diff --git a/documentation/how-to/pictures.en.md b/documentation/how-to/pictures.en.md index 8c26b4e2cb..887b373f60 100644 --- a/documentation/how-to/pictures.en.md +++ b/documentation/how-to/pictures.en.md @@ -78,23 +78,6 @@ To enable geotagging in case your native OS camera does not support this functio on your mobile device 3. Completed! QField's own QML-based camera will now be utilized while taking pictures -## Fetching Geotags (EXIF) from the image file into the attribute table -:material-monitor: Desktop preparation - -Sometimes you might be interested in automatically storing Geotags such as the latitude, longitude, orientation, etc. This information is also known as EXIF tags. - -To store the EXIF information, follow these steps: - -1. Add an attribute per EXIF tag in the table that contains the pictures. -2. In the pictures form, configure the default value of each attribute to the corresponding - *EXIF* expression !![See QGIS EXIF function](https://docs.qgis.org/3.28/en/docs/user_manual/expressions/functions_list.html?highlight=exif#exif), - and make sure *Apply on update* is activated. -4. The EXIF tags that QField can capture are listed in the QGIS documentation (link above). - However, this list might slightly varies depending on the mobile characteristics. -5. Capturing EXIF tags requires accessing the full physical path of the picture. Be sure to reflect this in the QGIS expression. - For example, the expression * exif(@project_folder + '/' + "path", 'Exif.Image.Orientation')* retrieves the orientation of the picture stored in *path*. -7. Completed! QField's now capture and store the EXIF tags in the pictures table while taking pictures. - ## Maximum picture size :material-monitor: Desktop preparation