Photo2Shape goes Processing

19.03.2026 10:50 ·  GIS  ·  qgis, plugins, photo2shape, processing

Photo2Shape was the next plugin I decided to update to support QGIS Qt6 builds.

As with the Statist plugin, I did not stop after fixing compatibility issues. I had been thinking about porting some of my plugins to Processing for years, and Photo2Shape was one of them. Although I am very comfortable with Processing and have developed many Processing providers, I always postponed the migration because the plugins were working fine, and there was always something more urgent. Then the war started, and my focus shifted completely. So Qt6 migration was the perfect opportunity to catch up and cross another item off my long TODO list.

This is how the new version of Photo2Shape was born. It is now a Processing algorithm provider with three algorithms for importing geotagged images, each powered by a different backend: GDAL, exif-py, and QGIS (exiv2). The backends vary in their support for different image formats and handling of missing EXIF GPS tags. The plugin’s main functionality remains unchanged. It still:

• creates a point layer from geotagged images
• adds maptips with image previews
• applies a custom style to the output layer
• assigns editor widgets to provide a nice UX when using the feature form

In addition to the point vector layer, it is now possible to generate an optional geometryless table containing information about any images that could not be processed, including the specific reason for the error.

Check the plugin documentation for more details and installation instructions.

New Photo2shape

21.11.2014 08:30 ·  GIS  ·  qgis, plugins, photo2shape

I have released a new version of the Photo2Shape plugin. This is a QGIS plugin that allows you to create a point vector layer from a set of geotagged photos.

Users now have the ability to recursively process directories and the option to append data to an existing file. The code has also been refactored, and instead of EXIF.py the more convenient and reliable exifread is now used.

Contributing

02.02.2010 17:56 ·  GIS  ·  qgis, plugins, photo2shape

Yesterday my patch adding import/export of connection settings to geodatabases and WMS servers was accepted.

When the user clicks on the import/export button, the following simple window appears

The file to which the data will be written (or from which it will be imported) is selected at the top, and the connections from that file are displayed below. Multiple selection can be made using the Ctrl and Shift keys, also list items can be selected by dragging the mouse.

Once you have saved the file, you can transfer it to another machine and add the necessary connections in a few clicks.

I also forked Tim’s ImagesToShape plugin, rewrote it to use the EXIF.py module and added some improvements. This is how Photo2Shape was born. It is already released, but there is not much feedback yet, or rather none at all :-).