raleighlittles/iOS-Advanced-EXIF-Data-Viewer

Viewing accelerometer data and focus area info from iPhone images

About

Pictures taken on an iPhone have a proprietary section in the image metadata that among other things, can include accelerometer data and focus area information.

https://exiftool.org/TagNames/Apple.html

https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags/privateifd/exif/subjectarea.html

This tool consist of a simple Python script that can:

1. Create a plot of the accelerometer information

Example:

2. Highlight the focus subject area

Example (see red rectangle)

Setup

Python

• matplotlib for drawing images
• pandas for easy CSV file conversion

Linux

• exiftool for extracting EXIF data
• imageMagick for drawing atop the image

Usage

usage: ios_advanced_exif_analyzer.py [-h] [-i INPUT_FILE]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
                        iPhone image filename