Geolocation Editor: remove altitude context menu not working as expected

[NeiNei]

Hi there,

I just checked the most recent appimage 
"digikam-5.8.0-20171202T042941-x86-64.appimage". Unfortunately, the 
issue remains.

Could someone give me a hint on this or could reproduce this behavior?

Thanks in advance,
NeiNei

On 12/01/2017 12:22 PM, NeiNei wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Perhaps I have a conceptual misunderstanding but I face an issue in the 
> geolocation editor when I try to remove altitude values in the metadata 
> of my jpeg photos.
> 
> *Situation:
> I select an image in thumbnail view and open then the geolocation editor.
> In the geolocation editor I select the Details tab.
> In the details tab I select an image containing gps coordinates and 
> altitude data. Coordinates and altitude data are correctly shown
> For the selected picture I right-click the context menu and choose 
> “remove altitude”.
> The altitude value is removed and the altitude filed is now empty.
> I press apply and close the geolocation editor.
> 
> I reopen the geolocation editor.
> In the details tab I select the same image. In the details tab I see the 
> gps coordinates and an altitude value of 0 (zero) meters.
> 
> 
> *Expectation:
> I would expect an empty field instead of 0 meters. The latter represents 
> sea level for me.
> 
> 
> *My interpretation:
> “Remove altitude” does not empty the metadata field altitude as intended 
> but writes 0 meters in it.
> 
> *Further observations:
> The issue remains whether I reread the metadata of the jpeg or not.
> It doe not matter if I select on or several jpeg images and remove 
> altitude on them.
> If I use “Remove coordinates” instead gps coordinates and the altitude 
> values is removed and the fields stay empty on reopening the same image 
> in the geolocation editor.
> I observed the issue in DK 5.7 (KDE Neon) and in Win64 DK 5.8 built of 
> November 30th as well in DK 5.8 app image for Linux from last week.
> 
> So, could someone give me a hint on this or could reproduce this behavior?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> NeiNei