GeoTag is a free macOS application that allows you to update image metadata with geolocation tags by panning and zooming in a map window and then clicking on the location where a photo was taken. It is a good way to add location information to photos or fine tune existing location information.
Image file updates are performed using Phil Harvey’s ExifTool. This allows geolocation data to be modified an unlimited number of times with no image degradation as ExifTool modifies metadata without changing the image data. See https://exiftool.org for information regarding ExifTool.
GeoTag Version 5.2
2024-03-09 — GeoTag 5.2 available in the Mac App Store
2024-03-09 — GeoTag 5.2 available from this site in dmg form
GeoTag Version 5 Operating Instructions
GeoTag 5.2 requires macOS Sonoma (14) or later.
Use Version 5.1 if you are running Ventura (13).
Use Version 4.15 if you are running an earlier version
of macOS.
App Store Link
The same (free) app that is available via the following download link is also available in the Mac App Store. Get the app whichever way you like. App compiled for both intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Download link
Version 5.2 download Requires macOS 14 or later. The file is about 6.5 MB in size. Open the dmg file. Drag the GeoTag application into your Applications folder.
Updated in 5.2
- Latitude/Longitude and Timestamp keyboard updates are now done in an inspector. Control/right click on an entry and select Edit… or click on the inspectory icon (circled i) to show the inspector for the selected item.
- Thumbnail images can now be up to 1024x1024 in size. They were limited to 512x512.
- Table columns can be moved.
- ExifTool version 12.77
Bug Fixed in 5.2
- The major performance bottleneck has been found and fixed. Valid, but in hindsight poorly thought out code triggered massive processing to keep the user interface in sync. Because the processing was being done in an Apple framework it took much trial and error before I figured out what, exactly, I was doing to cause the issue. A few minor performance enhancements were made while looking for the big one.
- keyboard driven pasteboard actions are now supported in the location and map search fields.
- The prompt to save images when GeoTag quits will no longer be displayed when no changes would be made.
- Exiting full screen mode no longer leaves the image and map panes out of the window.
Known Bugs
- Clicking on the cancel (x) in the map search field looks up a position matching the current content before clearing the content. No lookup should occur.
- If you select an image that has a location and them pan the map to some other locations, changing the map style causes the map to re-center around the pin if the pin is off screen. If the pin is on screen the map viewport doesn’t change.
- Sometimes ⌘Z appears to do nothing, requiring a second invocation to perform the undo action.
- paste sometimes not enabled after cut. Can Not reproduce on demand.
- After loading tracks the “Discard tracks” menu item will not be activated until any item is selected.
History
A change log for earlier versions can be found on the history page.
GeoTag source code is available on github [link]
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Notes:
Photos (OSX 10.10.3 and later) will let you modify existing location metadata but not add location data to an image. If necessary use GeoTag to add location metadata before importing the images into Photos. This may also hold true for other image editing applications.
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