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cpmaverick-idZtCG
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March 5, 2019

P: Drag and drop GPS tagging not working. Right click on map also not working

  • March 5, 2019
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I cannot geotag photos in the 'Maps' module of Lightroom 8.2. Drag & Drop does nothing, and right click 'set selected photos GPS coordinates' does nothing. There is no error, no message, no metadata is updated at all. 

On initial startup, if I am very quick, I can drag & drop a photo successfully. But ~15 seconds after startup it stops working. 

My issue is identical to those posted here. https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom-8-latest-update-win10-drag-and-drop...

v8.2 seemed to solve the problem for many, but it did not help me. 

I have provided sample photos and logs to Adobe staff already and communicated with them, but as the original thread is now marked 'solved' I have created a new one. 

I have address book enabled. I am on OS Windows 7 Ultimate.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    July 18, 2019
    Sounds extremely frustrating.  You said, "Address Lookup cannot be disabled". There is a preference that is supposed to disable it: Catalog Settings > Metadata > Look Up City, State And Country Of GPS Coordinates To Provide Address Suggestions. Are you saying that preference doesn't have any effect in your situation?
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    cpmaverick-idZtCGAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 18, 2019
    STILL NOT WORKING! 😞

    I've worked with the engineers, spent untold hours of my time helping them. It's pretty clear that the 'Address Lookup' feature is the problem! It gets jammed and the GPS features stop working. 

    'Address Lookup' cannot be disabled! I don't care about this feature, LET US DISABLE IT so we can just tag our photos with GPS. 

    It's been almost a year Adobe. Completely unacceptable. 
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 29, 2019
    I am having same problem which starting when I wiped my system and reinstalled Lightroom Classic.  I have 18k pictures in Cat. Windows 10 64 bit, 16g memory, Dell XPS
    BobRazowski
    BobRazowski
    Participating Frequently
    June 24, 2019
    Hi. How many pictures in your catalog ?
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 24, 2019

    VERY BAD! I have the same issue  😞
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 3, 2019
    LR Classic 8.3.1
    Win10 Pro

    Drag & Drop sometimes does nothing, but usually it assigns the image a map location... just not the correct one. 

    Then, I'll again drag it to the correct spot, and that will work about half the time.

    Right click "set selected...GPS" is similarly hit or miss.
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    CoraxD
    Participant
    May 21, 2019
    Lightroom Classic 8.3
    Catalog size – 15181 pictures.
    Operating System : MacOs 10.14.2.
    Drag & drop and right click 'set selected photos GPS coordinates' work.
    BobRazowski
    BobRazowski
    Participating Frequently
    May 20, 2019
    8.3 doesn't solve my issue.

    Just for information, for those who have the issue : what is your catalog size (number of pictures)
    Mine is 83300
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    cpmaverick-idZtCGAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 20, 2019
    Unfortunately I updated to 8.3 but the problem still exists. 

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    CoraxD
    Participant
    May 20, 2019
    Lightroom Classic 8.3
    Drag and drop on Maps works!
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