Prompt

Test your abilities to extract metadata.

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Tutorial Video

Walk-Through

This challenge will give you experience extracting detailed metadata from a photo.

A quick Google search for “metadata viewer” will provide several websites that can be used to view the metadata from the image.

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Tip: Make sure you’re using a reputable tool and don’t place too much confidence on a random website you found. You can always compare your results from multiple sources to verify that your answers are correct.

Download the image from the challenge prompt window. Upload the image to the viewer to get a table containing the metadata information. Below is a view of metadata2go.com , but other tools or sites will work as well.

Find the corresponding field in the table to get the answer to each question.

We’ve censored some of the fields so you can practice using a metadata viewer

Useful Tools:

Metadata viewer
Convert GPS coordinates from DMS (degree, minute, second) format to decimal format

Questions

1. When was the image created? (Round to the nearest minute)

See the “Create Date” field from the metadata viewer

2. What is the image size in pixels? (ex: 800x600)

See the “Image Size” field from the metadata viewer

3. What is the make of the camera that took the picture?

See the “Make” field from the metadata viewer

4. What is the model of the camera that took the picture?

See the “Model” field from the metadata viewer

5. What is the exposure time for the picture? (ex: 1/200)

See the “Exposure Time” field from the metadata viewer

6. Where was the picture taken? Please use only positive numbers with 4 decimal places. (ex: 45.4000N, 75.6667W)

See the “GPSPosition” field from the metadata viewer

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Depending on your metadata viewer, you may need to convert the GPS coordinates from DMS (degree, minutes, seconds) format to decimal format. The FCC has a tool that can do the conversion.