Guides
Everything a photo knows about where it's been.
Geotagging, EXIF and photo location, explained without the folklore. Including the parts that are inconvenient for us to admit.
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Geotagging photos
Adding a location to a photo: what the coordinates are, where they live in the file, and how to write them on every platform.
15 Jul 2026What Is Geotagging? A Plain-English GuideGeotagging attaches a real-world location to a photo. Here's what it actually is, where the coordinates live inside the file, what it's genuinely useful for, and where it becomes a risk.13 Jul 2026How to Geotag a Photo (Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, Browser)Add GPS coordinates to any photo, including old scans and DSLR shots that never had a location. Every method that actually works, on every platform.
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Finding where a photo was taken
Reading the location back out of an image, and understanding why so many photos have no location at all.
17 Jul 2026Where Was This Photo Taken? How to Find Any Photo's LocationEvery photo may carry the exact spot it was shot. Here's how to find a picture's location from its EXIF data, on any device, without uploading the file anywhere.10 Jul 2026When Was This Photo Taken? Reading a Photo's Real TimestampA photo records the moment it was taken, but the file carries three different dates and they often disagree. Here's how to find the real one, and why it can be wrong.9 Jul 2026Picture Location Finder: What Actually Works (and What Doesn't)Image location finders promise to tell you where any picture was taken. Here's what they really do, when they work, and why most photos can't be located at all.
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Photo metadata
EXIF and the rest of what your camera writes into a file: what each field means, how to read it, and how to keep it through an export.
21 Jul 2026How to Edit EXIF Data (And Which Fields Are Safe)A practical guide to edit EXIF data on Windows, macOS, in the browser or from the command line, plus which fields are safe to change and which ones are not.21 Jul 2026XMP Metadata and IPTC: The Fields That Actually MatterXMP metadata is Adobe's XML container for photo credits, captions and rights. Here's how it relates to IPTC and EXIF, and which fields picture desks read.21 Jul 2026PDF Metadata: What Your PDF Says About YouPDF metadata records your name, your software, your operating system and every edit timestamp. Here's what each field holds, why it leaks, and how to read it.12 Jul 2026Photo Metadata: What It Is and How to View ItEvery photo carries a hidden record of the camera, the settings, the moment and often the place. Here's what each field means and how to read it on any device.11 Jul 2026How to Download Google Photos Without Losing MetadataDownloading from Google Photos strips dates and locations from the files, or dumps them into JSON sidecars nothing else reads. Here's how to get your library out intact.
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Privacy & metadata
What your photos reveal about you, which platforms already strip it, and how to take it out yourself.
21 Jul 2026Metadata Remover: What It Actually StripsA metadata remover takes out camera data, author names, GPS, document properties and embedded thumbnails. Here's what each file type hides and how to pick a tool.21 Jul 2026Remove PDF Metadata: How to Actually Delete ItMost tools that remove PDF metadata only blank the visible fields and leave the old values in the XMP packet. Here's how to check, and how to really delete it.16 Jul 2026How to Remove EXIF & GPS Data From PhotosPhotos carry your location, your camera, and the exact time you took them. Here's how to strip that metadata on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, plus which apps already do it for you.8 Jul 2026How to Turn Off Geotagging on iPhone (and Android)Your phone writes your exact location into every photo by default. Here's how to switch it off, how to strip it from photos you've already taken, and when to leave it on.
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Compared with other tools
How we differ from the tools people usually find first. Every figure below was checked against the competitor's live site, including the ones where they beat us.
7 Jul 2026GeoImgr Alternative: An Honest ComparisonGeoImgr is the best-known online geotagger and it's genuinely good. Here's a fair comparison with ours: limits, prices and formats, all checked against their live site.6 Jul 2026Pic2Map Alternative: What It Does and What We DoPic2Map finds where a photo was taken by uploading it to a server. We read the same data in your browser. An honest comparison, including the parts where Pic2Map wins.5 Jul 2026Jimpl Alternative: An Honest ComparisonJimpl uploads your photo to read its metadata, then deletes it within 24 hours. We read it in your browser, so there's nothing to delete. An honest comparison.
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Geotagging & SEO
The claims made about photo metadata and search rankings, checked against what Google has actually said.