Aperture: GPS to Google Maps

Submitted by Ian Wood on Sat, 2007-05-12 23:12.

I use Apple's Aperture software quite a lot, but haven't really got into GPS stuff (yet). Anyway, someone on the Aperture support forum asked if there was a way to select an image containing GPS data, and use it to go to that location on a Google Maps web-page.

Well, now there is. :-)

GPS to Google Maps URL script

This is a little AppleScript that will grab the latitude and longitude from the EXIF data, make a GM-style URL and open it in a new Safari window.

Have fun,

Ian

P.S. Anyone want to give me a quick guide to how Google Earth URLs are put together?

Re: Aperture: GPS to Google Maps

Submitted by Ian Wood on Sun, 2007-05-13 03:31.

OK, the deluxe version is now available, giving you a choice of viewing in Safari via Google Maps, or making a KMZ file which will be loaded up into Google Earth.

GPS to Google location v3

Ian Wood
Landmarks of Britain
Azurevision

Re: Aperture: GPS to Google Maps

Submitted by keith on Mon, 2007-06-18 16:30.

This script is very interesting as I take a lot of GPS referenced photos in the desert. I tried v3 on some of my geo-referenced photos in Aperture 1.5, for example, latitude 28 5' 43.980" N and longitude 12 2' 56.004" W (there is a degree symbol after the degrees in both) but Google Earth took me to longitude East instead. Any idea why this was? It must be something to do with the script and how it deals with west in longitude (either as minus sign or W; mine are all W).

Will this script work with a group of photos selected rather than individual photos?

Thanks, Keith