Does Google Image Search consider meta data (EXIF) when looking for a location?

[fduo]

Does Google Image Search consider meta data (EXIF) when looking for a location? Is it essential to define the meta data in order to rank top with images?

[TheSymmetran]

Google is your friend:

They may well use it, per what they have stated previously.

https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2012/04/1000-words-about-images.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibnBpjMfKdY