File Upload and EXIF in mobile Safari

Question

As noted in these questions, there are cases where foto uploads on iOS have their geolocation and other EXIF metadata removed (in safari):

https://apple.stackexchang

Answer 1

There are now methods to access raw tag information. This enables you to take your desired EXIF data, put it in a concealed form field, and send it with the real upload of the file.

To get the EXIF:

1. Create a button that calls a function to generate the file input and add a change handler.
2. Then, In the file change handler use $(this).get(0).files to get the list of selected files.
3. Parse the exif data and send the browse results to jsjpegmeta.

This way you can get all the exif Information before its removed.