Sharing a dataset resource that may be useful for researchers, data scientists, and investigators.
Image-Meta has indexed the embedded metadata (EXIF/IPTC/XMP) from ~720 million publicly accessible images using ExifTool. The data is queryable via a REST API & web rather than a bulk download.
**What’s in the dataset:**
– Camera make, model, and serial number
– Author, copyright, rights, title, description
– GPS coordinates (where present, subject to strict TOS/paid tier not publicly free available)
– Software chain
– Creation, modification, and index dates
– Filename and document ID
– Creation, Modify Date, Date Found
– Extra JSON supplimental metadata in full per image
**Potential research uses:**
– Camera device attribution studies
– Metadata privacy/leakage research
– Image provenance and disinformation analysis
– Geospatial studies using embedded GPS
– Timeline reconstruction of image publication
**Access:**
Web or Queryable via REST API with field-level boolean search, date ranges,
API docs: https://image-meta.com/api-docs
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