turned on).

Full pricing

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About File Metadata Extractor – EXIF, GPS & Document Properties

Read EXIF, GPS, camera, document and media metadata from photos, videos, audio, PDF and Office files in bulk: camera and lens, exposure, capture dates, GPS coordinates with street address, authors and editors, page counts, duration and codecs, plus every raw tag. Flags personal data and can save a copy with all metadata removed.

Price:
$4.25 / 1,000 results
Developer:
Echofield

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