Fair enough, the use cases you describe are valid.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 23 Apr 2018, at 07:33, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 4/22/2018 1:56 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Why would I need to know the latitude and longitude of my photos? It is
>> enough for me to know in which city or area of a city I was so that I can
>> caption reasonably accurately.
>
> Some of us don't only shoot in cities. Some shoot where there are no roads,
> or where the road details may fade in memory. Some of us may have a file
> system by date, not city. Some of us may not remember every location in every
> city where we have shot photos.
>
> This fellow, for example, was shot in a field in a remote, sparsely populated
> part of Bhutan. The road has no name I know of, and the nearest thing to a
> town is miles away across a river ford. Lat/Long is a really good way to know
> where it is. If you click on the info button - there's a map.
> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/uoht2qYyq2A6KZJT2>
>
> To get to this abandoned mine in the Mojave Desert one goes along a dirt road
> with a name, then down another with a number, although Google Maps doesn't
> seem to know it. Pretty hard to know where it is except with geocoding.
> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/IAj3YGaudRuHLGgh1>
>
> Places like this have roads, but they aren't all labeled, on maps or in
> person, and it's not uncommon to not know how to get there from here.
> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/itoHa8MhXezynnaI3>
>
> Driving the roads of the US West is not like cycling Jutland. Hiking the
> trails of Acadia or Glacier NPs, and many others, without GPS, it's easy to
> become unclear on just where one is.
>
> You don't need to know, I do. The way you photograph and the way you document
> your journey through life is fine, and fun to follow, but not the way for me.
>
> With geocoded photos and the LR Maps function, I can easily locate all shots
> I've taken in any particular place. That's wonderful for me, especially as I
> revisit many locations when the season, light, etc. is different.
>
> Pin Point Moose
>
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