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Importing and Working with GPS Track File Data
To begin working with a GPS track le in Places view, you must rst import the GPS track le into
Aperture.
GPS track points are digital bread crumbs that are used to dene a path or route (“track”) using
precise coordinates saved by a GPS device or GPS tracking iPhone app. If you have a GPS-
enabled camera or iOS device or another GPS device that you use to create track les and save
waypoints, you can import the track les into Aperture and work with them in Places view.
Each leg and waypoint is displayed in Places view, and you can assign the legs and waypoints
to photos. Photos taken with a GPS-enabled camera or iOS device are automatically assigned
locations corresponding to waypoints in the track le.
To import a GPS track le
1 In the Library inspector, select the project into which you want to import the track le, then click
the Places button in the toolbar.
2 In Places view, choose Import GPS Track from the GPS pop-up menu.
3 In the dialog that appears, navigate to the location of the GPS track le, select it, then click
Choose Track File.
The track le is imported into the selected project. The track le appears as a purple line on the
map in Places view.
To create a new location based on a waypoint in a GPS track le
Once you have imported the GPS track le into your Aperture project, you can begin working
with the GPS track data to create new locations, assign locations to photos, and move
location pins.
1 In the Library inspector, select a project with an imported GPS track le.
2 In the Browser, select a photo and drag it to a waypoint in Places view.
A small dialog appears at the bottom of Places view asking if you would like to assign location
information to other photos in the project based on time.
3 Do one of the following:
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To assign photo location information to other photos in the project based on time in the GPS track
le: Click Assign Locations.
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If you don’t want to assign photo location information to other photos in the project: Click Done.
To assign location information from a GPS waypoint to a photo selection
1 In the Browser, select the photo or photos to which you want to assign location information.
2 In Places view, Control-click the waypoint whose location information you want to assign to the
selected photos, then choose Assign Photos from the shortcut menu.
The waypoint’s location information is assigned to the photo selection, and a location badge (a
red pin) appears at the top of each selected photo in the Browser.
Moving location pins that correspond to waypoints in a GPS track le works the same way as
moving other location pins. For more information about moving location pins, see Changing
Photo Locations on page 214.