# Pix4D Mavic 2 Processing Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/pix4d-mavic-2-processing-issues/7215 "2018-09-18T14:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Blaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/blaz/32/4344_2.png) [@Blaz](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Blaz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/pix4d-mavic-2-processing-issues/7215/23 "2018-10-18T07:00:42Z")
**_ _** **_Edited on January 24th 2019_**   A new firmware update for DJI Mavic 2 was released on 2018.10.11 ([v01.00.01.00](https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic_2/20181011/Mavic_2_Pro_Zoom_Release_Notes_en.pdf)) and the latest status regarding the geotags is the following: - **GPS Altitude ** written in the EXIF file of the images ** is correct. ** Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitudeRef   Above sea level Exif.GPSInfo.GPSAltitude        376.6 m - **Latitude and Longitude**  written in the EXIF file of the images  **are not correct.** Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude       46deg 30’  **-** 24.216" Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude      6deg 32’  **-** 17.914"   At the moment, I would recommend  **updating the firmware**  version of the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and apply one of these three workarounds: **1.- For those who use Pix4Dcapture for image acquisition.** - Performing the mission with **[Pix4Dcapture](https://www.pix4d.com/product/pix4dcapture/) (iOS)** flight planning app produces a project file ( **.p4d** ) when downloading the images to the device, also called [Synchronization](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/204057579#label1).  After successful synchronization, the .p4d file and images can be [extracted from the mission folder](http://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/214516203#label2) when connecting the mobile device to a computer or by directly [uploading the project on the cloud](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/204057579#label2).  This project file (.p4d) includes correct coordinates of the images and will position the images correctly in the project. For precise georeferencing, I recommend using [GCPs](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202558699-Using-GCPs).  **2.- For those who do not use Pix4Dcapture.** ** - 2.a Pix4Dmapper 4.4.9** A new [Pix4Dmapper preview version](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005738363-Pix4D-Desktop-preview-and-technical-release-notes) has been released (on January 24th, 2019)  which reads the image geolocation from the XMP tags instead of the EXIF tags.  **This only applies for  DJI drones**  (Including Mavic 2), for all other drones, the image geolocation will still be taken from the EXIF tags. In case of DJI drones, the exact tags which are taken are: - Xmp.drone-dji.Latitude - Xmp.drone-dji.Longitude - Xmp.drone-dji.AbsoluteAltitude More information about EXIF and XMP tags can be found here: [EXIF and XMP tag information read by Pix4D](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/205732309-EXIF-and-XMP-tag-information-read-by-Pix4D-Desktop) Please note that the altitude can still be inaccurate. From our experience, the correct altitude when it comes to DJI drones is most of the times written in the _Xmp.drone-dji.AbsoluteAltitude but it is sometimes written in the Xmp.drone-dji.RelativeAltitude tag. _ Our recommendation is to check the coordinates in the Image Properties Editor  before running the project. ** - 2.b _BR`s EXIFExtracter_** There is a freeware programme called \_BR`s EXIFExtracter (\_which can be easily downloaded [here](http://www.br-software.com/extracter.html)) which is able to create a .csv file including the GPS coordinates read from the XMP tags. The steps to follow are: - Open the software - Select the folder where the images are located - Select the name and folder where the .csv file will be saved - Select the data to be exported: GPS latitude, GPS longitude, GPS altitude. - Click on export - [Create a new project](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202557309-Step-2-Creating-a-Project#label1) with Pix4D as usual - Go to the[ Image Properties Editor](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202557849-Menu-Project-Image-Properties-Editor-) - Click on [_From File _](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/205320215)and import the .csv file exported from _BR`s EXIFExtracter_ Best, --- _[View the full topic](https://community.pix4d.com/t/pix4d-mavic-2-processing-issues/7215)._