Pictures taken by digital cameras are stored with a host of extra information embedded in them, such as the date that they were taken, what exposure settings were used on the camera and, in some cases, even where the picture was taken.
This topic shows you how to access this information.
You can display the date that a picture was taken in the status bar at the bottom of the window.
To do this, click Edit ▸ Preferences and go to the Plugins tab. Then, check Date in statusbar.
The detailed information stored with digital photos is called Exif data. You can view it by installing a plugin for the image viewer.
To be able to see the Exif data embedded in your photos, you must first install the eog-plugins package.
If eog-plugins is installed, click Edit ▸ Preferences and go to the Plugins tab. Then, check Exif display and click Close.
Click View ▸ Side Pane to view the camera settings used to take the photo, and a histogram showing the balance of colors and light/shade in the picture.
Some cameras are able to attach geolocation information (geotags) to digital photos. Geotags are usually just the GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the place where a photo was taken.
To be able to see a map of where your photos were taken, you must first install the eog-plugins package.
If eog-plugins is installed, click Edit ▸ Preferences and go to the Plugins tab. Then, check Map and click Close.
Click View ▸ Side Pane to show the map.
The map will show the location that a picture was taken in only if there is geolocation information attached to the photo. Many cameras do not attach geolocation information to pictures.
