rOpenSci | Adding missing EXIF data to wildlife trail camera images
Reported on: Nov 10, 2022

Adding missing EXIF data to wildlife trail camera images

English • By Neil Saunders • Featuring: magick

rOpenSci package or resource used*

magick

What did you do?

Use R/magick in combination with ffmpeg and exiftool, to add geolocation and date-time metadata to images where metadata was not created by the camera.

URL or code snippet for your use case*

Editing metadata in trail camera images using R, magick and exiftool

Image

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Sector

Other

Field(s) of application

ecology, citizen science