Viewing and Editing Exif Data
In Windows XP, a subset of the Exif information may be viewed by right clicking on an image file and clicking properties; from the properties dialog click the Summary tab and then the Advanced button. However, using this tab to edit Exif information may damage certain Exif headers. As of the release of Service Pack 3, Windows XP still shows evidence of corrupting Exif tags when modifying JPG file properties via the file properties window.
On Mac OS X 10.4 and above, basic Exif information may be viewed in the Finder by doing Get Info on a file and expanding the More Info section.
On Unix systems using the GNOME desktop environment, a subset of Exif data can be seen by right clicking the file in the Nautilus file manager and selecting properties. In KDE, it can be seen by right clicking in the Dolphin file manager, selecting "Properties" and then "Information". Many Unix image viewers give the full set of Exif data.
In addition, there are many software tools available which allow both viewing and editing of Exif data.
Sharing photographs with Exif information may present privacy problems such as revealing a location. Such information may be edited out before sharing the file. Alternatively, there are metadata removal tools that will remove Exif information.
Read more about this topic: Exchangeable Image File Format
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