Using GPS devices to automatically tag pictures in iphoto library

Hi there,
I like taking pictures and I have a nice little GPS device for mountainbiking etc.
With the Geotaggig feature announced, I made sure, that I had the GPS running and logging most of the time when taking pictures during my vacation, so that I could automatically geotag my pictures (900 pictures...).
I have done this successfully with GPSPhotoLinker - a very nice and recommendable tool, and I guess there is others. Unfortunately I found GPSPhotoLinker after I imported all the pictures into iPhoto library.
Now - all my pictures are in iPhoto already, I have made albums and presentations, etc. - and hoped, that I could geotag all the pictures with iPhoto 09. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be possible.
Is there any way to geotag pictures, that are already in iPhoto library? Or do I have to reimport all the pictures? Is it a possibility to go back to the state of my mac before I installed iPhoto, geotag the pictures IN the iPhoto library and then install iPhoto09? iPhoto09 checked all the pictures in the library - I guess it checked for geotags? Is there a way of rechecking/rebuilding the complete library? And if there is - where exactly should I try to insert the location information with GPSPhotoLinker or similar?
Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance ;o)
Rudolf

But having the data in a library opposed to having it in EXIF fields does not necessarily mean, that the data cannot be changed. There are a lot of smart people in this world, that know how to use data bases ;o)
True
But this is a users forum and all we can do is try to help with what is there - no one here can change anything
Is the data model of iPhoto public, so that someone could write his own software to modify the data?
I have no idea - some folks have done some things successfully - I'm sure it is possible - just needs some one - Apple or third party to do it - the guy that did HoudahGeo - http://www.houdah.com/houdahGeo/ - probably would be the best candidate if someoneknow him or has contact with him
Well, I guess I will have to reimport all the pictures. If I still have the original pictures somewhere else, it does not make sense to first export and then reimport them, right? My album and slide show information will be lost anyways?
Going back to the originals works and saves the export step
Another idea is to go through your 900 photos and using Places to code them in to larger groups - I would think that setting the location for 50 or so groups would accomplish your plan - you probably do not need exact locations for each photo - just the general track yo took
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