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Geotag on photos not working since iOS 14 upgrade.

Ever since I upgraded to iOS 14, my iPhone does not show the geotag location at the top of each picture. Only the date and time it was taken. My camera settings are correct and my location settings are accurate, but it won’t show the location on the photos. The photos I have that were taken before installing iOS 14 show the location and geotag still. But any picture taken since the upgrade does not show the location.

Posted on Sep 23, 2020 10:28 PM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2020 5:56 AM

Apple called me now. So, they know the issue. I send the photos and the files they wanted by using their link. They will call me again as soon as possible; I confirm there is no fix at the moment. They will provide through their technicians to look for a definitive solution. The problem affects many devices.

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Sep 26, 2020 11:32 AM in response to gbat1980

That confirms the problem with the servers. When you import older photos now, properly tagged with GPS, the location names will also not be displayed in the titles, because Photos does no longer retrieve the names of the locations from Apple's servers. Instead you are seeing the address of the place below the photos. The reverse geocoding is still working, but Photos does no longer assign a short name to the place.

You can however put any name you like for the location into the caption line above the map.


Sep 29, 2020 7:41 AM in response to LouG

I saw the location in the title for some of my imported photos from yesterday, only for photos that have been taken in National Parks. It may be specific for some locations.

A photo taken in Yellowstone Park is now showing the location, a Photo taken in Tanzania, a photo taken in Spain, but no photos taken in the cities.

Sep 30, 2020 4:14 AM in response to gbat1980

I have the same problem and have tried editing the location on my Mac (which still correctly shows location information in the info tab), all edits to location on the Mac show up correctly in the swipe up map on both iPad and iPhone, but the location information that used to show at the top of the photo will not display - this also applies to quite a few photos taken in the last 2 weeks that were correctly showing location information until iOS 14.0.1. I contacted Apple today - the agent did not seem to know about the problem and could not find any engineering updates. This is a major feature for me; I hope it gets fixed asap.

Oct 3, 2020 5:45 AM in response to Rurrell

I noticed a lot of people having the issue with photos not geotagging location anymore after updating to iOS 14 on their phones. I have an IPhone SE . I liked this featured very much and not happy it’s gone. Even when I swipe on my photos it only shows the map. No location.. I tried contact to apple but they couldn’t fix the issue over the phone. I’m going to the store to show what’s going on. All my privacy and location settings are turned on. In system settings i turned on the status bar location. I have turned off and restarted the phone. Nothing will work. Very frustrating. Wonder if this is permanent.?

Geotag on photos not working since iOS 14 upgrade.

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