# Coordinates not recognized **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014 "2020-06-02T11:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jehammar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jehammar](https://community.pix4d.com/u/jehammar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/1 "2020-06-02T11:35:56Z")
Dear community, I am trying to create a orthomosaic and DEM from an overflight. The images are in tiff format and the geolocations are stored like this: GPS Position: 78 deg 55’ 48.02" N, 11 deg 51’ 17.77" E in the EXIF. When I create a new project none of the geolocations are recognized and I get the message: “more than 80 percent of image coordinate of camera model were the same thus corresponding geotags have been discarded”. Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Is there a way to extract the geolocations from all the images to a csv file which can be loaded in separately? Thanks Pix4D beginner ---
**Author:** ![Beata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/beata/32/187_2.png) [@Beata](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Beata)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/2 "2020-06-02T13:06:31Z")
Hi @jehammar, Only image positions in WGS84 can be read from the EXIF. To learn more about this topic, please read our article [How to geolocate the Images so that the Geolocation is imported in Pix4Dmapper](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/204424015-How-to-geolocate-the-Images-so-that-the-Geolocation-is-imported-in-Pix4Dmapper). Unfortunately, I don’t know any easy way in which you could extract the geolocation. However, maybe our users know the way 🙂 Regards ---
**Author:** ![jehammar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jehammar](https://community.pix4d.com/u/jehammar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/3 "2020-06-02T15:06:42Z")
Hello and thank you for the answer, it is in WGS84 but (degrees minutes seconds) but it probably need to be in decimal degrees? Regards ---
**Author:** ![Beata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/beata/32/187_2.png) [@Beata](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Beata)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/4 "2020-06-03T09:44:09Z")
Hi @jehammar, Thanks for your reply. Could you please upload to our [OneDrive](https://pix4d365-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/beata_ciesielska_pix4d_com/EkPgCdoT_5VOtN_6TvA5DZkB8S6GCS-ZUtY3Uzcg9HhI2w?e=hoHRI3) ~3 images so I can verify the EXIF tags? In Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude/Longitude we read: “GPS degree and/or minute and/or second. In some formats, the list of rationals is shorter and the seconds and/or minutes part are ignored.” More in [EXIF and XMP tag information read by Pix4D Desktop](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/205732309-EXIF-and-XMP-tag-information-read-by-Pix4D-Desktop). Thanks in advance, ---
**Author:** ![jehammar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jehammar](https://community.pix4d.com/u/jehammar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/5 "2020-06-05T09:35:46Z")
Hello, I solved the problem by extracting the metadata with ExifTool to a textfile and then import it separately. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Beata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/beata/32/187_2.png) [@Beata](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Beata)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/6 "2020-06-05T09:45:45Z")
Thanks @jehammar for the update. I’m happy that you fixed the problem! Regards ---
**Author:** ![mina.miraki68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mina.miraki68](https://community.pix4d.com/u/mina.miraki68)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/7 "2021-07-05T06:35:58Z")
Dear all, I have same problem I extracted the metadata with ExifTool and then import it separately, but this error did not resolve. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Bonfiglio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/alice_bonfiglio/32/291_2.png) [@Alice\_Bonfiglio](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Alice_Bonfiglio)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/coordinates-not-recognized/13014/8 "2021-07-08T09:57:03Z")
Hi @mina.miraki68 could you share with us the textfile you extracted?