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How to get the new Map to use the Sublocation/Location/City/etc metadata

Apr 13, 2012 8:18 AM

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Most of my recent photos have the Sublocation/Location/City/State/Country/etc metadata filled in; wouldn't it make sense to use this data as an approximate location when positioning a photo on the map? I believe that Flickr works this way, for instance.

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1. dj_paige,

Apr 13, 2012 8:44 AM in reply to Hoshisato001

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Do you mean that your photos do not have the GPS location, but do have Sublocation/Location/City/State/Country? Then I am quite sure Lightroom will not display the photos on the map. I also don't know what you are referring to when you say Flickr makes use of these values.

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2. Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață,

Apr 13, 2012 8:44 AM in reply to Hoshisato001

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For the record, this process is called Geocoding.
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3. Hoshisato001,

Apr 13, 2012 11:26 AM in reply to Hoshisato001

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I'm very well aware of geocoding photos; but as you may be aware, you can add the location of the photo shoot in the XMP (and IPTC) headers in an image in clear text. I usually update this metadata for a photo shoot. LR does display this metadata when available, Being a software engineer, I thought it was a logical step to add the XMP location data as a default map search data when available if a photo doesn't have the GPS data added, sort of like adding intelligence to the Map functionality . :-)

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4. johnbeardy,

Apr 13, 2012 12:21 PM in reply to Hoshisato001

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I agree with you. Also it would be good if Saved Locations populated those fields.

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