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Adding & removing photos to your map

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When you capture the moment, capture your location too. Adding a photo's location helps you keep track of your adventures and you just might inspire someone else's travels! 

Geo Preferences

When you upload a photo with geodata (i.e. from a mobile device), or manually geotag your photo, the photo's location can be shown on a map. You can adjust your geo privacy settings depending on who you want to see the location of your photos by default.

In order for your uploads to automatically appear on the map, you will need to make sure you have the following settings applied:

Note: If you upload a photo with geodata, that information will be embedded into the EXIF data of the original image file. 

If you don’t want people to have access to this information, you can turn off the location on your camera/ device. Or, hide the EXIF data & restrict who can download your originals.

How to set your geo preferences 

  1. Log into your account on a web browser.
  2. Open your account settings.
  3. Select on Privacy & Permissions.
  4. Under Defaults for new uploads you will see the following settings:
    ‘Who will be able to see your stuff on a map’ | select Edit.

From here, you can determine who sees your photos on your map and set up geofences.

What is a Geofence?

A geofence is a hotspot on a map that has special default geo privacy settings. These are useful for locations such as "home" or "school" that you would like to make more private than your global default. You can create up to 10 geofences.

Once you have your preferences set, you can apply geotags or ‘add your items to the map’ by following the steps below:

Apply geotags to a single item

Web browser

Flickr app
  1. Select the photo or video to open it.
  2. Below the item, select Add this photo to your map.
  3. Enter the item's location in the “Find a location” field.
  4. Drag the item from the bottom onto the map.
  1. Open the photo or video you wish to add the location for.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu.
  3. Tap Edit details.
  4. Tap the Location/ Add Location.
  5. Enter the item's location in the “Search for a location…” field.
  6. Select the location.
  7. Tap Save.

Remove geotags from a single item

Removing a photo from the map will not affect your default Geo preferences.

Web browser

Flickr app
  1. Hover over You | select Organize.
  2. From the dropdown menu at the bottom left, select Your geotagged content.
  3. Drag and drop the items you want to remove from the map to the workspace above.
  4. Select Location, then Remove items from the map.
  5. Select Remove to confirm your choice.
  1. Open the photo or video you wish to add the location for.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu.
  3. Tap Edit details.
  4. Tap the Location
  5. Tap Clear.
  6. Tap Done.
  7. Tap Save.

Apply or remove geotags to multiple items at once (web only)

Apply
  1. Mouse over You | select Organize.
  2. Select the Map tab.
  3. Enter the item's location in the “Find a location” field.
  4. Drag the item from the bottom onto the map.

Remove
  1. Mouse over You  at the top of your browser | Select Organize.
  2. Select the Batch Organize tab at the top of the page.
  3. Select Your geotagged content from the drop down menu at the bottom.
  4. Drag & drop the content in the Batch area above.
  5. Select Location I select Remove items from the map. 
  6. Confirm geotag removal.

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