Bug 498131

Summary:	GPS info is not always written to XMP sidecar
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	fotograaf <fotograaf>
Component:	Metadata-Gps	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	8.4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description fotograaf 2025-01-01 18:13:50 UTC

Hard to reproduce.

Images that are marked with a 'globe' icon AND show up on a map in Digikam, did not always have their GPS tags written to the XMP file. 

I found about 1/3 of a particular file series was missing the GPS data in the sidecar file.
It was eventually resolved using "Write Metadata To Files'

It might be a timing issue.    I tag and assign GPS in bulk but sometimes it requires a bit of rework when I am importing many hundreds of photos, tagging, GPS-locating and then adding more files, writing all data to files, adjusting tags, writing metadata to files, etcetera.  

I have lazy sidecar writes set to ON and my files live on a network drive so reading and writing the info of a thousand files takes several minutes.

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-01-01 18:50:35 UTC

Again, we need a log from a sidecar write operation where the problem occurs. I suspect enabled write/read file locking in the NAS.

Maik

Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2025-12-08 20:58:39 UTC

fotograaf,

Do you seen the previous comment frm Maik?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2025-12-21 15:33:53 UTC

fotograaf,

We need a feedback for this file.

Gilles Caulier