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Dougie N.'s avatar
Dougie N.
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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Searching image exif data in app on Dropbox Professional plan

I save all my photos to Dropbox. They have lots of exif information; location, tags, keywords, captions etc, written from various programs, nowdays it's Digikam. I try and give the photos meaningful ...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago

    Hey Dougie N., thanks for checking in with us on the Community.

    You are right, image search is very similar to text content search in the way it works and doesn't use exif data. 

    If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to give me a nudge. Thanks!

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Dougie N.
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

An observation; after a few more experiments it seems to work in the same way as Google Photos searches image content. e.g. If I search (using the Dropbox website) for 'bicycle' - it shows all photos containing a bicycle. It doesn't look at the exif data at all I don't think. And it's not available on the iPhone app.

It's interesting and quite fun in a novelty way but not what I've looking for.

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
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    7 years ago

    Hey Dougie N., thanks for checking in with us on the Community.

    You are right, image search is very similar to text content search in the way it works and doesn't use exif data. 

    If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to give me a nudge. Thanks!

    • Dougie N.'s avatar
      Dougie N.
      Explorer | Level 4
      7 years ago

      Thanks for the clarification Lusil. I've changed back to the Plus plan now.

       

      • Lusil's avatar
        Lusil
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        7 years ago

        No worries, Dougie N. :slight_smile:

        Let me know if you have any other questions and, in the meantime, have a lovely day ahead! 

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