Are metadata in .jpg photos preserved when uploaded to Family Tree Memories?

Gary Romsaas

Are metadata in .jpg photos preserved when uploaded to Family Tree Memories? .jpg photos taken with modern devices often contain metadata such as date and GPS Latitude and Longitude coordinates. There is much more EXIF and IPTC metadata that can be added to .jpg images. Is any metadata from an uploaded photo preserved in the Family Tree Memories or is it all striped upon upload? If some types of metadata are preserved what types?

I'd like to be able to add metadata to my older photos (and digitized photos) and have it preserved in FamilySearch Family Tree Memories.

Lynn Nielson

I don't believe so. I tested this by upploading photos with metadata and then downloading the same photos back to my local system. The metadata was all stripped away.

Gary Romsaas

Has FamilySearch considered not striping metadata. Is FamilySearch planning to allow metadata (at least some kinds) in the future?

Sanra

@Gary Romsaas

You might consider adding this request to the "Suggest and idea" section of the Community, where the engineers can review the request, and possibly try to implement the metadata addition.