--- title: "Photo Location Finder: Where Was This Photo Taken?" description: "Find where a photo was taken from its GPS data: drop a JPEG or iPhone HEIC photo to see the location on a map, the address, date, camera and direction. Free EXIF viewer; photos never leave your device." url: https://getmylocations.com/photo-location --- Free Tool · Private, runs in your browser # Photo location finder: where was this photo taken? Find exactly **where a photo was taken**. Drop a picture from your phone or camera to read the **GPS location** saved in it and see the spot **on a map**, with the address, the date and time, the camera and the direction it was pointing. Works with iPhone HEIC and JPEG files, up to 20 at a time. Your photos **never leave your device**. ## Find where a photo was taken 📷 Drop photos here, or tap to choose JPEG, HEIC (iPhone), PNG, WebP, TIFF and RAW. Up to 20 at a time. Photos stay on your device. Photos are read in your browser and never uploaded. Only when an address is looked up are the photo’s coordinates, rounded to about 1 m, sent to OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim geocoder. ## How to find where a picture was taken - **Use the original file.** On a phone, choose the photo from your gallery. On a computer, use the file copied from the phone or camera, or downloaded from iCloud Photos or Google Photos as the original. - **Drop it in the box** or tap to choose. Several photos can be checked at once and are numbered on the map. - **Read the result:** coordinates, the nearest address, when it was taken and with which camera. Open Street View to see the place, turned the way the camera was facing when the photo saved a direction. ## Which photos keep their location | Where the photo came from | GPS location kept? | | --- | --- | | Original from an iPhone or Android camera, location on | Yes | | iCloud Photos or Google Photos, downloaded as original | Usually yes | | AirDrop, or sent by email as an attachment | Usually yes, unless the sender turned location off | | WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat | No, removed by the app | | Screenshots and screen recordings | No | | Images saved from websites | Rarely | ## What is EXIF data? EXIF is a block of information that cameras and phones write inside every photo: the date and time, the camera and lens, settings such as exposure and focal length, and, when location services are allowed, the latitude, longitude and altitude where it was taken. Many phones also save the compass direction. The time is the camera’s own clock and carries no time zone, which is why the tool shows it exactly as recorded. The same data that makes this tool work can reveal where you live or where your children go to school. Before posting photos publicly from an app that keeps metadata, or sending originals by email, check the location with this tool, and remove it if needed. To see where you are now instead, use [My Location](https://getmylocations.com/my-location). ## Frequently asked questions How do I find where a photo was taken? Drop the photo, or tap to choose it, and the tool reads the GPS coordinates your phone or camera saved inside the file. It shows the spot on a map with the address, the date and time it was taken, the camera, and often the direction the camera was facing. Why does my photo have no location? Either location was turned off for the camera when the photo was taken, or the location was removed later. WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, X, Messenger and most other social and messaging apps strip GPS data when a photo is sent or posted, and screenshots never have it. Use the original file from the phone or camera, or from a cloud backup such as iCloud Photos or Google Photos. Are my photos uploaded anywhere? No. The file is read inside your browser and never leaves your device. Only when the tool looks up an address does it send the photo's coordinates, not the photo, to OpenStreetMap's geocoder. Can it find the location of a photo with no GPS data? No. Without saved coordinates the location can only be guessed from what is in the picture, such as signs, landmarks or the landscape, which is what a reverse image search does. This tool only reports what the file itself records, so its answers are never guesses. How do I remove the location from my photos before sharing? On iPhone, tap Options at the top of the share sheet and turn off Location. On Android, Google Photos lets you remove the estimated or GPS location in a photo's details, and many cameras have a setting to stop saving it. On Windows, right-click the file, choose Properties, Details, then "Remove Properties and Personal Information". On a Mac, Preview's Inspector can remove the location. ## Related tools [ ### Street View See the place at street level ](https://getmylocations.com/street-view)[ ### Address Finder Address from coordinates ](https://getmylocations.com/address-finder)[ ### Coordinates Converter Convert the photo coordinates ](https://getmylocations.com/coordinates-converter)[ ### My Location Where you are right now ](https://getmylocations.com/my-location) AA Written by ### Ahmed Anwar Senior software engineer in Karachi. Builds the geolocation tools, mapping pages, and coordinate utilities on GetMyLocations. Writes about GPS, browser geolocation, and IP geolocation from the perspective of someone who ships the code, not the marketing. This article was researched and drafted with AI assistance, then edited and fact-checked by Ahmed before publication. [More about the author](https://getmylocations.com/about).