How to Insert Location Metadata

[Roberto_5902]

Hello everyone, can someone tell me how to insert the Location metadata? If I drag the photos onto the map, the GPS coordinates are inserted, but not the Location. Thanks to everyone

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

I am not at home right now, so I can't test this to be sure it works ... but you need to use the menu command

"Edit" > "Catalog Settings" > "Metadata" > check mark next to "Address Lookup"

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6F7fn_OeqU&t=293s

[Roberto_5902]

Thanks!! It works perfectly on new entries!! Can you tell me if and how I can update all the photos already present with GPS coordinates and without location metadata?

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

Again I am not at home, so I can't test this, but I think you have to adjust the location of those photos by the tiniest little bit, and the metadata will be populated. Maybe there's an easier way, but I can't think of it right now.

[Roberto_5902]

Again I am not at home, so I can't test this, but I think you have to adjust the location of those photos by the tiniest little bit, and the metadata will be populated. Maybe there's an easier way, but I can't think of it right now.

By @dj_paige

[Roberto_5902]

By adjusting the position of the photo, the metadata updates. the problem is that I have over 30,000 photos in this situation.....
anyway thanks for the support

[johnrellis]

To test my understanding, you've recently enabled Address Lookup. For newly imported photos, LR is displaying the corresponding Location suggestions (Sublocation, City, State, etc.) in italics. But for previously imported photos, it isn't.  

If my understanding is correct, see here for a workaround that has worked for me and another person:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/address-lookup-after-import/m-p/1494439...

[Roberto_5902]

Thanks. The problem seems to be solved after setting "Edit" > "Catalog Settings" > "Metadata" > check mark next to "Address Lookup" as suggested by Dj_Paige. Most of the photos now have the correct Location metadata. For the remaining ones I had to move the GPS coordinates a little on the Map module and everything was fixed.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions

[johnrellis]

For reference by future readers: Instead of moving the GPS coordinates a little, this workaround should fix the issue:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/address-lookup-after-import/m-p/1494439...