P: Photo placed in wrong spot on map

This very same thing happened to me today in LRC 15.5. Dropped some photos on the map and the marker showed up to the left of where they should have been. This happened with several photos/groups of photos.

Computer is Windows 11 Pro with current updates and latest version of LR Classic.

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...I just read some of the additional posts here and realized that this issue is most likely caused by the fact that I increased the scaling in my UI to 150% so that the text is easier to read. I will figure out a way to work around this, but it's not ideal.

@AndrewMcDonald: "When I drag a photo from the filmstrip to the map the pin always ends up slightly right and down from where it is supposed to be"

This is a very old bug that Adobe hasn't fixed. Given that there are a number of such very old Map bugs, I think it's safe to say that Map module is no longer supported by Adobe.

But see the second workaround here, which is pretty easy to use:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-photo-placed-in-wrong-spot-on-map/idc-p/12666612#M38905

@flashtastic1500: "is there a fix in sight?

Adobe rarely indicates when/if a bug might be fixed. Given how long the Map bugs have been outstanding, it seems unlikely they will fix them.

It's been at least nine years now (as of 2025), is there a fix in sight?

For the price increase I changed my billing to a one-off yearly (was on monthly) to avoid the increase. You do have to shed out for the whole year (or the remainder there of) but you do save the £50 increase. I'm sure we will all be caught next time but at least I've delayed the inevitable.

Back on topic. I used to use the map module often and have only recently stated using it again. It's only now that I've encountered this unaddressed bug. I noticed an old image that I geotagged years ago that seemed to have moved to a new place. They don't move far but far enough to render the tagging useless. In this case the plot was moved to a small island near where it should have been (beside a lake).

Good point.  I'm on the photography package and have just received an email notification that costs are increasing by 50%.  That's quite a bit more than inflation and my income rises.  Scandalous.  Yes as this thread highlights repeatedly, a long standing error has had no attention whatsoever.

@flashtastic1500: "I followed the advice regarding setting the scaling etc and now no map shows in Map module."

You may now be tripping over another long-standing bug caused by exiting LR while in the Map module. Workaround: Switch to Library, exit LR, start LR, go to Map module.

If changing the font size and display scaling results in a hard-to-read user interface, see the second workaround here, which is easy to use:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-photo-placed-in-wrong-spot-on-map/idc-p/12666612#M38905

March 2025 and still a bug. Well done Adobe for caring about the details.

I followed the advice regarding setting the scaling etc and now no map shows in Map module. Workaround has created another issue in my case.

Map module used to be really helpful but it's taking up space and achieving nothing now.

Maybe Adobe will put some of the price increase into fixing some very old bugs?

June 2024. still failing... shame 😑

Just found this one too, thanks for the workarounds mentioned in the forum, but Adobe need to resolve this.