Comments on: Script: Geotagged Photos to GIS

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:08:26 +0000

I’ve tried the program but ourred the following error:
: ERROR 000354: The name contains invalid characters
Failed to execute (CreateFeatureclass).
What could be the reason?

Thanks,

Chris

By: Forrest R. Stevens

Forrest R. Stevens — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:19:37 +0000

Thank you so much for creating a tool that should be included by default in the toolchain. I really appreciate you your time and effort and for releasing it to the public. Good luck with your other projects!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:43:17 +0000

Hello, I am with the Forest Service, and am trying to use your tool. Maybe I am dense, but I can’t figure out how to get it all working. Do you have any instructions that you have put together, by chance? If so, would you please email them to me?

Many thanks!

By: John Reiser

John Reiser — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:03:01 +0000

Edward,

Where did you find my tool? I updated the script to better handle null values in Exif data, however because it has been reposted (ArcScripts and elsewhere) I’m not sure if you have the latest version. I believe I put a date in the header of the script, what date is your copy? If it is the most current version, you should email me (jr@njgeo.org) one of your geotagged photos and I’ll take a look to see why the file is not read properly.

By: Edward S

Edward S — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:10:32 +0000

hello John,

thank you for developing such a great tool.

However, i am having trouble running it. whenever i try to create the shapefile, it returns an error saying “: argument of type ‘NoneType’ is not iterable
Failed to execute (GeotaggedPhotosToFC).”

I am running ArcGIS 9.3, Windows 7 32 bit with 4GB RAM.

What can i do to fix it?

Thank you.

By: Thomas Emge

Thomas Emge — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:43:21 +0000

John,

there is a tool out there called ArcPhoto. You might want to give it a try at http://resources.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/dotnet/index.cfm?fa=codeGalleryDetails&scriptId=16492 (for ArcGIS 9.2 til 9.3.1)
and http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=8C3643DC-1422-2418-8836-CF0510413D40 (for ArcGIS 10)

- Thomas

By: John Reiser

John Reiser — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:51:58 +0000

It should already filter the directory listing for JPEGs only. What files are it failing on? Could you provide me some specifics?

By: Alper

Alper — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:50:19 +0000

This is a great script, thank you for all your efforts. I may give an idea to enhance the script if possible. I generally direct it to folders that contains both videos and photos. Result is an error code. Filtering the folder contents for “photos only” before processing may help.