Merging Places info of multiple libraries

I would like to see a map which combines all the places from multiple large IPhoto libraries without having to merge the libraries and all its pictures.
I organized my travel pictures by year into 10,000+ pictures per year libraries of 300+ worldwide locations each.
Now I would like to see a single places map showing all the locations I visited in the last few years.
I do not necessarily have to see the corresponding pictures.
Is there such a utility?
Or is there a way to import places information only into another library?
Peter

No there is no such utility.
One way to get that info in to a single Library is to import one pic from each location...
For instance: Select a pic from London. Then File -> Export and in the Export dialogue, set the Kind to Jpeg. Then check the box at 'Location Information' and the Places data is written to the file. Complete the Export to the desktop.
Now import that to another Library and it will read the Location Info from the file.
Or you can simply move files from one Library to another with iPhoto Library Manager
Regards
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