EXIF & Metadata
Photo Location Finder
Drop a photo to see exactly where it was taken, plotted on a map from its GPS metadata. Read locally — your photo never leaves your device.
GPS data is read locally — your photos never leave your device.
To find where a photo was taken, drop it above — its GPS metadata is read in your browser and never uploaded. If coordinates survive in the file, you'll see the exact spot on OpenStreetMap with a link to Google Maps. Screenshots and social-media downloads usually carry no GPS; use the original file from the phone.
Honest limits
- Needs surviving GPS metadata — social-media downloads and screenshots usually have none.
- Location precision is whatever the camera recorded; nothing is looked up server-side.
Need more than a browser can do? Desktop browsers go further than phones — and Media Moana converts at scale on hosted infrastructure.
How it works
Drop a photo
Use the original file — exports and social-media downloads usually have GPS stripped.
GPS is read locally
Coordinates, altitude and direction are parsed from EXIF in your browser.
See the map
The location appears on OpenStreetMap with a link to open it in Google Maps.
Frequently asked questions
Is this safe? Do my photos get uploaded?
No upload happens — ever. Location lookup runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device, nothing is stored on any server, and the tool even keeps working if you go offline after the page loads. That's also why there are no file size limits, no queues and no sign-up.
How can a photo know where it was taken?
Phones (and many cameras) embed GPS coordinates into each photo's EXIF metadata at the moment of capture — latitude, longitude, often altitude and even the direction the camera was facing. This tool reads those fields and plots them on OpenStreetMap, with a one-click link to Google Maps.
Why does it say no location was found?
Three common reasons: location access was disabled for the camera app; the photo passed through a platform that strips metadata (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and most social apps do); or it's a screenshot or edited export, which never had GPS data. The original file straight from the phone is your best bet.
Which file types work?
JPG and HEIC photos are the usual carriers of GPS data, and both work — as do TIFF, PNG, WebP, AVIF and camera RAW files when they contain GPS metadata.
Can I map multiple photos at once?
Yes — drop a whole batch and every photo with GPS data gets its own marker on the same map, so you can trace a trip or a shoot at a glance. Photos without coordinates are listed separately so you know which ones came back empty.
Is there a file size or quantity limit?
There is no hard limit. Server-based converters cap uploads because your files consume their bandwidth and CPU; here reading GPS data happens on your machine, so the only practical limit is your device's memory. Desktop browsers comfortably handle very large files and big batches.