I created a very simple bash function for revealing it's latitude and longitude, copying them, and then opening it in Google Maps. And of course, I then made a quick Alfred Workflow for it.

Bash Function

Add this to your ~/.bash_functions (or wherever you keep them):

# Run on photos with embedded geo-data to get the coordinates and open it in a map
whereisthis() {
  lat=$(mdls -raw -name kMDItemLatitude "$1")
  if [ "$lat" != "(null)" ]; then
    long=$(mdls -raw -name kMDItemLongitude "$1")
    echo -n $lat,$long | pbcopy
    echo $lat,$long copied
    open https://www.google.com/maps?q=$lat,$long
  else
    echo "No Geo-Data Available"
  fi
}

If you copy that code above and then run pbpaste >> ~/.bash_functions it will add at the bottom there for you.

Then, you can run whereisthis photo.jpg to find out where the photo was taken.

Example

Alfred Workflow

  1. Install the Workflow by downloading it.
  2. Just select any file and go the Actions menu and select "Where Was This Photo Taken?"
  3. Your browser will open to a Google Maps page at the location.

I thought about restricting it to only JPGs, but then realized movies could get geo-tagged, and actually any file could get a location assigned, so I left the file type restriction un-set.

Hope this helps some of you out there!