Add a GPS location
to any photo.

How to add GPS coordinates to a photo

1. Drop your JPEG into the tool above (or click Choose photos). You'll see everything currently stored in the file.
2. Enter the location. Type decimal latitude and longitude into the GPS fields — or click Use my current location and allow the browser's permission prompt. To get coordinates for any address, right-click the spot in Google Maps and click the numbers that appear to copy them.
3. Click Save edits. A copy downloads with the coordinates written into its EXIF — the image itself is untouched, byte for byte.

You can verify the result instantly: drop the downloaded copy back into the tool and the red GPS callout will show your new coordinates with a map link. The EXIF viewer explains the rest of what the readout is telling you.

Writing coordinates is lossless — only the metadata segment changes, the image data is untouched. It's the same mechanism behind removing metadata, run in the other direction, and the reason neither operation costs you any quality.

Geotagging a whole shoot at once

Drop in multiple photos and a batch panel appears. Enter one set of coordinates and click Apply GPS below to all to write that location into every JPEG, downloaded together as a zip. The same panel can shift every timestamp by a number of hours — handy when a camera’s clock was set to the wrong time zone for an entire shoot.

Legitimate reasons to geotag a photo

Cameras without GPS

Most DSLRs and mirrorless cameras don't have GPS chips. Photographers who want their catalog organized by location — in Lightroom, Apple Photos, or Google Photos — add coordinates after the shoot. Those apps read EXIF GPS and place photos on their map views automatically. Phones are the opposite problem: they record it by default, which is why iPhone photos usually need coordinates taken out rather than put in.

Job-site and field documentation

For contractors, inspectors, adjusters, and field crews, a photo with intact GPS and timestamp metadata is evidence: proof of where and when work was performed. Worth knowing before leaning on it, though — EXIF can be written after the fact, by this tool among others, so on its own it is a claim rather than proof. Before/after photos with verifiable location data are useful in disputes, insurance claims, and warranty records. If a photo was taken with location services off, adding the job-site coordinates keeps your documentation consistent — though for evidentiary purposes, original untouched metadata is always strongest.

Fixing wrong locations

Phones sometimes record a stale or drifted GPS fix — the previous location, or a point hundreds of meters off. Correcting the coordinates keeps your photo library's map accurate.

Drone mapping and surveying

Photogrammetry and mapping workflows depend on accurate coordinates in image EXIF. When a drone log and image metadata disagree, correcting the EXIF is part of the workflow.

Will geotagging photos boost my Google rankings?

You may have heard that geotagging photos before uploading them to a Google Business Profile improves local rankings. Independent, controlled tests say it doesn't — Google strips EXIF from Business Profile uploads, and the largest study to date found no reliable benefit and some measurable downsides. We wrote up the full evidence, and what actually works instead, here: Does geotagging photos help Google Business Profile rankings?

Adding GPS to photos: common questions

How do I find the coordinates for an address?

Right-click any point in Google Maps and the decimal latitude and longitude appear at the top of the menu. Click them to copy, then paste them into the fields above.

Does adding GPS change the image quality?

No. For JPEGs the coordinates are written into the metadata segment only — the image pixels come out byte-for-byte unchanged, with no recompression.

Does adding GPS to photos improve Google Business Profile rankings?

Independent tests say no. Google strips EXIF from Business Profile uploads, and controlled studies found no reliable ranking benefit. Geotagging is useful for organising photos, documentation and mapping — not as an SEO tactic. The evidence in full.

Which formats can I write GPS into?

JPEG only. The library that writes EXIF handles JPEG, so PNG, WebP and HEIC can be read here but not geotagged. Convert to JPEG first if you need coordinates written in.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. Coordinates are written inside your browser and the file never leaves your device — which also means the geolocation prompt from Use my current location stays on your machine too.