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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.

156 replies

Participating Frequently
July 24, 2019
+1 for being able to geotag photos from a tracklog
Inspiring
July 22, 2019
Geotagging is definitely an essential missing feature for me. I liked being able to just drag and drop pictures on to a map in Lightroom Classic. This is my number 1 feature request for Lightroom CC.
Inspiring
May 11, 2019


I use Lightroom Classic for tagging GPS data on picture.
I want tagging on Lightroom CC.
Participating Frequently
April 8, 2019
Come on Adobe! This better be in the pipeline
Thierry Linder
Participant
January 13, 2019
I totally agree
Krakatos
Participating Frequently
January 9, 2019


Geotagged photos are really table stakes, and have been for a long time. We really need to be able to set the location of a photo by finding it on a map within the Lightroom CC app. And ideally, by importing a GPS track. But, at least, by finding a location and clicking on it in a map control. Please see Apple Photos for how to do this. Right now, I have to use third-party software to geotag all my photos before import, which adds precious minutes to my workflow. 

Also, there needs to be an ability to find and filter photos by lack of any location data, so that they can be identified for geotagging. This would be so useful for keeping a library in order. I'm not even talking about visualizing them on a map yet, just allowing us to edit them properly.
Known Participant
January 1, 2019
When I manually enter precise address of the place (coordinates are not supported by Lightroom), it shows correct place on minimap (OSM) but opens wrong place after clicking on it (Google maps). 

Or vice versa, minimap shows wrong location of that address but After clicking on it, it opens Google maps on the right place.

I think that map service should be united (I prefer OSM for many reasons), not show output from OSM but open link in Google maps without option.
Or get output from OSM and transform it into coordinates and open Google maps (ugliest maps ever) on that coordinates, not address text phrase, if you need to use Google maps for some unknown reason.
Participant
December 28, 2018
@Julie - you mentioned that reverse geocoding was already implemented. Can you share how the geolocation is stored or read for RAW files?

In my case I have RAW photos with corresponding .XMP sidecar files containing the geolocation sitting in a Dropbox Folder (which is a pain to import from with the iOS Lightroom app btw!).

When I import one RAW photo from Dropbox into Lightroom iOS, the .XMP file cannot be read and only the photo is uploaded to Creative Cloud.

When I import a second RAW photo from the same Dropbox folder into Lightroom CC on the Desktop however, the geolocation can be read from the .XMP and the location is shown in the Desktop App and searchable in any Lightroom CC App (Desktop and mobile) after uploading to Creative Cloud.

Now I am wondering if there is a way to import the .XMP file manually on the Desktop (or even mobile) after only the RAW files were being imported from mobile.
Participating Frequently
December 1, 2018
Right, I wish they'd made that clearer. I just saw it come up as one of the many updates in the Adobe Cloud desktop menu and figured it was a straight upgrade with decent cloud integration. Sadly not.
Known Participant
December 1, 2018
Yeah. They keep repeating Lightroom CC is not an upgrade but different software for another sort of customers but I believe they simply have to say that since the CC is unfinished on so many levels.