#Photo geotag check free#

Click the “+” symbol in the bottom right corner and click through to Settings > Extention.

#Photo geotag check free#

It shows location search results based on the location data embedded into the photo I was posting to Instagram, which was taken at Shibuya crossing in Tokyo.Įnter Koredoko! This awesome, free app lets you geotag photos that don’t have any embedded location data. Meaning that if I’m in Korea trying to post a picture I took while I was in Toronto but that doesn’t have any embedded location data, Instagram will suggest places within a few miles of where me and my phone are currently standing, in Korea.Īs an example, the above photo was taken while I was sitting in my apartment in Korea.

If your photo does not have embedded location data, Instagram will suggest places nearby based on your actual physical location. For example, if I’m in Korea but I have a photo with location data saying the photo was taken in Toronto, Instagram will suggest possible locations in Toronto where I might have been when I took it. If your photo has embedded location data, Instagram will suggest places “nearby” based on that data, regardless of your actual physical location. Here’s how this works on Instagram, in my experience. Alternatively, if you use another photo editing app, it might strip the location data when you export your photo, regardless of the device you used to take it. If you take photos on your camera, they’ll usually have location data, but that data might be stripped from the photo if you email it to yourself, like I do. Turning these settings on will mean that you probably won’t encounter this problem in the future. If you use VSCOCam to edit your photos, make sure location data is enabled for import and export: Settings > Privacy. Unfortunately, if you’ve already posted your photo there’s no way to go back and change the location short of deleting and re-posting.įirst, if you use an iPhone to take photos, make sure your camera has Location Services turned on: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera. Yes, I realize there are real, actual problems in the world and this is very much not one of them, but there’s a simple fix so I thought I’d share it in case anyone is running into this issue as well. But when you’re no longer at the location you were when you took the photo, sometimes you can’t find the right location to properly add the photo to your map. Sure, it’s called Instagram, but when I’m somewhere truly beautiful I much prefer to take a few photos then just enjoy my time there and post photos online when I have downtime, like back at the hostel or when I’m home. One of the problems I’ve run into a few times is adding the location of a photo after I’m no longer in the area I was when it was taken. Adding a location to your pictures is also a cool way for people interested in a specific place to see your photos – by clicking a location you can see a whole collection of photos tagged from there, for example the Eiffel tower or Angor Wat temple! Of course I remember and appreciate those experiences in ways that have nothing to do with social media, but I won’t deny that it’s cool and rewarding to have a visual representation of my adventures through my Photo Map. I only really started travelling last summer on my trip around Europe, but since that time I’ve been lucky enough to visit more places than I could have imagined when I set off on that first trip. One of my favourite things about Instagram is the Photo Map feature.