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Where was this photo taken?

The location a photo carries, on a map: coordinates in every format, the direction the camera faced, altitude, time and camera.

Runs in your browser. The photo is not uploaded — it never leaves this device. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles for the point it shows.

How it works

Phones and many cameras write the position into the photo's Exif data as they take it. Your browser opens the file and this page reads those tags — latitude, longitude, altitude, the direction the camera faced (GPSImgDirection), accuracy, time, camera and lens — and shows the point on an OpenStreetMap map, with a line for the direction when the photo has one. Coordinates are given in decimal degrees, DMS, UTM and MGRS, ready to copy, with links to open them in Google Maps or Apple Maps.

Questions

Why does my photo show no location?

Either the camera had no location (Location Services off for the Camera, no fix indoors), or it was removed on the way: messengers and social networks strip it, and an iPhone can leave it out when you share a photo (Share → Options → Location). A photo sent as a file, by AirDrop or e-mail, usually keeps it.

How accurate is the position?

As accurate as the phone's fix when the shutter was pressed. Where the photo records it, the accuracy is shown in metres and drawn as a circle; a phone outdoors is typically within 5–15 m.

Is the photo sent anywhere?

No. The file is read in your browser. Only the map tiles for the point are loaded from OpenStreetMap, which sees the map area being viewed.

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