Download ExifTool 12.79

Phil Harvey has released version 12.79 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are third party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. New versions are released regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta banner. This update is also referred to as a development version; the latest stable release is version 12.76. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 12.79

• Improvements to new Geolocation feature:
  • Added ability to obtain GPS coordinates from city name
  • Added -listgeo option to list the Geolocation database
  • Added the ability to include user-defined cities in the Geolocation database
  • Added the ability to write XMP-iptcExt LocationShown tags using Geolocate feature
  • Added the ability to specify which tags to read from file for the API Geolocation option
  • Added language translations for Geolocation names
  • Increased resolution of Geolocation GPS positions and stored populations
• API Changes:
  • Save necessary data members to allow GetInfo to be accessed by user-defined tags