Python script to add missing location data to photos in your Apple Photos library based on a data from a GPX file. This script can be run stand-alone to add location data to the photos in your library or via osxphotos using the osxphotos run command.
The easiest way to run this is to save the script to your computer then install osxphotos using these instructions and run the script using osxphotos run add_photo_locations_from_gpx.py.
If you're comfortable with python, you can also run this script stand-alone:
Clone the repo:
git clone git@github.com:RhetTbull/add_photo_locations_from_gpx.gitcd add_photo_locations_from_gpx
I recommend you create and activate a python virtual environment before running pip:
python3 -m venv venvsource venv/bin/activate
Then install requirements:
python3 -m pip requirements.txt
Requires python 3.9+
python3 add_photo_locations_from_gpx.py --help
or, if running with osxphotos:
osxphotos install gpxpy
osxphotos run add_photo_locations_from_gpx.py --help
Usage: add_photo_locations_from_gpx.py [OPTIONS] GPX_FILENAME
Add missing location data to photos in Apple Photos from GPX file.
Options:
--delta INTEGER Time delta in seconds, default = 60.
--dry-run Dry run, do not actually update location info for
photos.
--add-to-album ALBUM Add updated photos to album named ALBUM, creating the
album if necessary.
--selected Only update photos currently selected in Photos.
Default is to update all photos with missing location
data in the library.
--help Show this message and exit.
I strongly recommend you run with --dry-run first and manually check the locations for some of the photos. I also recommend using the --add-to-album to add all updated photos to an album so you can check the results.
--delta specifies how close in time (in seconds) the GPX timestamp needs to be (in seconds) in order to match the location to the photo's timestamp.
Photos which already have a location in Photos will not be updated even if the photo's time matches a time in the GPX file.
MIT License. See LICENSE file.
This script can modify photos in your Photos library. Use with caution. No warranty is implied or provided.