Set the GPS metdata on videos. Setting the GPS info of each video file would be great.

There's a setting you can turn on in the app that will provide you with a .srt file ( like a sub-title) for video you record.

Yes.... but need the GPS data (Lat/Long) in the video file metadata, so Apple Photos app can find the location. iPhone images includes GPS metadata.

Hello there Gordon Banks. Thank you for reaching out and for giving out these information. I will forward these infomrtaion to the designated DJI department for attention. Thank you and keep flying.

+1 great idea.

Hello,

what is the status of this request?

I also would really like to have this feature, so that Google Fotos can connect my flight videos to a certain location.

For me using the GPS location at the start of the video or having a setting that allows you to either use the GPS location at the start or end point of the video as default (which can be adjusted by the user per setting) would be great and more than enough.

This would be a big time saver for me because I no longer would need to manually add the location to the video metadata.

Thanks for considering it.

Would also like to have this feature. All videos should have gps Metadata of the takeoff location. Other data should be in srt files. This way, Apple will be able to show all videos on the maps. Thanks

djiuser_JYf1q2WWTHvB Posted at 6-17 03:42
Would also like to have this feature. All videos should have gps Metadata of the takeoff location. Other data should be in srt files. This way, Apple will be able to show all videos on the maps. Thanks

Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate the time and effort you have invested in providing this suggestion to us. Your feedback will be definitely cascaded to the concerned team for further review. Thank you for your valued support.

DJI Paladin Posted at 6-25 04:13
Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate the time and effort you have invested in providing this suggestion to us. Your feedback will be definitely cascaded to the concerned team for further review. Thank you for your valued support.

Hello, I am new to drone videos, just gt my DJ mini 4 pro. Today I realized the uploaded videos to photos app on apple do not have a GEO location in. Is there any progress on this or is there any reason why this can't be enabled? Seems quite straight forward and useful and requested feature. Thank you.

Paliak Posted at 10-22 01:35
Hello, I am new to drone videos, just gt my DJ mini 4 pro. Today I realized the uploaded videos to photos app on apple do not have a GEO location in. Is there any progress on this or is there any reason why this can't be enabled? Seems quite straight forward and useful and requested feature. Thank you.

Hello. For the products you inquired about, the GPS coordinate data in the flight records and flight data files cannot be interpreted. You can refer to the steps below to retrieve the GPS coordinate data:

1. When taking a photo, the coordinates at the time of photo taking are stored in the photo’s EXIF information. Please note that the information is for a single photo-taking point.
2. If Video Captions are enabled, you can export the coordinate data with the videos at the time of recording. Please note that the data covers the entire video recording process.

It is not possible to export the GPS coordinate data during the entire flight period. We apologize for the inconvenience.

DJI Paladin Posted at 10-23 00:30
Hello. For the products you inquired about, the GPS coordinate data in the flight records and flight data files cannot be interpreted. You can refer to the steps below to retrieve the GPS coordinate data:

1. When taking a photo, the coordinates at the time of photo taking are stored in the photo’s EXIF information. Please note that the information is for a single photo-taking point.

Obviously in most cases the geo location of the video recording starting point is not the same with the one that the video capture ends (most cameras move anyway).

What people are asking and what I am asking as well is that we could have an approximate geo location on the map of the place that the video was taken. It does not have to be entire series of the coordinates that the plane followed while recording. iPhones move to while recording but apple still provides a pin point of the place that the video was taken. We may don’t know if they use the coordinates of the place that the recording started or those of the place that the video stop and stored, but it doesn’t actually makes a big difference for the purpose we ask you to enable this metadata recording.

Just use the video starting point or the end of capture point or any point in between the flight courses.

The only thing we need is an approximate location to the metadata so we can have our videos organized by them

Well, for kicks, I asked ChatGPT 4 if you can add GPS metadata to a MP4 file.  Here is the conversation:
Me
Can I use ffmpeg to add geo location to mp4 files?

ChatGPT

Yes, you can use FFmpeg to add geolocation metadata to MP4 files. Geolocation data is typically embedded in the metadata of a file in the form of GPS coordinates. To do this with FFmpeg, you would use the -metadata option to add custom metadata fields to your video file.

Here is a general approach to add GPS metadata using FFmpeg:

    Determine the GPS Metadata Format: First, you need to know the correct format for embedding GPS data. This often follows a specific string format, such as GPSLatitude=xx.xxxx,GPSLongitude=yy.yyyy.

    Use FFmpeg to Add Metadata: You can add this metadata using FFmpeg with a command similar to the following:

    bash

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -metadata "metadata_key=metadata_value" -codec copy output.mp4

Replace metadata_key with the appropriate key for GPS metadata (like location, GPSLatitude, GPSLongitude, etc.) and metadata_value with the actual GPS data.

For example:

bash

    ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -metadata "GPSLatitude=35.6895" -metadata "GPSLongitude=139.6917" -codec copy output.mp4

    This command will add GPS metadata to output.mp4 without re-encoding the video, thus preserving its original quality.

    Check Metadata Format Compatibility: Be aware that the format for GPS metadata can vary depending on the playback system or standard you're targeting. You should verify the correct format for your specific needs.

Remember, the effectiveness of this metadata embedding can depend on how the player or platform reading the file interprets metadata. Not all players or platforms may recognize or use this metadata. Also, ensure that the GPS coordinates are in the correct format and are accurately representing the location you intend to embed.

djiuser_8c61FNdcXGIK Posted at 2023-12-28 16:05
Obviously in most cases the geo location of the video recording starting point is not the same with the one that the video capture ends (most cameras move anyway).

What people are asking and what I am asking as well is that we could have an approximate geo location on the map of the place that the video was taken. It does not have to be entire series of the coordinates that the plane followed while recording. iPhones move to while recording but apple still provides a pin point of the place that the video was taken. We may don’t know if they use the coordinates of the place that the recording started or those of the place that the video stop and stored, but it doesn’t actually makes a big difference for the purpose we ask you to enable this metadata recording.

Hi there. We appreciate your feedback. We will gather this concern of yours and forward it to our developers as a suggestion. Please note that all suggestions will undergo evaluation before we apply to the unit. Thank you for your understanding.

Hi, I just created an account to ask about the status of this issue. It seems to me that it's quite simple to program, and I find it hard to believe that our comments are actually reaching the developers since it's been almost 2 years since the original post. It seems to be a frequent request as we have to organize our files with programs that require this data. Thank you for your consideration.

What makes this even more funny is that the DJI Mimo App for the OSMO mobile suffers from the very same issue….
Here the camera is not moving huge distances.

Edit: it needs to be enabled in Settings->Privacy (not the shooting settings) for OMs at least.

Is there any news about this feature request? It would be really important that the GPS location is saved in the metadata of videos. This is certainly not so easy with videos, as the drone is moving. But you could define in the settings, for example, that the destination or start location is always saved in the video metadata.

Any update on this? The takeoff GPS location should be stored in the video.

Hello, can DJI please put a update with geolocation metadata for videos please? Its really hard to find videos on my 22k+ photo library without geolocation data. Please DJI this should be simple

The problem with this, as post 15 hints at, is that there is no standard for embedding location data in a video file.

Apple do this by adding custometa data to the video files. As they choose the format to add it, they can also read it, but because it is not a standard it is unlikely to be adopted by anyone else.

Until MPEG create a standard (or officially choose to adopt the same format that Apple have used) the question is what format should DJI use?

If they create their own format then you have the same issue as with the Apple format - it's bespoke to that manufacturer.

Or do they adopt the Apple format? Apple.may claim their own IP over that and charge a license (legally can they do that with meta data that is embedded in an open format like MPEG's standards, I don't know). But also, is Apple's format the best? There may be better ways of storing the location data - maybe start and end locations, periodic geo stamps etc that would require the format Apple used to be changed...

So I imagine DJI has no intention of adding GPS logging to the pictures. But we know it is using GPS because it shows us the map and the number of GPS satellites we're connected to. I will definitely not buy a DJI again, if this is not fixed.

jgravitt Posted at 7-28 19:29
So I imagine DJI has no intention of adding GPS logging to the pictures. But we know it is using GPS because it shows us the map and the number of GPS satellites we're connected to. I will definitely not buy a DJI again, if this is not fixed.

What are you talking about?
The location data is included in the metadata for still images.

Hi Folks!

Due to the reason that DJI didn’t provide any solution for the missing GPS location in the video metadata yet, I created a script as a little workaround.

This script takes the first location from the .SRT file (So the start of the video) and adds this location as GPS metadata to the related Video file.

You can get this script from my GitHub. There is also a manual provided how to run this script:
https://github.com/Yoschi95/AddGPSDataToMP4