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[BUG] GPS Coordinates Are Not Correct If Coordinate Direction Is In Separate Field #1184
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Originally created by @thegranddesign on GitHub (Aug 4, 2023).
The bug
EXIF data has a specific field for the coordinate direction. When XMP file s contain this information, the coordinate is mapped incorrectly.
Immich currently displays this as in Russia because it doesn't take into account the
Reffields, however the correct location is Akpatok Island.The OS that Immich Server is running on
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Version of Immich Server
v1.69.0
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@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Aug 5, 2023):
Same here, China instead of US. It doesn't take
GPSLongitudeRefinto account.@uhthomas commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2023):
Possibly resolved by https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/2908
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2023):
Nope, it didn't help.
@alextran1502 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2023):
@waclaw66 it hasn't been released yet 😅
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2023):
However it was merged to main and tested on my server.
@jrasm91 commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2023):
I'm guessing we're getting the values of the tags, not adjusted by this reference. This might be something we need to manually do during extraction.
@jrasm91 commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023):
What is supposed to happen here? The lat/lng need to be updated based on the gps ref? So like negative the coordinates based on the heading, etc.?
@jrasm91 commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023):
I can work on this if you can help me understand how the headings work and what should be happening, but I don't have time to research the intricacies of this right now.
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2023):
@jrasm91 The main problem is, that Immich takes Latitude and Longitude from
tags.GPSLatitudeandtags.GPSLongitudefields only.2370c9ef41/server/src/domain/metadata/metadata.service.ts (L356)However those fields can be positive with additional fields
GPSLatitudeRefandGPSLongitudeRefthat specify NSEW direction. And sometimes (https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/4340#issuecomment-1747346735) values can be contradictional betweenGPSLatitudeandGPSLatitudeRefN vs S.I would propose to extract GPS location from
GPSPositionfield, that seems to be always correct, it's precalculated from exiftool.A nice lizzard photo example:
original xmp data:
extracted by exiftool within immich:
Returned
GPSLatitude,GPSLongitude,GPSLatitudeRefandGPSLongitudeReffields are incorrect in this example, onlyGPSPosition-18.5454256833722 -70.331221799975are correct coordinates.I've tried to fix it by simple
tags.GPSPosition.split(' ')and it works fine on all my misplaced assets. But I'm not TS dev, thus I would let you to fix it.@jrasm91 commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2023):
Ok, perfect. Thanks for the explanation.
@BigCheeZ commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2024):
Has anyone else confirmed this is fixed? I have updated my existing instance to Immich v1.93.3, run the Sidecar Metadata job, and the Extract Metadata jobs. I see no difference from before. My media that uses XMP files with GPSLatitudeRef and GPSLongitudeRef are still incorrect. Am I missing steps to make this work?
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2024):
Please post example image, I can check it on my instance.
@BigCheeZ commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2024):
@waclaw66 please see JPG and XMP file in the zip file attached below. The JPG actually has the accurate EXIF data inside the file. The XMP files does too, but when it is parsed by Immich it results in the location being shown as Nepal (see below) instead of Orlando, FL USA because GPSLongitudeRef is not being handled appropriately.
Birendranagar
Surkhet, Karnali Pradesh
Nepal
immich-xmp-test.zip
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2024):
This issue is about embedded xmp file in the jpeg file, your issue seems to be something else. I'm not sure how Immich handles external xmp files.
@MrColumbo commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2024):
i once opened up [BUG] Wrong location on map #4340 ....not quite sure if this is one is different as well. At least i did not use a sidecar file. In my case the lizzard is still shown at the wrong place on the map.
I never was able to see the wrong gps coordintes by using exiftool .....also every other photo app shows it correctly ...
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2024):
I can see that lizzard in Chile as expected...

It was fixed by workaround within exiftool-vedored.js in this case (https://github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/6138).
@MrColumbo commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2024):
oh - i just uploaded it again and this time it shows it correctly as well. Before i just did a refresh on the metadata for this single photo. I will try to do a full read metadata job again (maybe refresh metadata does not mean to read it again???)
@waclaw66 commented on GitHub (Feb 4, 2024):
Refresh metadata should be sufficient to reload correct gps position.
@MrColumbo commented on GitHub (Feb 5, 2024):
after i did ran the extract meta job it looks all right - thanks.
Not quite sure why I did not seem to work when i did click on the 3 dots a refresh metadata. Those pictures are part of an external library.
Anyway ....now it looks fine :) -thanks
@thegranddesign commented on GitHub (Sep 15, 2025):
For those who come to this issue later, there is an additional issue with Apple Photos exporting (or at least there was when I did it). This is not something that Immich is going to fix but you can fix it by running an
exiftoolcommand against your photo metadata.What does this command do?
-P: Preserve modification times-overwrite_original: Overwrite the original metadata file-ext xmp: Process files with this extension-XMP-exif:All=: Specify which XMP data to read and write-tagsFromFile @: Read tags from the source file being processed-XMP-exif:GPSLongitude<${XMP-exif:GPSLongitude#}${XMP-exif:GPSLongitudeRef#}: Write the longitude by taking the longitude from the source file and follow it by the longitude ref from the source file. Effectively combining them.-XMP-exif:GPSLatitude<${XMP-exif:GPSLatitude#}${XMP-exif:GPSLatitudeRef#}: Write the latitude by taking the latitude from the source file and follow it by the latitude ref from the source file. Effectively combining them..: Process all files in the current directory