Almost every phone and camera nowadays, have a built-in GPS receiver, which stores the location coordinates in the EXIF header of the image when it is taken. The EXIF also holds standard tags that define the location information of the images. This sub-image file holds the entire TIFF tags specified by EXIF. When it is used in TIFF files, the EXIF file gets embedded in the sub-image file defined by the TIFF private tag. When the EXIF file is used for JPEG files, the EXIF data gets embedded in the Application Segments utility of JPEG. The tag structure Of EXIF file is similar to TIFF files.

Description: The entire description of the image like its latitude, longitude, altitude, etc.

Thumbnail: It also includes a thumbnail for giving a preview of the image on camera screen, file manager, and other applications.

In addition to this, information, which changes with every image like the rotation, aperture, shutter speed, focal length, etc.

Camera Settings: This section includes the information related to the camera like its model.

Data & Time: The camera records the current date and time when the image has been captured.

The list of metadata tags that are associated with the EXIF file is: All the recent image processing application preserves the EXIF data of an image and also display it along the images. The EXIF file is supported by all the camera manufacturers and gets embedded into the images.

It does not extend support to PNG, GIF, and JPEG 2000 file formats. the EXIF specification makes use of file formats like JPEG, TIFF, RIFF WAV and IMA-ADPCM by adding metadata tags to them. It is the standard format used for images and sound files used by digital cameras, scanners, etc.

Modified: October 28th, 2022 ~ Tips ~ 4 Minutes ReadingĮXIF or Exchangeable Image File Format was introduced in the year 1998 by JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industries Development Association).

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