Geotag Photos 2 - any good alternative?

[Astrohunter]

Hi,

I was using their iOS and Mac OS apps and was very very happy with it.

Just found out that they stopped developing it, and it's gone from App Store.

I want to record GPS easily my iPhone and then easily add the metadata to my DSLR photos, so I can later import it into Apple Photos.

I don't want anything subscription based.

Any recommendations please?

Thanks in advance

 

[_timo_redux_]

I'm using "Open GPX Tracker" on iOS. A little futzy to get the tracks uploaded, but it works. On my mac I use "HoudahGeo" to add the metadata to photos, or correct the location metadata with phone photos.

 

[Slartibart]

you can do this easily using exiftools in the terminal:

exiftool −overwrite_original_in_place -r -tagsFromFile SOURCE.JPG -gps:all .

will insert recursively the gps coordinates from SOURCE.JPG to images in the current folder and its subfolders.

If you want it to do from within Apple Photos, this can be integrated e.g. with Shortcuts or Applescript. It clearly depends on your work flow - if you just want to set the GPS coordinates on (a) photo(s), here is an Applescript script.

 

[Astrohunter]

you can do this easily using exiftools in the terminal:

exiftool −overwrite_original_in_place -r -tagsFromFile SOURCE.JPG -gps:all .

will insert recursively the gps coordinates from SOURCE.JPG to images in the current folder and its subfolders.

If you want it to do from within Apple Photos, this can be integrated e.g. with Shortcuts or Applescript. It clearly depends on your work flow - if you just want to set the GPS coordinates on (a) photo(s), here is an Applescript script.

Not sure I understand you, I don’t want gps coordinates from other files.

I need something that records GPS data in gpx file so then I can use the free program called Geotag Photos 2 on Mac, load all the files I took and the GPX file, so it will add location to each raw image.

 

[Slartibart]

misunderstood - thought you take also a geotagged photo with the iPh9ne and want to add to the ones from DLSR.
Written that, this:

exiftool -geotag=track.gpx  ./Pictures/photolocation_A/

will add the gps coordinates from the gpx to all images inside the folder photolocation

Here is more info on how to geotag using exiftools.

 

[Astrohunter]

misunderstood - thought you take also a geotagged photo with the iPh9ne and want to add to the ones from DLSR.
Written that, this:

exiftool -geotag=track.gpx  ./Pictures/photolocation_A/

will add the gps coordinates from the gpx to all images inside the folder photolocation

Here is more info on how to geotag using exiftools.

Thanks, didn't know it's that simple!

And do you know of any good modern app for iOS to track my location for example every 30 seconds and record to GPX file?

Something similar to Geotag Photos 2, I love all the options and UI.
It did even notify me when to change time in my camera lol, which was a nice touch.

 

[Slartibart]

You could just simply use Apple Shortcuts and Automations. this shortcut will allow you to save the current longitude/altitude to a text file, clipboard or Apple Notes file. Feel free to adapt to your requirements. 😎

 

[Astrohunter]

You could just simply use Apple Shortcuts and Automations. this shortcut will allow you to save the current longitude/altitude to a text file, clipboard or Apple Notes file. Feel free to adapt to your requirements. 😎

I need it to record coordinates every for example 30s, and need an option to type in “journey” name, pause it etc.

But thanks