VBA to get name, date and GPS data from pictures in a folder

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I have looked and can't fine code to do this, I have a folder with pictures in it and I would like to put the names of each picture in the folder in column A, date taken in column B and if the pictures have GPS data for them put the latitude in column C and the longitude in column D, can this be done in Excel version 2003?
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Hi Lex,
that's actually a question that has been in the back of my mind for a while. I gave it a swing and this seems to work for me to extract the Lat&Long, but I'm using Win10+Office365.
Hope it works for you too,
Koen

Code: 
Sub GetFileInfo()

    'Reference: Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation  - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shell32.dll
    
    Dim objShell As New Shell
    Set FS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    strFolder = "C:\Pictures\desktopbackground\"
    strTemp = "20170212_135a.jpg"
    Rw = 2
    
    Set Fl = FS.GetFile(strFolder & strTemp)
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 2).Value = strFolder
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 3).Value = strTemp
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 4).Value = Fl.DateLastModified
    Debug.Print Fl.Type
    If Fl.Type = "JPEG image" Or Fl.Type = "PNG image" Or Fl.Type = "GIF image" Or Fl.Type = "JPG-bestand" Then
        'Images only
        Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(strFolder)
        Set objFile = objFolder.ParseName(strTemp)
        iPictureSize = objFile.ExtendedProperty("Dimensions")
        iLat = objFile.ExtendedProperty("{8727CFFF-4868-4EC6-AD5B-81B98521D1AB}100")
        iLng = objFile.ExtendedProperty("{C4C4DBB2-B593-466B-BBDA-D03D27D5E43A}100")
        If Not IsEmpty(iLat) Then
            LatDec = iLat(0) + iLat(1) / 60 + iLat(2) / 3600
        Else
            LatDec = 0
        End If
        If Not IsEmpty(iLng) Then
            LngDec = iLng(0) + iLng(1) / 60 + iLng(2) / 3600
        Else
            LngDec = 0
        End If
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 5).Value = Val(Mid(iPictureSize, 2, InStr(iPictureSize, "x") - 2))
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 6).Value = Val(Mid(iPictureSize, InStr(iPictureSize, "x") + 1))
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 7).Value = LatDec
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 8).Value = LngDec
        Set objFile = Nothing
        Set objFolder = Nothing
    End If

End Sub
 
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Koen, thanks for taking the time to look at this.
I have set a Reference: Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation, I am not sure what the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shell32.dll is, is that the location of the shell control on your computer?
When I run the code I am only getting the file location name and date modified in columns B, C, and D. I know the file has GPS data in it.

Any thoughts on this or how I might trouble shoot it, I know a little about VBA but not a lot
 
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Hi Lex,
the reference can normally be found by name, but I added the file path (in my system) as it sometimes misses from the list where you can select them.

A second attempt, using a different technique I found online:

Code: 
Sub GetFileInfo2()

    strFolder = "C:Pictures\desktopbackground\"
    strFile = "20170312_101b.jpg"
    
    'Reference to Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library 2.0
    Set ImgFile = New WIA.ImageFile
    ImgFile.LoadFile (strFolder & strFile)
    Rw = 3
    For Each P In ImgFile.Properties
        Debug.Print P.Name
    Next P
    
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 2).Value = strFolder
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 3).Value = strFile
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 4).Value = ImgFile.Properties("DateTime")
    
    If UCase(Right(strFile, 3)) = "JPG" Then
        'Images only
        On Error Resume Next
        iLat = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitude")
        iLatRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitudeRef")
        iLng = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitude")
        iLngRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitudeRef")
        On Error GoTo 0
        If Not IsEmpty(iLat) Then
            LatDec = iLat(1) + iLat(2) / 60 + iLat(3) / 3600
            If iLatRef = "S" Then LatDec = LatDec * -1
        Else
            LatDec = 0
        End If
        If Not IsEmpty(iLng) Then
            LngDec = iLng(1) + iLng(2) / 60 + iLng(3) / 3600
            If iLngRef = "W" Then LngDec = LngDec * -1
        Else
            LngDec = 0
        End If
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 5).Value = ImgFile.Width
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 6).Value = ImgFile.Height
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 7).Value = LatDec
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 8).Value = LngDec
    End If

End Sub
Hope that works,
Koen
 
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Koen, thanks that does put the GPS data in the sheet! If I could ask one more thing, how would I make this look at the folder and list all the pictures that are in the folder with there data in the sheet starting in row 2 down, so if there was 10 pictures it would list them in rows 2:11
Thanks again
 
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Here is my attempt, will load the data for the pictures in gpstest folder bur if the picture does NOT have GPS data it shows the data for the picture that was before it, with the original code when I picked a picture without GPS data it would show a 0 for Lat and Long. Any thoughts?
Thanks

Code: 
Sub GetGPSData()

    Dim fileName As Variant
    fileName = Dir(Application.DefaultFilePath _
                 & "\My Pictures\gpstest\")

    While fileName <> ""


        'Insert the actions to be performed on each file

        strFolder = Application.DefaultFilePath _
                  & "\My Pictures\gpstest\"


        'Reference to Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library 2.0
        Set ImgFile = New WIA.ImageFile
        ImgFile.LoadFile (strFolder & fileName)

        Rw = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Row
        For Each P In ImgFile.Properties
            Debug.Print P.Name
        Next P

        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 1).Value = strFolder
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 2).Value = fileName

        On Error Resume Next    ' some of the pictures do not have this data
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 3).Value = ImgFile.Properties("DateTime")
        On Error GoTo 0

        If UCase(Right(fileName, 3)) = "JPG" Then
            'Images only
            On Error Resume Next
            iLat = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitude")
            iLatRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitudeRef")
            iLng = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitude")
            iLngRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitudeRef")
            On Error GoTo 0
            If Not IsEmpty(iLat) Then
                LatDec = iLat(1) + iLat(2) / 60 + iLat(3) / 3600
                If iLatRef = "S" Then LatDec = LatDec * -1
            Else
                LatDec = 0
            End If
            If Not IsEmpty(iLng) Then
                LngDec = iLng(1) + iLng(2) / 60 + iLng(3) / 3600
                If iLngRef = "W" Then LngDec = LngDec * -1
            Else
                LngDec = 0
            End If
            Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 4).Value = LatDec
            Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 5).Value = LngDec
        End If


        'Set the fileName to the next file
        fileName = Dir
    Wend

End Sub
 
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Hi Lex,
almost there! After the line Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 5).Value = LngDec -> add 2 lines:
iLng = Empty
iLat = Empty
That should clear the variables so it should show 0 for the next file. You can remove/outcomment the "For Each P" loop (3 lines), as it doesn't add anything to the process, it just slows it down a bit.
Cheers,
Koen
 
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Koen, that fix it! When I ran it on my folder with more pictures I was getting and error sometime, some of the pictures did not have date\time information so I put a On Error Resume Next at the start and On Error GoTo 0 at the end and it looks like it is working fine.
Thanks again for you help on this.
 
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Rijnsent said:
Hi Lex,
the reference can normally be found by name, but I added the file path (in my system) as it sometimes misses from the list where you can select them.

A second attempt, using a different technique I found online:

Code: 
Sub GetFileInfo2()

    strFolder = "C:Pictures\desktopbackground\"
    strFile = "20170312_101b.jpg"
   
    'Reference to Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library 2.0
    Set ImgFile = New WIA.ImageFile
    ImgFile.LoadFile (strFolder & strFile)
    Rw = 3
    For Each P In ImgFile.Properties
        Debug.Print P.Name
    Next P
   
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 2).Value = strFolder
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 3).Value = strFile
    Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 4).Value = ImgFile.Properties("DateTime")
   
    If UCase(Right(strFile, 3)) = "JPG" Then
        'Images only
        On Error Resume Next
        iLat = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitude")
        iLatRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLatitudeRef")
        iLng = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitude")
        iLngRef = ImgFile.Properties("GpsLongitudeRef")
        On Error GoTo 0
        If Not IsEmpty(iLat) Then
            LatDec = iLat(1) + iLat(2) / 60 + iLat(3) / 3600
            If iLatRef = "S" Then LatDec = LatDec * -1
        Else
            LatDec = 0
        End If
        If Not IsEmpty(iLng) Then
            LngDec = iLng(1) + iLng(2) / 60 + iLng(3) / 3600
            If iLngRef = "W" Then LngDec = LngDec * -1
        Else
            LngDec = 0
        End If
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 5).Value = ImgFile.Width
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 6).Value = ImgFile.Height
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 7).Value = LatDec
        Worksheets("Src").Cells(Rw, 8).Value = LngDec
    End If

End Sub
Hope that works,
Koen
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Hi Lex,
you can format column datetime="yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss" ?
thanks!!!
 
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