How can I bulk reverse geocode GPS-tagged photos in Lightroom?
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I have about 3,000 photos in my Lightroom catalog that already contain GPS coordinates, but they don't have textual location fields filled in. Is there a way in Lightroom, or with a Lightroom-compatible external tool, to reverse geocode these images in bulk rather than one at a time?
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Jeffrey Friedl's Geocoding plugin is excellent. I have used it with Lightroom versions 3 and 4, but I believe it also works with version 2. It supports bulk reverse-Geocoding and one-by-one geocoding (it can also work with GPS tracks and it integrates with Google Earth, but it sounds like you don't need those features). It uses the Google Maps API to perform this. Jeffrey also has a lot of other useful plugins too. You can obtain them via the LR Plugin Manager (there is a market) or at Jeffrey's plugin website http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps
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Yes. A commonly recommended solution is Jeffrey Friedl’s Geocoding plugin for Lightroom. It supports bulk reverse geocoding from existing GPS coordinates, so it can fill in location text for many images at once instead of requiring manual entry photo-by-photo.
According to the community answer, it works with Lightroom 3 and 4, and likely Lightroom 2 as well. It uses the Google Maps API for the reverse geocoding, and it also offers other location-related features such as working with GPS tracks and Google Earth integration, though those aren’t necessary for your use case.
You can install it through Lightroom’s Plugin Manager or get it from Jeffrey Friedl’s Lightroom plugin site.
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