A simple use of exif data with python to group pics by places and periods. A good partner for people who have just too many files to sort !

• Pip
• Exiftool by Phil Harvey (needs to be in the root directory)
• The googlemaps package

$ pip install -U googlemaps

Once you download file_sorter.py, open it with your favorite text-editing sofware.

Now go get your own API key here and past it in gmaps_key.

Change the dir_path to the directory which contains all your pics without any subdirectory.

Other editable values:

• distance_max: the maximum distance before spliting an event
• duration_max: the maximum duration before spliting an event
• Month: edit it for you own language
• is_nonGPS_allowed: allow files with no GPS data (only creation date)
• is_nonGPS_merge_allowed : allow events with same date and no GPS data to merge

Don't forget to make a backup first.

Execute it like a basic .py program

The program collect the GPS and CreationDate data of all files in dir_path using Exiftool.

Then, it test the distance and the duration between each: if it's higher than distance_max or duration_max, it groups all the previous matching files into one folder, named by the place and the period.

Any improvement will be greatly appreciated. If you have a faster way to get exif data from pics / mov files, feel free to contribute !

• Mathieu Menoux - Initial work

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details

• A big thanks for the awesone Exiftool
• Hat tip to anyone who's code was used