google-takeout-photo-location-fixer

Google Takeout Photo Location Fixer

This Go tool uses the Google Takeout location information to add GPS data to pictures without without a location.

It works by looking at the time the picture was taken and using the location data to determine your approximate location at the time.

Requirements

You must download and install Phil Harvey's exiftool binary from https://exiftool.org/.

Running the tool

Download the tool from the latest GitHub release.

This command will run the tool process all .jpg files in the sample_data directory using the location history in ./sample_data/Location\ History/Records.json:

google-takeout-photo-location-fixer -d ./sample_data -f ./sample_data/Location\ History/Records.json

If you get an error about not finding the exiftool in the $PATH, you can use the --exiftool-binary argument to pass it's location:

google-takeout-photo-location-fixer  --exiftool-binary /home/Symbianx/Downloads/exiftool -d ./sample_data -f ./sample_data/Location\ History/Records.json

To get a list of all available options run:

google-takeout-photo-location-fixer --help

Development

Running Tests

The project includes both unit tests and end-to-end (e2e) tests.

To run all tests:

go test -v ./...

To run only unit tests:

go test -v -run "Test(ReadLocations|GetUnsignedDateDifference|FindLocationFromDate|LocationLessFunc)"

To run only e2e tests:

# Build the binary first
go build -v

# Then run e2e tests
go test -v -run "TestE2E"

Note: E2E tests require:

• The binary to be built (go build) before running the tests
• exiftool to be installed and available in your PATH

Building from Source

go build -v