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P: incorrect GPS metadata when cellular connection is weak

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November 20, 2021
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The photos I take while hiking with Lr and my iPhone are geotagged wrongly.

If the compas is used before taking the imeges, they are geotagged correctly.

The issue happens using two different devices.

Both iOS and Lr are updated.

The area is well covered by the cell network.

Is anybody experiencing the same issue?

Guido

iOS: iPhone

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Guido BelliAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Charlie,

A short follow up.

Please see the attached files:

- APC_0129 Lr camera, uncorrect geolocalisation

- IMG_0053 iOS native camera, geolocalisation OK

- APC_0130 Lr camera. geolocalisation OK

The photos were taken in a quick sequence. Metadata included.

- IMG_0054 is the screenshot of the compass, same location as above photos, a few seconds after the sequence was taken. BTW, as you can see, the cellular connection wasn't weak, but no data connection.

iOS 15.1, Lr 7.0.2, iPhone SE 2nd generation

Lr Pro mode, non HDR.

iPhone native camera auto mode.

Thank you for your help.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Community Manager

Setting status and adding bug number.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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Charlie.D

Community Manager

Apologies for the slow response here, I was on holiday last week.

Are you using Apple's camera, or the camera inside Lightroom?

If you are using Apple's camera, can you check iOS Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera, and make sure "While using" is enabled? Also, you can see the same setting for Lightroom here too.

Does this help? If not, can you share what iOS version and device model # you are using?

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Guido BelliAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Chalie, no problem. Thank you for considering the matter.

I am using Lr camera and location services are enabled for both iPhone camera and Lightroom.

I am using an iPhone SE 2nd generation. iOS 15.1. Lr 7.0.2. I had the same problem with an older iPhone 6s, same software.

Photos taken with iOS camera are correctly geotagged. The iOS compas coordinates are correct.

Lr has a beaviour difficoult to categorize. It appears to be random, which doesn't make sense.

The coordinates Lr desktop shows are 'very' wrong, sometimes they spot a location a few kilometers far from the real one.

Could it be a problem due to the poor connection to the phone network? Wrong geotagging happens most of the times while I am hiking in areas where the cell phome network is poor. Just guessing.

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Charlie.D

Community Manager

"Wrong geotagging happens most of the times while I am hiking in areas where the cell phome network is poor." Your comment here makes me think the camera might be using the location info from where network/GPS is restored for the device. I will need more time to try this and share my investigation with our developers. Thank you for reporting your issue here so we can investigate!