diff --git a/contrib/clear_GPS.lua b/contrib/clear_GPS.lua
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+++ b/contrib/clear_GPS.lua
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+--[[
+
+    clear_GPS.lua - export and edit with GIMP
+
+    Copyright (C) 2016 Bill Ferguson <wpferguson@gmail.com>.
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+--[[
+    clear_GPS - clear GPS data from selected image(s)
+
+    This shortcut removes the GPS coordinate data from the selected images.
+
+    ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR THIS SCRIPT
+    * None
+
+    USAGE
+    * require this script from your main lua file
+    * select an image or images
+    * click the shortcut, clear GPS data
+
+    BUGS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS
+    * Send to Bill Ferguson, wpferguson@gmail.com
+
+    CHANGES
+]]
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+local gettext = dt.gettext
+
+-- not a number
+local NaN = 0/0
+
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{3,0,0})
+
+
+-- Tell gettext where to find the .mo file translating messages for a particular domain
+gettext.bindtextdomain("clear_GPS",dt.configuration.config_dir.."/lua/")
+
+local function _(msgid)
+    return gettext.dgettext("gimp_shortcut", msgid)
+end
+
+local function clear_GPS(images)
+  for _, image in ipairs(images) do
+    -- set the location information to Not a Number (NaN) so it displays correctly
+    image.elevation = NaN
+    image.latitude = NaN
+    image.longitude = NaN
+  end
+end
+
+
+dt.gui.libs.image.register_action(
+  _("clear GPS data"),
+  function(event, images) clear_GPS(images) end,
+  "clear GPS data"
+)
+
+dt.register_event(
+  "shortcut",
+  function(event, shortcut) clear_GPS(dt.gui.action_images) end,
+  "clear GPS data"
+)
diff --git a/contrib/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/clear_GPS.po b/contrib/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/clear_GPS.po
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+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-09-07 22:25-0400\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: Bill Ferguson <wpferguson@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.5.4\n"
+"Language: de_DE\n"
+"X-Poedit-SourceCharset: UTF-8\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: gettext;dgettext:2;dcgettext:2ngettext:1,2;"
+"dngettext:2,3\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: .\n"
+
+#: clear_GPS.lua:62
+msgid "clear GPS data"
+msgstr "löschen GPS-Daten"