Do you upload my photo?

No. The file is read in your browser. TrashPandaKit never receives the photo or the coordinates.

The file has no GPS tags. Location was off when it was taken, it is a screenshot, or an app already stripped the metadata. This tool does not guess a place from the picture itself.

Why do I have to click to show the map?

Coordinates are computed locally. Map tiles are fetched from a map provider, which can see your IP and the area you view. The click is the opt-in.

Does this work on iPhone photos?

Yes. We read GPS from JPEG, WebP, and HEIC. If the browser cannot paint a HEIC, we show the JPEG thumbnail already stored in the file.

Photo Location — See GPS From a Photo on a Map

What this tool can and cannot do

Phones write latitude and longitude into the file when location services are on. That is EXIF GPS. We read those tags here. We do not look at landmarks or guess from the pixels.

Instagram, WhatsApp, and many share sheets strip GPS on the way out. A download from those apps is usually empty. An original from the camera roll often is not.

Why the map waits for a click

Coordinates never leave this tab. A map still has to fetch tiles. The tile server can see your IP and the neighborhood you view. So the pin is opt-in. Copy the numbers and paste them into any maps app if you want to keep tiles off this page.

Found a pin you do not want in the file? Strip the GPS. Longer version: how location data hides in photos.

Photo location

What this tool can and cannot do

Why the map waits for a click