Writing GPS data to Exif after aperture import cause lost faces information

i want my GPS informations to be hard written to RAW files (with ExifTool)
if i hard geotag my images after aperture import and faces recognition i loose faces information and i have to redone the job.
bummer ....
apertur should provide such a functionnality

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link->
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Germany
Powerbook G4 1,67 GHz
Mac OS X (10.4.7)
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