diff --git a/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java b/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
index 003c456c91..6f012311cf 100644
--- a/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
+++ b/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ private static Pair<File, String> moveAndScaleImage(File originalImage, boolean
             if (currentWidget != null) {
                 int maxDimen = currentWidget.getMaxDimen();
                 if (maxDimen != -1) {
-                    savedScaledImage = FileUtil.scaleAndSaveImage(originalImage, tempFilePathForScaledImage, maxDimen);
+                    File tempFile = new File(tempFilePathForScaledImage);
+                    savedScaledImage = FileUtil.scaleAndSaveImageWithExif(originalImage, tempFile, maxDimen);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ private static File makeRawCopy(File originalImage, String instanceFolder, Strin
         }
         File rawImageFile = new File(rawDirPath + "/" + imageFilename);
         try {
-            FileUtil.copyFile(originalImage, rawImageFile);
+            FileUtil.copyFileWithExifData(originalImage, rawImageFile);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to rename " + originalImage.getAbsolutePath() +
                     " to " + rawImageFile.getAbsolutePath());
diff --git a/app/src/org/commcare/utils/FileUtil.java b/app/src/org/commcare/utils/FileUtil.java
index 002bba8b99..e26b9c90ce 100644
--- a/app/src/org/commcare/utils/FileUtil.java
+++ b/app/src/org/commcare/utils/FileUtil.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.media.ExifInterface;
 import android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
@@ -857,4 +858,72 @@ public static boolean isFileTooLargeToUpload(ContentResolver contentResolver, Ur
             return returnCursor.getLong(sizeIndex) > FormUploadUtil.MAX_BYTES;
         }
     }
+
+    public static void copyFileWithExifData(File sourceFile, File destFile) throws IOException {
+        // First copy the file normally
+        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile);
+        
+        // Then copy EXIF data
+        ExifInterface sourceExif = new ExifInterface(sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        ExifInterface destExif = new ExifInterface(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        
+        // Copy GPS data
+        String[] tagsToPreserve = {
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_TIMESTAMP,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_DATESTAMP,
+            // Preserve other important EXIF data
+            ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION
+        };
+        
+        for (String tag : tagsToPreserve) {
+            String value = sourceExif.getAttribute(tag);
+            if (value != null) {
+                destExif.setAttribute(tag, value);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        destExif.saveAttributes();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean scaleAndSaveImageWithExif(File sourceFile, File destFile, int maxDimen) throws IOException {
+        // First scale the image
+        boolean scaled = scaleAndSaveImage(sourceFile, destFile.getAbsolutePath(), maxDimen);
+        
+        if (scaled) {
+            // Copy EXIF data from source to scaled image
+            ExifInterface sourceExif = new ExifInterface(sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            ExifInterface destExif = new ExifInterface(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            
+            // Copy GPS and other important EXIF data
+            copyExifData(sourceExif, destExif);
+            destExif.saveAttributes();
+        }
+        
+        return scaled;
+    }
+
+    private static void copyExifData(ExifInterface source, ExifInterface dest) {
+        String[] tagsToPreserve = {
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_TIMESTAMP,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_DATESTAMP,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME,
+            ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION
+        };
+        
+        for (String tag : tagsToPreserve) {
+            String value = source.getAttribute(tag);
+            if (value != null) {
+                dest.setAttribute(tag, value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }