Guides to geotagging your photos

Practical, tool-by-tool guides for photographers: what geotagging is, how to add GPS locations to photos from a recorded walk, and how to plan the walk itself.

• How to geotag photosThree ways to add GPS location to your photos, which one suits your camera, and how to avoid the clock and time zone mistakes that break matching.
• What is geotagging?What a geotag is, how phones and cameras add location to photos, whether it helps SEO, and how to switch it off for privacy.
• Geotag photos from a GPX fileStep-by-step GPX geotagging in Lightroom Classic's Map module, ExifTool and digiKam, plus how to fix the time offset that makes matches fail.
• What is a GPX file?GPX explained for photographers: tracks vs routes vs waypoints, what a track point contains, and the easiest ways to open and view a GPX file.
• Add location to photos on iPhoneTurn on location for the Camera, add or fix a photo's location in the Photos app, batch-edit, remove it before sharing, and handle camera photos with no GPS.
• Photo walk ideas and tipsWhat a photo walk is, how to plan the route, light and kit, 14 themes to try, group and street etiquette, and how to keep a record of where you shot.