XMP GPS coordinates are interpreted incorrectly

Question

Hi,

See attached .psd file, generated by PTGui. It contains an XMP section with the following GPS location:

<exif:GPSVersionID>2.2.0.0</exif:GPSVersionID>

<exif:GPSLatitude>51,55.8650N</exif:GPSLatitude>

<exif:GPSLongitude>4,28.2967W</exif:GPSLongitude>

Photoshop's File - Info shows this incorrectly as 51.0 and 4.0.

I think the XMP data is formatted according to spec:

GPSCoordinate
A Text value in the form “DDD,MM,SSk” or “DDD,MM.mmk”, where:
DDD is a number of degrees
MM is a number of minutes
SS is a number of seconds
mm is a fraction of minutes
k is a single character N, S, E, or W indicating a direction (north, south, east, west)
Leading zeros are not necessary for the for DDD, MM, and SS values. The DDD,MM.mmk form should be used
when any of the native EXIF component rational values has a denominator other than 1. There can be any
number of fractional digits.

creative explorer · Answer

@Joost23261292kdtl the GPS coordinates is based on 'where you are taking the photo' — you are saying Photoshop incorrectly interprets the XMP GPS data generated by PTGui? PTGui is writing the GPS coordinates in XMP using a specific format (DDD,MM.mmk) that is compliant with the XMP specification. Photoshop isn't changing the coordinates, it's just failing to fully interpret the data because it's not structured in the way it expects.

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