Can I use Automator or some other method to extract EXIF GPS data from batches of photos on my Mac?

Solution 1:

With Commandline tools this is easy:

  • Install Homebrew
  • brew install exiftools in the Terminal
  • find ~/Pictures/ -iname '*.jpg' -print -exec exiftool -DateTimeOriginal -GPSLatitude -GPSLongitude {} \; in the Terminal

Solution 2:

There are a number of CLI utilities and scripting libraries available in Fink, MacPorts, and Homebrew available to extract and manipulate EXIF data.