Yesterday, I took some pictures of a plant I saw in the park. I thought this particular type of plant was highly toxic, and should be removed. I texted the picture to the parks department, and sure enough, it was a highly toxic plant they want to remove from the park. However, they needed to know exactly where that plant was located.
I told them fortunately, I took the picture on the iPhone and the iPhone saves the location where the picture was taken. I went to Photos, and was shown a map for the location ā not the latitude and longitude information I could give the parks department.
I tried a few more things, and all I could get was a map and no way it seemed to get the precise location. Thereās no way I can use the map from Apple Photos to go back to the place where I took the picture or to send someone else there. I couldnāt even get it displayed in Apple Maps which would allow me to see that information.
Is there a way to see this information? Is there a way I can open Apple Maps to see it? Iāve tried to create a shortcut, but I just canāt get that to work. It either tells me thereās no such information, or it shows me that idiotic map.
If you can find the precise location in Maps and then find the same location in google mapsā¦the latter will give you lat and longā¦depending on how well you can see the location in Maps relative to paths or curves or buildings in satellite view or whatever that should get you pretty close. Orā¦assuming the last and long are in the exif data there are numerous apps that will read thatā¦Photoshop or Elements, Affinity maybe, Lightroomā¦in addition to dedicated exif reader apps. Maybe get info on the picture in Finder as well.
Iām hoping for a native way to do this. I can download an app that will display this information. I was hoping to be able to do this in Photos or Camera itself. Even if itās a way to open the map up in Apple Maps itself.
You can open the location in maps. When you show the information view, there is a map, and on the bottom left of the map there is tappable location name with a > after it. Tap that and it will open in maps. And when it opens in maps, just below the map view are the latitude and longitude coordinates. (At least for me.)
It works for me. The window is a bit weird. You canāt drag-select text like you would in an editor, but if you click on a row, it will highlight. If you type CMD-C, the rowās text will copy to the clipboard, which can then be pasted elsewhere.
Interestingly, Photos populates this data even when the camera doesnāt have GPS.
I have a Kodak point-and-shoot camera that has no GPS capabilities. I manually set the location in Photos for photos I take with this camera. When I exported one of these photos (drag from Photos to the Finder) and opened it in Preview, those coordinates were present on the GPS tab. (None of the other GPS parameters were present.
Similarly for photos taken with my iPod Touch. It contained the coordinates I set in Photos, plus speed and altitude (for which I assume an iPod Touch has sensors).
In Photos, right-click (Ctl-click) the picture and select āEdit in Previewā
In Preview, select Tools>Show Inspector
In Inspector, select āMore Infoā, then āGPSā
Well that works. I just figured that displays all the other images taken at that location. Rather than display the city name, why doesnāt it say Open in Maps and make it obvious what that stupid link does?
Everyone: I can do this on my Mac. What I want to do is do this when Iām away from my Mac. When Iām alone in the woods with nothing but a flint, two sticks, and my iPhone.
I use the Where Was This Taken shortcut (that link doesnāt lead to the shortcut itself, but a description of how it works. The link to the shortcut is in there.)
Where Was This Taken seems like a good idea, but it does not work consistently for me. Some photos taken on my phone that show a location in Photos show without a location when using that shortcut.
@ddmiller: I already replied to you. Your method works. I saw the city name and assumed that would simply show me all the pictures taken in that town. It should say Open in Apple Maps.
I spent four hours today duplicating that in Shortcuts.
