CoreLocationCLI

CoreLocationCLI gets the physical location of your device and prints it to standard output. If you move it can also print your updated location. Kill it with CTRL-C.

Note for Mac users: make sure WiFi is turned on. Otherwise you will see kCLErrorDomain error 0.

Usage

CoreLocationCLI -h
CoreLocationCLI -json
CoreLocationCLI [-follow] [-verbose] [-format FORMAT]

Switch	Description
-h	Display this help message and exit
-follow	Continually print location
-verbose	Verbose mode
-json	JSON output mode
-format FORMAT	Print a formatted string with the following specifiers

Format	Description
%%latitude	Latitude (degrees north; or negative for south)
%%longitude	Longitude (degrees west; or negative for east)
%%altitude	Altitude (meters)
%%direction	Degrees from true north
%%speed	Meters per second
%%h_accuracy	Horizontal accuracy (meters)
%%v_accuracy	Vertical accuracy (meters)
%%time	Time
%%address	Reverse geocoded location to an address

The default format is: %%latitude %%longitude.

Output examples

./CoreLocationCLI

50.943829 6.941043

./CoreLocationCLI -format "%latitude %longitude\n%address"

50.943829 6.941043
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 21
	Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 50672
	Germany

./CoreLocationCLI -json

{
 "latitude": 40.141196,
 "longitude": -75.034815,
 "altitude": 92.00,
 "direction": -1.0,
 "speed": -1,
 "h_accuracy": 65,
 "v_accuracy": 10,
 "time": "2017-06-25 05:36:35 +0000",
 "address": "407 Keats Rd
Lower Moreland PA 19006
United States"
}

Installation

Install the latest release using Homebrew with:

brew cask install corelocationcli

Or build from the command line using the Xcode compiler:

xcodebuild

Then run your executable from this location:

build/Release/CoreLocationCLI