Superman! What an iconic piece of Americana, but what if you don’t remember where you were when you took this photo? If you take a photo with your smartphone, it can include the location where the photo was taken – IF you have your settings set correctly.
If you use Google Photos, you can just swipe up on the photo and you’ll see a map of where that photo was taken.
If you don’t see a map, that means that your camera is not set to record the GPS coordinates when you take a picture. You need to turn the settings on:
- Apple: System Settings, Privacy, Locations Services, Camera:While Using
- Android: open the camera, find settings, Location tags = On
From now on, your photos will be “geotagged” – showing you a map of exactly where the photo was taken.
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Hmmm Privacy??
Your giving up ALOT of Privacy by allowing “Location Data/GeoTagging”!
Please think about this in todays environment…
GPS photo tagging question for Android. Don’t like keeping location on for security and battery reasons. Can’t turn on tagging without location on. Besides turning tag and location on each time taking pictures. Any shortcut/simpler method,?
Tried it and it works. Saves me time from going back at the end of the day to enter the info.
Extra bonus is that it goes back in history and tags all those photos on your phone prior to during on the location tag.
Belay my last about program being able to tag location of prior photos. Doesn’t work. What I thought was GPS coords was just basic info on photo such as time and date.
That’s what I get for not having my glasses on and jumping the gun.
Sorry!
My Samsung Galaxy 7 apparently is to old to show a map it just gives an address date and time.
Hi Chris. Thanks for the great tips. I use this all the time for our trip photos. Question, is there a way I can link the pictures I take with a travel map I created with Google My Maps?
Yes, just copy the link to your travel map and put it in the description of your photo.
Thanks for this great tip!!