now including direction of vview of the photo

core/views/editor_helpers.py

@@ -106,7 +106,58 @@ def reorient_image(img, exif_dict):
             elif orientation == 8:
                 img = img.rotate(90, expand=True)
      return img
+     
+def dms2dd(degrees, minutes, seconds, direction):
+    dd = float(degrees) + float(minutes)/60 + float(seconds)/(60*60);
+    if direction == 'S' or direction == 'W':
+        dd *= -1
+    return dd;
+    
+def extract_gps(dict):
+    """Produce a set of annotations to add to an image description
+    """
+    def rational(tup):
+        nom, denom = tup
+        return nom/denom
+        
+    def extract(gpsifd):
+        print(piexif.GPSIFD)
+        n, d =  dict[getattr(piexif.GPSIFD, gpsifd)]
+        return n/d
+    
+    
 
+    compass_points = ["N", "NE", "E", "SE", "S", "SW", "W", "NW", "N"]
+    bearing = extract("GPSImgDirection")
+    compass_lookup = round(bearing / 45)
+    nsew = compass_points[compass_lookup]  
+    if dict[piexif.GPSIFD.GPSImgDirectionRef] == b"M":
+        ref = "Magnetic"
+    elif dict[piexif.GPSIFD.GPSImgDirectionRef] == b"T":
+        ref = "True"    
+    direction = f"Direction of view: {nsew:2} ({bearing:.0f}°{ref})"
+    
+
+    print(f"{dict[piexif.GPSIFD.GPSVersionID]=}")
+    
+ 
+    
+    alt =  extract("GPSAltitude")
+    altitude = f"{alt:.0f}m above sea-level"
+    ds = dict[piexif.GPSIFD.GPSDateStamp] 
+    hf, mf, sf = dict[piexif.GPSIFD.GPSTimeStamp] 
+    h = rational(hf)
+    m = rational(mf)
+    s = rational(sf)
+     
+    timestamp_utc = f"{ds.decode()} {h:02.0f}:{m:02.0f}:{s:02.0f} +00:00 UTC"
+ 
+    print(direction)
+    print(altitude) 
+    print(timestamp_utc)
+    # location = dms2dd()
+
+    return f"{direction}<br />{altitude}</br />{timestamp_utc}<br />"
 
 @login_required_if_public
 def new_image_form(request, path):
@@ -148,8 +199,11 @@ def new_image_form(request, path):
             i_original = i
             if "exif" in i.info:
                 exif_dict = piexif.load(i.info["exif"])
-                gps_data = exif_dict['GPS']
-                # print(f"new_image_form() EXIF loaded from {f.name}\n    {gps_data=}")
+                if "GPS" in exif_dict:
+                    gps_data = exif_dict['GPS']
+                    print(f"new_image_form() EXIF loaded from {f.name}\n    {gps_data=}")
+                    gps_annotations = extract_gps(gps_data) 
+                    descrip += gps_annotations
                 i = reorient_image(i, exif_dict)
                 exif_dict['Exif'][41729] = b'1' # I am not sure this should be binary..
                 # can crash here with bad exif data

templates/image_page_template.html

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <div class="centre"><img alt="" src="{{ filepath }}" />
 </div>
 
-<p>{{ description }}</p>
+<p>{{ description|safe }}</p>
 
 {% if photographer %}
 <p class="caption">Photo &copy; {{ photographer }}{% if year %}, {{ year }}{% endif %}</p>