GPS in, places out
Coordinates are read from the image metadata and resolved into country, region and city groups on the machine.
Offline places
See where the library has been.
Photos that carry GPS coordinates are grouped into countries, regions and cities using reverse geocoding that runs on your PC.
- GPS metadata
- Offline geocoding
- No map upload
Locations133 places
Cornwall, United Kingdom1,284
Provence, France612
Lake District, United Kingdom388
Lisbon, Portugal204
Grouped from the GPS already in the files.
An illustrative place list. Countries, regions and cities come from photo GPS.
Places, without the cloud
A map made from the files, not a service.
If the camera or phone wrote GPS into the photo, the library can use it. The reverse geocoding is local, so the places in your library do not become a location history sent to a mapping service.
A hierarchy you can browse
The Locations page moves from broad places to specific ones, with counts for each group.
No map service account
The app does not upload coordinates to a mapping API during normal use. The geocoding data is local.
Read the coordinates
The metadata pass reads GPS latitude and longitude where the file carries them.
Resolve the place
Local reverse geocoding assigns country, region and city names.
Browse by place
Use Locations to see the places represented in the library and the photos behind each count.
The honest part
Only photos with GPS
- A photo without GPS metadata does not get a guessed location from its pixels.
- Location names are derived from metadata; the app does not claim to recognise landmarks or objects.
- No coordinates are uploaded to a map service by the photo app.
Good questions
Locations, answered.
Does it need an internet connection for locations?
No. Reverse geocoding runs locally. The app does not upload coordinates to a map service during normal use.
Why is a photo missing from Locations?
The file probably has no GPS coordinates. The app does not infer a place from the image content.
Can I edit a location?
Locations are derived from the metadata that is already present. The app does not claim a manual map-pin editor.
Keep exploring
Related features.
Photo metadata
The story is already in the file.
Read keywords, ratings, dates, camera and GPS from the library you already have.
Timeline
Thirty-nine years, one rail.
Browse by date groups and jump across years without turning the library into a feed.
Browse the library
Browse by face, tag and location.
Dedicated people, tags and locations views, plus folder and date filters. Search and object recognition are coming.
See it on your own library
Bring the folder.
Keep the originals.
Download the free beta, point it at a folder and try this on your own photos. No account, no upload, no card.
Windows 11 · Free 5,000-photo beta · No account needed