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P: Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos incorrectly greyed out

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February 14, 2017
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The menu item Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos is always greyed out, even though the toolbar's Lightning Bolt > Auto-Tag n Selected Photos is not. This bug has been present since at least LR 9.1.

To reproduce:

1. In the Map module, load this tracklog:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4mtos3k945v3z8kcamgi/Big-Lake-2023-Tracks.GPX?rlkey=18dxvhr56v0i45ib1amitgylx&dl=0

2. Select one or more photos in the filmstrip.

3. Observe that Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos is greyed out.

4. Observe that the toolbar's Lightning Bolt > Auto-Tag n Selected Photos is not greyed out.

Tested on LR 12.5 Mac OS 13.5.1 and Windows 11; LR 9.1 Mac OS 13.5.1.

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Andrew Priest

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I am having a few problems trying to auto-tag some photos I took in France when my GPS (phone) was on local French time but the camera was set to my home time (we are seven hours ahead of France).

Anyway whilst trying to get this sorted the auto tag menu item has now greyed out and I cannot find a way to reverse this.

Anyone have any suggestions? The fixes for early versions of Lightroom don't seem to apply in Classic CC 8.0 (different menus etc).

Abambo

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johnrellisAuthor

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Troubleshooting steps:

1. Double-check you have at least one photo selected in the filmstrip.

2. Double-check you have a tracklog loaded via the menu command Map > Tracklog > Load Tracklog.

3. If you've tried the menu command Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos, try the "lightning bolt" button on the bottom Map toolbar, and vice versa:

4. Reset LR's preferences, which in the past has sometimes fixed this issue: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

Unfortunately, this is an intermittent, long-standing bug that Adobe has never fixed. See this bug report in the official Adobe feedback forum: Lightroom: Map module Auto-Tag greyed out | Photoshop Family Customer Community

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mcfarnham

Participant

I am unable to geotag photos in Lightroom Classic. I loaded a tracklog, made sure several photos were selected, and checked the time zone option to make sure the photos were taken in the time captured by the tracklog. The option to autotag the photos was greayed out and nothing happened when I clicked on it.

cmgap

Community Expert

Can you post a screen shot?

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josd48117945

Participant

Hi. For a few moths I work with a Dutch version of Ligthroom 6.8. Last week I made new photos and recorded a tracklog on my Garmin gps. Now I want to tag my photos with the geo position, so I loaded the tracklog and see that on the map. Then I select all photos in the filmstrip at the bottom and want Lightroom to tag this photos with the information in the tracklog. Unfortunately this line (maps > tracklog > photos autom. taggen ) remains grey (not available). What is it I do wrong?

Thanks for hulp in advance.

Jos.

99jon

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See this helpful link from Michael at Tip Squirrel. There is also a video walkthrough.

http://www.tipsquirrel.com/map-your-images-with-a-tracklog-in-lightroom/

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josd48117945

Participant

This learned me a few things more. Though the "tracklog" button at the bottom of the screen, the photos wil be placed. :-)

Thanks!

lesireg

Participating Frequently

Bonjour

En bref: (suis nouvel utilisateur de LR5)

- j'ai chargé mes photos a géolocaliser et les ai toutes selectionnées

- j'ai "chargé le relevé d'itinéraire" et l'itinéraire apparait parfaitement sur l'écran

- j'ai appliqué le décalage horaire (-7)

mais dans le menu, le "balisage automatique des photos" n'est pas accessible (grisé).

Nb1: hier, j'avais testé cette procédure et je n'ai pas eu de problème, cela avait fonctionné parfaitement.

Nb2: si je selectionne un groupe de photos et que fais right-clic sur la carte : cela marche.

Ma question : qu'est ce qui fait que ce menu "balisage automatique ..." n'est pas accessible?

Merci par avance pour votre aide.

Bien a vous

johnrellisAuthor

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In short: (am new user of LR5)
-I loaded my a geotag photos and have them all selected
-I "loaded route reading" and the route appears perfectly on the screen
-I applied the lag (-7)
but on the menu, "automatic tagging of photos" is not accessible (grayed out).
Nb1: yesterday, I tested this procedure and I have not had a problem, it's been working perfectly.
Nb2: if I select a group of photos and do right-click on the map: it works.
My question: what makes that this menu "markup automatic..." is not accessible?

You may have tripped over a bug that hit some users of LR 5 but that is likely fixed in LR 6 / CC 2015: Lightroom 5 Maps Module will not Auto-Tag Photos | Photoshop Family Customer Community

A couple of things to try:

- Click the menu that looks like a lightning bolt at the bottom of the map module:

A number of people have reported that works even when Map > Tracklog > Auto-Tag Photos is incorrectly greyed out.

- Reset LR's preferences: http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?25197-Resetting-the-lightroom-preferences-file-updated . Several people have reported that fixes the problem also.

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phil_pav

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Amazing! This saved my day with LrC 14.4.

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