Skip to content

GPS Correlate

Published by Daniel Fandrich

Attaches GPS location to images

Open sourceGPL-2.0-or-later

Highlights

  • Writes GPS coordinates into existing image files.
  • Matches photo timestamps against a separately recorded track log.
  • Removes the need for a camera with an integrated GPS receiver.
  • Runs on Linux.
  • Distributed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

About this application

GPS Correlate adds geographic coordinates to photographs after they have been taken. Rather than depending on a camera with a built-in receiver, it compares the time recorded for each image against a track log captured by a separate GPS device, then writes the matching position into the image metadata.

The process assumes two inputs: pictures carrying usable timestamps, and a track log that covers the same span of time. When a photo falls between two logged points, the position has to be worked out from the surrounding record, so the outcome depends on how densely the track was sampled and on the camera clock agreeing with the receiver's time. Once the coordinates are written, they stay with the file and can be read later by image viewers, cataloguing software, and mapping tools.

The program is published by Daniel Fandrich under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence and is packaged for Linux, so it fits photo workflows on that platform and not on others.

Linux

We do not host this file, we do not scan it and we do not inspect its contents. Read what the source says, then decide for yourself.