I think this is actually a bug in exiftool. If you save and then reopen the image with gottengeography, it correctly shows the non-ascii characters in it's own display. Also, if you use the command `exiv2 -pi yourfile.jpg` it shows unicode characters correctly there as well.
** Changed in: gottengeography Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: libimage-exiftool-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215249 Title: Character set (UTF-8) issues when geotagging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gottengeography/+bug/1215249/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs