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P: Map view/module - Ability to geotag photos

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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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nzswedespeed

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Yes I was surprised as well. In fact I've had it confirmed on two separate instances, as I asked another time to confirm there was no confusion. It's rather frustrating it's taking so bloody long though. I do wish Adobe would focus a bit more on implementing some of the more requested features (ones that are still missing in cloudy vs LrC), rather than more and more "discover" / social aspects. @Rikk Flohr: Photography can you chime in at all here? I would love a roadmap of some features, but understand this is rarely communicated

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welsh_aperture

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Interesting that they told you thry were working on it, really hope it's true.

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nzswedespeed

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@Adobe - its's 2023 and we are still waiting. Can you at least comment on this? I've had it confirmed Adobe support chat that this feature is in fact being worked on - but its taking years & years; whats the hold up?

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welsh_aperture

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I still desperately want/need this feature, please just give us a map module.

kguw

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In Lightroom Classic, you can search visually in a map for photos taken with GPS data. This is extremly useful and there's no reason why it should be in the cloud version of the app/mobile app. I often scroll through months just looking for archive footage, trying to remember when I went to certain locations.

I would also, in further development, like to be able to text search for an address, part of a city and other geographical instances like lakes or mountains, preferably with a proximity setting. This should be easy to achieve considering it can be connected to GPS data.

Text search could also be improved so that you can search for photos of signs or documents containing the search string, for example a search for "town hall" would bring up photos of houses reading "town hall" on its facade.

Any comments and solutions much appreciated.

Abambo

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Please post this in ideas, one idea after the other in separate posts. Search beforehand the ideas for similar ideas than yours, where you could add your suggestion and upvote. The more votes this idea gets, the higher the suggestion gets on the to do list.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

kguw

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Isn't this in ideas? That's at leaset the category I clicked.

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JulienHerdegen

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Bonjour je souhaiterais avoir la possibilité de voir la géolocalisation de la photo à partir de mon iPhone

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nzswedespeed

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Sigh, another update goes by, and I cannot see any implentation of this 😞 Will Adobe ever listen?!

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Nick_J

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It would be good if Lightroom Mobile could display a map of all geotagged photos, either in a collection or globally similar to what Lightroom Desktop does.

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Ecran rj

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This used to work but suddenly not any more.
In the info panel you could see the map location.

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nzswedespeed

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@Dave.Flanagan I think thsi is a great idea. I posted somethign simialr a few years back, but like all of us....we're still waiting on Adobe to impelent something.... Just ebign able to import GPX files into LR would be a HUGE step forward to me. This feature in needed asap IMO