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+--[[
+    This file is part of darktable,
+    Copyright 2014 by Tobias Jakobs.
+
+    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/>.
+]]
+--[[
+darktable script to open a geo uri in gnome-maps
+
+ADDITIANAL SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR THIS SCRIPT
+* gnome-maps >= 3.20
+
+WARNING
+This script is not testet.
+
+USAGE
+* require this script from your main lua file
+* register a shortcut
+]]
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{2,0,1})
+
+local function checkIfBinExists(bin)
+    local handle = io.popen("which "..bin)
+    local result = handle:read()
+    local ret
+    handle:close()
+    if (not result) then
+        dt.print_error(bin.." not found")
+        ret = false
+    end
+    ret = true
+    return ret
+end
+
+local function openLocationInGnomeMaps()
+    if not checkIfBinExists("gnome-maps") then
+        darktable.print_error("gnome-maps not found")
+        return
+    end	
+    
+	local sel_images = dt.gui.selection()
+
+    local lat1 = 0;
+    local lon1 = 0;
+    local i = 0;
+
+    local sel_images = dt.gui.selection()
+
+-- Use the first image with geo information
+    for _,image in ipairs(sel_images) do
+	    if ((image.longitude and image.latitude) and 
+            (image.longitude ~= 0 and image.latitude ~= 90) -- Sometimes the north-pole but most likely just wrong data
+           ) then
+          
+          i = i + 1;
+          
+          if (i == 1) then
+            lat1 = image.latitude;
+            lon1 = image.longitude;
+          end
+
+        end
+    end
+
+    if (lat1 and lon1) then
+
+        local startCommand
+      
+        startCommand = "gnome-maps \"geo:" .. lat1 .. "," .. lon1 .."\""
+      end
+      
+      dt.print_error(startCommand)
+    
+      if coroutine.yield("RUN_COMMAND", startCommand)
+        then
+        dt.print("Command failed ...")
+      end
+        
+    end
+end
+
+-- Register
+dt.register_event("shortcut", openLocationInGnomeMaps, "Open Location in Gnome Maps")