The script creates an HTML map showcasing images from a chosen directory.

image-mapper.py

from folium import Map, Marker, Popup
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile
from piexif import load
from PIL import Image
from PIL.ExifTags import GPSTAGS, TAGS
from pillow_heif import read_heif

EXTENSIONS = {'jpg', 'jpeg', 'jfif', 'gif', 'png', 'webp', 'heic'}
PATH = 'your/path/here'
TAG_GPSINFO = 34853

def main():
	map = Map()
	for file in listdir(PATH):
		file = PATH + file
		if not isfile(file) or file.rsplit('.', 1)[-1].lower() not in EXTENSIONS: continue
		try:
			latlon = get_lat_lon(file)
		except Exception as e:
			print(file, e)
			latlon = 0, 0
		Marker(
			latlon,
			popup=Popup(html='<a href="file:///%s" target="_blank"><img src="file:///%s" width="100"></a>' % (file, file), show=False)
		).add_to(map)
	map.save('map.html')
	print('\a')

def get_lat_lon(path):
	gps = get_exif_gps(path)
	assert gps is not None, 'No EXIF/GPS data found'
	lat = dms_to_decimal(*gps.get('GPSLatitude'))
	lon = dms_to_decimal(*gps.get('GPSLongitude'))
	if gps.get('GPSLatitudeRef') == 'S': lat *= -1
	if gps.get('GPSLongitudeRef') == 'W': lon *= -1
	return lat, lon

def get_exif_gps(path):
	if path.lower().endswith('.heic'):
		res = load(read_heif(path)[0].info['exif'])['GPS']
		if len(res): return {
			'GPSLatitude': tuple(a / b for a, b in res[2]),
			'GPSLongitude': tuple(a / b for a, b in res[4]),
			'GPSLatitudeRef': res[1],
			'GPSLongitudeRef': res[3]
		}
	image = Image.open(path)
	res = image._getexif()
	if res:
		res = {TAGS.get(k, k): v for k, v in res.items()}
		if 'GPSInfo' in res:
			return {GPSTAGS.get(k, k): v for k, v in res['GPSInfo'].items()}

def dms_to_decimal(degrees, minutes=0, seconds=0):
	return degrees + minutes / 60 + seconds / 3600

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()