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Find where a picture is taken on Facebook?

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Is it still possible to find the location information of pictures on facebook since FB doesn't keep the EXIF?

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William Sham Avatar asked Oct 10 '11 14:10

William Sham


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Unfortunately, this is not possible. Currently Facebook strips the EXIF data upon upload.

The only way to determine where a photo was taken is if the user associated it with a place when they were uploading it to Facebook.

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Igy Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 00:10

Igy