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# radiation tagger
exif_rad.py is a simple unix-style cross-platform Python 3 tool which can write certain tags to an image file.
It can scan a couple of images, extract their Exif-tags, and compare the `DateTimeOriginal` with other sources.
By now it can parse a .his (CSV) file from a [GeigerLog](https://sourceforge.net/projects/Geigerlog/) file export and calculate the radiation in µS/h using the factor in `SIFACTOR`.
It then creates a `UserComment` Exif tag with the actual measured radiation at the time the photo has been taken.
## Dependencies
Right now it depends on the following non-core Python 3 libraries:
* [py3exiv2](https://pypi.org/project/py3exiv2/) A Python 3 binding for (lib)exiv2.
* [boost.python3](http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html) Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language.
* [exiv2](http://www.exiv2.org/) Exiv2 is a Cross-platform C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.
* [gpxpy](https://github.com/tkrajina/gpxpy) gpx-py is a python GPX parser. GPX (GPS eXchange Format) is an XML based file format for GPS tracks.
## Requirements
* GeigerCounter log file in csv format as it is being exported by the software GeigerLog.
* A bunch of images (jpg, cr2, etc.) with its time of creation stored in `DateTimeOriginal`
All sources are matched by their timestamp, so all sources have to be recorded during the same time (and timezone). The Geiger counter has to log a value every second, as the script compares the timestamps exactly.
These exported .his files look like this:
```
# ID , time in isoformat , CP/M, CP/S
149654, 2020-02-27 05:12:42, 13.0, 0.0
```
## Usage
```
usage: exif_rad.py [-h] [-si SIFACTOR] [-tz Timezone] [-d] [-g GPX]
[-o OUTDIR]
CSV Photo [Photo ...]
A unix-tyle tool that extracts GPS and/or radiation data from GPX/CSV files
and writes them into the Exif tags of given photos.
positional arguments:
CSV Geiger counter history file in CSV format.
Photo One or multiple photo image files to process.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-si SIFACTOR, --sifactor SIFACTOR
Factor to multiply recorded CPM with. (default:
0.0065)
-tz Timezone, --timezone Timezone
Manually set timezone of CSV / and Photo timestamp,
defaults to localtime if omitted. (default: None)
-d, --dry Dry-run, do not actually write anything. (default:
False)
-g GPX, --gpx GPX GPS track in GPX format (default: None)
-o OUTDIR, --outdir OUTDIR
Directory to output processed photos. (default: .)
```
### Examples
Use test.hisdb.his from current working dir and modify (overwrite) all .CR2 files in place.
```
./exif_rad.py test.hisdb.his *.CR2
Modifying photos in place (overwrite)
filename date / time Exif UserComment
DSC_0196.JPG 2020-03-03 18:33:33 NOT FOUND!
DSC_0197.JPG 2020-03-03 20:14:18 Radiation ☢ 0.15 µS/h
DSC_0198.JPG 2020-03-03 22:18:13 Radiation ☢ 0.07 µS/h
```
Use test.hisdb.his in folder 'testdata', read all .JPG files from 'testsource' and write them to 'testdest'.
```
./exif_rad.py testdata/test.hisdb.his -o testdest/ testsource/*.JPG
Modifying photos in testdest/ (copy)
filename date / time Exif UserComment
DSC_0196.JPG 2020-03-03 18:33:33 NOT FOUND!
DSC_0197.JPG 2020-03-03 20:14:18 Radiation ☢ 0.15 µS/h
DSC_0198.JPG 2020-03-03 22:18:13 Radiation ☢ 0.07 µS/h
```
## GeigerLog setup
The Software is Open-Source and can be downloaded from [Sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/Geigerlog/).
### Configure GeigerLog to use the GMC-Geiger counter
The GMC device has to be enabled in the `geigerlog.cfg` which is located in the main program directory. Because GS (GammaScout) is preactivated, it can be disabled, while you want to enable GMC
```
GSActivation = no
GMCActivation = yes
```
The GMC* defaults are quite sane, but you might want to set the correct serial port:
`usbport = /dev/ttyUSB0`
### Using GeigerLog to download history
Now the program can be started by double-clicking `geigerlog` or by executing `./geigerlog` on the command prompt.
Once connected to the device (in any power state) by pressing 'Ctrl+C' , you can download the history ('History' -> 'GMC Series' -> 'Get History from Device'). You will be asked to choose a filename for the hisdb-file (SQLITE format).
GeigerLog now presents you a rendering of the radiation over time in its main window:
![alt text][main_window]
[main_window]: images/geigerlog_main_window.png "GeigerLog Main Window with graph"
Once imported, you can export the history into a hisdb.his-file, which is basically the CSV-file `exif_rad.py` can process. Choose 'History' -> Save History Data into .his file (CSV)'.
## future possibilities
* In the future it should also be able to do the same with a gpx-file to extract geolocations and to write them into the appropiate Exif-fields.
* It might get a setup.py if I want to waste my time on it.
* I might want to get rid of the requirement to use a bloated GUI application to download the history data off the Geigercounter. There must be a neat working command line tool. Maybe I'll write it myself.