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Install locateme with Homebrew
Find your location using Apple's geolocation services. Version 0.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Find your location using Apple's geolocation services
Project links
Commands and aliases
- LocateMe
history
Project history and usage
LocateMe is a small public-domain macOS command-line utility for printing the machine's location using Apple's geolocation services. It is package-nerd interesting because it exposes a GUI-era macOS location facility to shell scripts.
Project history
Robert Harder's official LocateMe page describes the tool as a command-line program that returns latitude, longitude, and related fields through Apple's geolocation services. The page lists version 0.2.1 as the downloadable release and documents usage for custom output formats.
LocateMe belongs to the broader iHarder.net SourceForge project, which hosts open source and public domain Java, XML, and Cocoa utilities. SourceForge lists the project as public domain and as registered in 2001, while the LocateMe page carries its own compact version history.
Adoption history
LocateMe's adoption appears to be modest and Mac-specific. Its value is in automation: scripts can ask the operating system for a location fix and format the result as coordinates, a Google Maps URL, XML-like text, or other shell-friendly output.
How it is used
The official installation instructions are intentionally simple: copy the `LocateMe` executable into a directory on the user's PATH, such as `/usr/local/bin`, or run it from the current directory as `./LocateMe`.
The command supports flags for help, Google Maps URL output, long multiline output, and custom formats with placeholders such as `{LAT}`, `{LON}`, `{ALT}`, `{HAC}`, and `{TIME}`. No official config or credentials file is documented.
Why package nerds care
LocateMe is a classic single-purpose Homebrew formula: a tiny binary wrapper around a platform feature that becomes more useful once it is installed into PATH.
Its public-domain status and small SourceForge-hosted release make it representative of older macOS command-line utilities that package managers keep discoverable long after their original release.
Timeline
- 2001: The iHarder.net SourceForge project was registered.
- Unknown year: LocateMe v0.1 was the initial release.
- Unknown year: LocateMe v0.2 added custom output formats and Google Map URLs.
- Unknown year: LocateMe v0.2.1 fixed help text and more forcibly quit the app after finding location.
Related projects
- iHarder.net hosts other small public-domain Cocoa and command-line utilities.
- Other macOS location CLI tools expose Apple's Core Location APIs for scripting with different maintenance histories.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
LocateMe | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.2.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:locateme |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/locateme/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation