Content Operations
Submitted images are cleaned before they can expose private location data.
Soku Systems built a custom image-processing workflow that removes metadata, standardizes files, and stores each asset with the correct article.
Submitted images could carry private metadata and inconsistent file formats.
Writers and editors submitted images alongside articles. Those files could contain metadata—including GPS coordinates—that should not be carried onto a public website. The images also arrived in formats and sizes that were not always appropriate for web publishing.
Manual cleanup left privacy and publishing quality to a checklist.
Publishing an image with hidden location data creates an avoidable privacy risk. Manually inspecting, cleaning, converting, and filing every image also added repetitive production work.
Every image now passes through an automated privacy and conversion step.
Soku Systems created custom image-processing software and connected it to the submission workflow. The system strips metadata, converts the image to JPEG for practical web use, and stores it in the correct Google Drive folder associated with the article and invoice.
Files are cleaned, standardized, and stored with the right article.
- A writer or editor submits images with an article.
- The images are routed through custom processing software.
- Embedded metadata, including available GPS information, is removed.
- The files are converted to JPEG.
- The cleaned images are stored in the correct article-related folder.
- The production team can use the processed files in the publishing workflow.
Public-ready images arrive protected and properly organized.
Image preparation became a consistent privacy and storage safeguard instead of a manual checklist. Public-ready assets are cleaned and filed in the correct production context.