Installation

To install this script, add the following line to your common.js page:

 // Auto-Add Location Tag from EXIF Data mw.loader.load('https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Suyash.dwivedi/userscripts/AutoAddLocationEXIF.js?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');

How to use

• Navigate to a File: page (JPG, JPEG, TIFF, HEIF, or WebP).

• The script automatically scans the file's EXIF metadata upon loading.

• If valid GPS coordinates are found and no location template currently exists on the page, a blue button labeled Add location tag from EXIF data will appear at the top of the content area.

Click the button to:

• Extract the precise Latitude and Longitude.
• Clean up any redundant placeholders like

  This image contains geographic location information in its Exif meta data. Users can then browse this category and insert a {{Location}} template into this image description page. If it could be geotagged but location in EXIF is faulty or wrong, remove this template and add {{GPS EXIF ambiguous}}. If it could be geotagged but that should never be done, remove this template and add {{Location withheld}}.

.

Smartly insert the

Camera location	0° 00′ 00″ N, 0° 00′ 00″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

• template immediately after the

block (or at the bottom if the template isn't found).

• The page will reload automatically once the edit is saved.

Features

• Metadata Extraction: Utilizes the exif-js library to read raw GPS tags from the image file.

• Smart Placement: Uses a bracket-matching algorithm to find the end of the

template for clean wikitext placement.

• Format Support: Works with standard photographic formats including JPG, TIFF, and modern formats like HEIF and WebP.

• Conflict Prevention: The button only appears if the page does not already contain a location, camera location, or location dec template.

• Zero-Coordinate Filter: Automatically ignores invalid "0,0" coordinates often found in corrupted metadata.

Created by Suyash Dwivedi | Updated on: 8 January 2026