We saw this on Bagelturf and were immediately interested. Apparently a photographer by the name of Ian Wood has been working on a nifty add-on for Aperture that allows users to embed GPS data into the metadata in Aperture.

This looks like a pretty promising add-on for Aperture users. So we will naturally continue to monitor its progress.

From Bagelturf a-la DPReview.com:

GPS2Aperture is a floating system window which can grab GPS data from either Aperture or Google Earth, let the user edit it and then send the data to either Aperture or Google Earth.

http://ianjameswood.co.uk/aperture/GPS2Aperture_beta.zip (3.2MB)

For instance if an image Version has incorrect GPS info, you can view the location in Google Earth, move around the the right location and send the edited location data back to the image Version in Aperture. Alternatively, use Google Earth to visually pick a location and add it to Versions that had no GPS data in the first place.

Note - GPS2Aperture makes changes directly to Aperture’s SQLite database as the interface gives no way to alter GPS or other EXIF data. It’s been tested on multiple computers and multiple Libraries without problems, but make sure you backup first, just in case!

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