PHP extract GPS EXIF data

Question

I would like to extract the GPS EXIF tag from pictures using php. I\'m using the exif_read_data() that returns a array of all tags + data :

GPS.         


        

Answer 1

This is an old question but felt it could use a more eloquent solution (OOP approach and lambda to process the fractional parts)

/**
 * Example coordinate values
 *
 * Latitude - 49/1, 4/1, 2881/100, N
 * Longitude - 121/1, 58/1, 4768/100, W
 */
protected function _toDecimal($deg, $min, $sec, $ref) {

    $float = function($v) {
        return (count($v = explode('/', $v)) > 1) ? $v[0] / $v[1] : $v[0];
    };

    $d = $float($deg) + (($float($min) / 60) + ($float($sec) / 3600));
    return ($ref == 'S' || $ref == 'W') ? $d *= -1 : $d;
}


public function getCoordinates() {

    $exif = @exif_read_data('image_with_exif_data.jpeg');

    $coord = (isset($exif['GPSLatitude'], $exif['GPSLongitude'])) ? implode(',', array(
        'latitude' => sprintf('%.6f', $this->_toDecimal($exif['GPSLatitude'][0], $exif['GPSLatitude'][1], $exif['GPSLatitude'][2], $exif['GPSLatitudeRef'])),
        'longitude' => sprintf('%.6f', $this->_toDecimal($exif['GPSLongitude'][0], $exif['GPSLongitude'][1], $exif['GPSLongitude'][2], $exif['GPSLongitudeRef']))
    )) : null;

}