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oneoftheelks
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Do you know how to preserve location data when uploading photos and videos via a File Request?
The Goal: Collect photos and videos from a group of people who may or may not have Dropbox accounts. Important: We want to preserve the file quality, date, time and location data (Otherwise we wou...
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoHey there oneoftheelks, thanks for posting on our Community and sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Can you just clarify if you're all of you are/will be using iOS devices to upload to this file request of yours?
Also, have you ensured that those files all have location data embedded before uploading them?
Apart from that, when testing the uploads were you signed into a Dropbox account or not?
Keep us posted!
oneoftheelks
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hey Walter, thank you for the quick reply.
The photos and videos will be uploaded from a mix of iPhones and Android phones.
I have checked that all of the test files have location data embedded before uploading.
When testing the uploads I did it via Private Browsing in Safari and was not signed in to simulate someone without a Dropbox account using the link.
Let me know if you need anything else.
The photos and videos will be uploaded from a mix of iPhones and Android phones.
I have checked that all of the test files have location data embedded before uploading.
When testing the uploads I did it via Private Browsing in Safari and was not signed in to simulate someone without a Dropbox account using the link.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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