Getting photos out of Lightroom with GPS Metadata maintained

[slk3rd]

Hello, I have searched all over and con't figure this issue out.

I have a group of photos shot in 16x9 spect ratio, with the gps metadata attached to these photos. I need to batch crop them down to 4x3, after I do that, and try and export the photos out of Lightroom, all of the GPS data is gone.

Thanks for any help, I'm sure it's an easy fix, but I'm pulling my hair out over this!

[99jon]

Try making virtual copies and crop the VC's which will have the original metadata. When exporting you can choose to include or exclude location data.

[slk3rd]

I'm sorry for being an idiot, but how do you make virtual copies?

[99jon]

Select a batch of thumbnails in Library grid

From the menu choose:

Photo >> Create Virtual Copies

(Optionally) while all the VC’s are selected create a collection or quick collection

Crop as required and export the collection as new files.

[slk3rd]

Was able to create VC and export cropped photos but still no GPS data. . . .

[99jon]

Go to the metadata panel on the right and from the pull-down choices choose location. Do you see the latitude & longitude co-ordinates on the original photo?

[slk3rd]

yes, the coordinates are there

[99jon · Accepted solution]

If the metadata is present in the original it should also be present in the VC. When you export a jpeg ensure exclude location is not checked in the export dialog (see image below)

It should work with any of the “All” choices

[slk3rd]

That was it!!!!!

I can't thank you enough. . . . thanks so much!