#17 reading gps-info from exif can't cope with deg:min:sec

[konus77]

Hello,
after writing gps-Info to images with GPicSync (http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/), the coordinates are not recognised properly in Gallery. I get the (german) error:
"GPS-Koordinaten wurden erkannt, hatten aber scheinbar ein ungültiges Format. Benutzung auf eigene Gefahr oder Korrektur nötig."
(try to translate: Koordinates found, but wrong format...)

The attached sample image is located at
N48.135067 E11.575857

I belive that in the image the format is written in Exif as
N 48° 8min 6,24s
E 11° 34min 33,09s

but in Gallery it will be recognised as 6.3878666666667,33.654922222222

Is there a possibillity to change the behavior of modules:map ? Or is my image not geocoded correctly? Any hint is strongly appreciated!

greetings Konus77

[konus77]

Image Sample with GPS Info in EXIF

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I will take a look at this tomorrow night (07/18/07) and let you know.

Thanks !

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I have fixed this problem by modifying the modules/exif/lib/exifer/makers/gps.inc file.
I don't know where the problem is from (I use Nikon camera and insert GPS exif data with Digikam) but I had to modify the GPS data reading algorithm bypassing GPSRational function like that:

modules/exif/lib/exifer/makers/gps.inc after line 111

if($tag=="0002" || $tag=="0004") { //Latitude
$hour = GPSRational(substr($data,0,16),$intel);
$minutes = GPSRational(substr($data,16,16),$intel);
$seconds = GPSRational(substr($data,32,16),$intel);
[...]

by :

if($tag=="0002" || $tag=="0004") { //Latitude
$hour = hexdec(substr($data,40,8));
$minutes = hexdec(substr($data,24,8))/((float)hexdec(substr($data,16,8)));
$seconds = 0;

I tested with your picture: it works for me