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miked76040984
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January 30, 2016
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P: Map view/module - Ability to geotag photos

  • January 30, 2016
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I'm probably at the low end of the prosumer category when it comes to photography. I've been using Lightroom for a couple of years. I love the multiple platform feature on the new CC, but geotagging images has always been important for me (enough so that onboard GPS is a mandatory feature when I look for a camera). I had been adding locations to older images in what's now CC Classic. 

Are we going to get that ability in the new CC? 

Even more importantly, will the new AI-based search allow us to do things like pull pictures based on location? And, if so, will we be able to do things like define a radius? This was all possible when we had the maps panel, but seems to be challenging now.

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    Fearless_experts15D5
    Participant
    January 8, 2020
    The lack of ability to geotag photos is currently the biggest obstacle in my photography workflow and makes me question going all-in on Lightroom CC and leaving Classic behind. Currently I have to export photos and then use another application to add the geo information to the JPEGs.
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      bksiefert
      Participating Frequently
      November 4, 2019
      I'd like to +1 this thread. Adding GPS to my photos is an essential part of my process. I won't be able to fully move to Lr CC until it's added more fully.
        evikne71
        evikne71
        Known Participant
        October 31, 2019
        You have to start with importing the photos to LR Classic and geotag them there. Then sync to the cloud. This method will allow the geo-tagging to be retained in the cloud based apps.

        This is the way I do it, and it works. But it's not ideal for people who don't use LR Classic as their main editing application.
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        matthiasv39811026
        Participant
        October 31, 2019
        Now I adopted my workflow: First edit in LR mobile on iPad, then geotag the synced cloud-stored pictures in LR Classic.
        If I now open the pictures in LR mobile again, I do net see geotag informations. And when I export the pics from LR mobile, even with active export geotag information checkbox, the exported jpgs do not include GPS data. So I have to export from LR Classic on my desktop. Annoying..
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        October 31, 2019


        I really would like to have a geo tagging feature on LR CC.
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          Cicuryn10499771
          Known Participant
          October 15, 2019
          Just a text description of a location is not only insufficient, but also not working. You type in location name, City and Country (Prague, Czechia, Europe) and you get minimap ignoring it and showing even wrong continent (Somewhere in Salvador, central America). After clicking on it, it opens google maps with mostly accurate result. This is just mess.



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          FeedbackCommunityMember
          Inspiring
          September 13, 2019
          So i wanted a place to store all my photos and have some extra benefits. I used to have google photos and that does faces, locations even scans the photos for items like beach/cloud/house etc names. Now i'am missing the most important feature. Showing a map of where the photo's where taken. It is easy to find back to pictures you stored. I don't mind paying the few bucks but i didn't even blink to think something so trivial isn't there. You already show the geo tags with a picture so why can't i search or have a map of the world to see those locations? Does no tool has the holy grail these days. Just sync multiple devices, locally too when needed and have faces/tags/geo/object scanning etc..
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          matthiasv39811026
          Participant
          August 20, 2019
          Desperately searching for Geotagging app alternatives. Found „cascable“ (main feature is remote control for camera + download to mobile device), but raw import from SD / iPad storage doesn‘t work...
            awgallia
            awgallia
            Participant
            August 19, 2019

            LR Classic on my MacBook Pro, of course, shows location data and map locations on the Map module. But using the LR CC Mobile app on my iPad Pro, I see no way to view the same GPS location info? Surely there must be a way? (I hope so). Response will be appreciated.

              Michael J. Hoffman
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              Michael J. HoffmanCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              August 19, 2019

              Unfortunately, mapping hasn’t yet come to LR Mobile. However, there’s a bit of a workaround available...

              On your iPad, you can open Safari and browse to Lightroom.adobe.com. There, you’ll find the web version of Lightroom, which does have mapping available in the Info panel:

              awgallia
              awgallia
              Participant
              August 19, 2019

              Thank you so much! Yes, the web version helps solve my problem. But I do hope it may be added to the app too.

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                matthiasv39811026
                Participant
                August 18, 2019
                Yes please, this is so annoying. 12€ per month and this killer feature is still missing.
                Horrible workflow, if you want to edit your raws on you iPad Pro but before have to import on PC/Mac + use Geotagger on PC/Mac.
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