Photo location finder
Find out where a photo was taken from the GPS coordinates stored inside it. Works on the original file from a phone or camera, right here in your browser.
Drop a photo to locate
JPEG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, AVIF or TIFF. Read on this device, never uploaded.
You can also paste a copied image. Heads-up: some phone photo pickers remove location before a browser ever sees the file. If a photo you know is geotagged shows no GPS here, pick it through the Files app instead.
What you'll see
Latitude and longitude in decimal and in degrees-minutes-seconds, altitude, the compass direction the camera faced (if recorded) and the GPS timestamp, plus links to open the spot in OpenStreetMap, Google Maps or Apple Maps.
How a photo knows where it was taken
When location services are on, a phone's camera asks for a GPS fix as it takes the picture and writes the result into the EXIF GPS block: latitude, longitude, altitude above sea level, a UTC timestamp and, on many phones, the compass heading. The numbers are stored as degrees, minutes and seconds, which is why maps and viewers have to convert them first.
Try it: from degrees-minutes-seconds to a pin
EXIF stores latitude as three numbers (degrees, minutes, seconds) plus a letter. Move them and watch the decimal value most maps use.
48 + 51/60 + 30.1/3600 = 48.858361
48.8584 narrows the spot to about 11 m, roughly a single house or shop front.
Phones typically store 4 to 6 decimal places. Real accuracy depends on the GPS fix: often 5 metres outdoors, much worse indoors.
When the location finder comes up empty
No GPS block means the metadata route is closed, not that the photo is untraceable. Place names can still hide in IPTC or XMP fields (ExifProbe checks those too), and the picture content itself (signs, skyline, shop fronts) is what investigators use next. That kind of visual search needs the image, so it is out of scope here: ExifProbe never sends your photo anywhere.
Hiding your own location
To share a photo without revealing where you took it, use Remove only location. It deletes the GPS block and XMP/IPTC place fields but keeps the date and camera settings. To stop your phone recording location in future, see the iPhone and Android settings guide.
Questions people ask
Can I find where a photo was taken?
Only if the file still contains GPS metadata. Drop the original photo in and ExifProbe shows the coordinates and a map. If the GPS block has been removed, which happens on most social networks and in many messaging apps, the metadata cannot tell you the location.
How accurate is the location in a photo?
Phone GPS is usually accurate to around 5 metres outdoors with a clear sky, and can be off by tens of metres indoors or between tall buildings. Some photos also record the direction the camera was pointing.
Why does a photo from Instagram or Facebook show no location?
Those platforms remove GPS metadata from the copies they serve to other people. A location tag you add to the post is separate from the file and is shown publicly by the platform itself.
Can the location in a photo be fake?
Yes. GPS tags can be edited with any EXIF editor, and some apps write the location of the phone when the file was saved rather than when it was taken. Treat it as a strong clue, not proof.
What if there is no GPS but I still need the location?
Then you are into visual detective work: landmarks, signs, shop names, plants, the angle of shadows. That needs the picture itself, which ExifProbe deliberately never uploads. Reverse image search engines can help find earlier copies of the same photo.