I open iNaturalist, create a new observation, add photos, then select my HEIC photos. Many are imported with the wrong rotation, presumably because the EXIF tag isn’t being read correctly.
I’m running a Samsung Galaxy S21 with Android 13, August 2023 security patch level. iNaturalist version 1.29.5.
FWIW at this point I don’t think we need more details on the issue, our developer found the cause. We just need to implement a fix for it. I’m sorry it’s affecting you, and we’ll get a fix out as soon as possible.
Just got an update to 1.29.14, where the “what’s new” notes specifically say “more attempts to fix photo import problems”.
Unfortunately I’m still having issues. Interestingly photos taken with Pro mode are imported with proper orientation, but not photos taken with regular photo mode. I’m happy to share anything that’s helpful, if you guys need more sample images or whatever.
Just for your information. I have got the same issue for some time, with my Galaxy S10, only with photos in “Portrait”. I fixed it manually, one by one, just in slightly cropping the picture before sharing it with iNaturalist app.
It is no longer an issue for me, but I switched to RAW copies under Picture Formats in the Samsung Camera app settings.
iNaturalist android app is now at version 1.29.18 (592), Camera version 12.0.01.48. Just FYI, cameras can add a tag to the metadata that informs software of rotation. So it actually can depend on how you hold the camera/phone. Search “Exif orientation flag.” Usually software is written to look at the flag so the image is displayed correctly, but sometimes bugs happen.
Hi! I found this old topic when searching for any previous discussion of photos being rotated 180 degrees. My phone recently decided to start saving all its photos in HEIC format. This seemed to coincide with my observation photos being rotated 180 degrees in the iNat app.
My phone: Galaxy A53 5G
Android version 14
iNat software version 1.30.13
Problem occurs when sharing photos from Gallery to iNat and also when inside the app and importing photos from Gallery.
Not sure which category this fits in but can someone tell me how I can stop inaturalist app from flipping my pictures after I upload them? It’s so annoying having to flip each picture every single time. Thanks!
I’m testing an alpha version should should fix the rotation issue for HEIC files.
@mo0nsgreenthumb if possible can you please share one of these photos with help@inaturalist.org via a service like Dropbox or Google Drive? I can then test it with this new version.