Aperture 3 and GPS logs

According to the manual, Aperture 3 can place photos on a map based on camera GPS data, or else manually by clicking on a map.
I have a camera that doesn't support GPS and was hoping I could find a solution where Aperture can add GPS EXIF data based on importing from a GPS log (from a dedicated GPS device) and comparing timestamps.
Do any such plugins exist for Aperture 3?
(BTW, I've read people's iPhone-related solutions, and that is not going to work for me since I will be roaming in places where the iPhone's accuracy will be called into question...not to mention I'd have to remember to snap an iPhone photo at every waypoint along the way.)

1. GPS Track file: I use "GPS Tracker" (free, app store) on my iPhone to store the GPS track logs on instamapper.com (free). Define the trip and download the track file (in .gpx format).
2. I took about 200 pictures over 3 days on my Nikon D100 onto a CF card.
3. I opened Aperture 3 and imported the images into a new project. I clicked on (Places) button. Used the [GPS] drop down and selected "Import GPS track" (this drew the track nicely!). Selected all images. And dragged the selected images to the track. Aperture asked to assign locations based on time. I selected (Assign Locations). None of the images were assigned the correct locations I removed the images from Aperture.
Marc Vose wrote:
Just wondering which program you're using to actually bring the images off the camera in this scenario.
4. I placed the CF card into the usb CF reader and copied the images to a folder using the finder.
5. I installed exiftool (link: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) and issued the terminal command:
$ exiftool -geotag=/Users/kent/Downloads/Vacation-2010-02-AZ.gpx .
This tagged all the images in the directory using the track file Vacation-2010-02-AZ.gpx
6. I imported the images into Aperture, clicked on the [Places] button. And all the images have been correctly placed.
7. I burn the raw images to dvd before formatting the CF card (send off-site for backup .
The GPS track support still needs some work in Aperture - but is it nice to be able to work with location information on the images.

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