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Camera Upload strips location data
I'm using Android version 8.1 on a Nexus 5X and the latest Dropbox app. I've got Camera Uploads enabled and it's working nicely.
However the files in my Dropbox don't have the location data att...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Skipper26, online-only files do not contain any data on them, as they are a placeholder file, and this would be the same for any file that is online-only.
This would mean that there's no EXIF data on them, until the file is opened locally, or marked as local.
This would mean that there's no EXIF data on them, until the file is opened locally, or marked as local.
Thanks for the clarification Jay!
The files don't seem to have the EXIF data even after I've loaded them, however. Only setting the parent folder to "Local" seems to work. I've not tried making one individual file "Local" (rather than just loading it).
Should the EXIF data be available after loading too, or only when smart-sync is disabled for that file/directory?
- JayWhen you load a file, by opening an online-only file, it will always make the file local to view it on the machine.
Once it's local, you should be able to view the EXIF data since the full file is on the computer.Just a note: I cannot see the EXIF data on the "Online Only" file after I've loaded it.
That's probably not a problem for me though, thanks for the advice above - I'll have a play next time I'm working on this project.
I've always had this problem.
I'm trying to locate an area in France where I took a photo - but once I open the online only file (using explorer) and it dowloads, the GPS data is gone.
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