Python script to remove geographic coordinates / latitude (lat) + longitude (long) EXIF data from JPG / JPEG photos / pictures / pics

exif_stripper.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Purpose: This script strips out all the geo latitude + longitude data
# from JPG / JPEG files
#
# Installation: Make sure you have PIL (Python Imaging Library), or "Pillow"
#
# Usage: Put this file in directory with photos and run it from there
#
# e.g.
# cd /some/dir/with/photos
# python exif_stripper.py
#
# Jay Liew, Sept 2016

from PIL import Image
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
import re

mypath = "."

onlyfiles = [f for f in listdir(mypath) if isfile(join(mypath, f))]

for fn in onlyfiles:
    pattern = r'^[^.]\w*\.jpe?g$'
    r = re.compile(pattern, re.IGNORECASE)
    if r.findall(fn):
        print "Stripping " + fn
        image_file = open(fn)
        image = Image.open(image_file)
        data = list(image.getdata())
        image_without_exif = Image.new(image.mode, image.size)
        image_without_exif.putdata(data)
        image_without_exif.save( "SAFE_" + fn)
        print "Success! SAFE_" + fn
    else:
        print "Leaving alone: " + fn