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when I enter a location for a picture, Photos changes it to a different location

When I enter a location for a picture, e.g. "38.007949, -122.487170" in the info panel in Photos, the location that ends up being stored is a different one, sometimes several miles away from what I enter. Every location anywhere in San Rafael, California, gets changed to the location of San Rafael City Hall. Locations in San Francisco, are changed to Twin Peaks in San Francisco.

For me, Photos started behaving this way a couple of days ago (October 2020); previously Photos would just store whatever location I entered. Is anybody else seeing this?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 10, 2020 8:10 PM

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Oct 11, 2020 12:24 AM in response to fkainz

Well this is really odd. I've just put in the coordinates for Greewich London, and Photos has put the pin in the middle of the north sea - about 400 miles away. Seems messed up to me.

Oct 11, 2020 8:01 AM in response to léonie

OK - where is the official bug report page :-)

Oct 11, 2020 8:25 AM in response to fkainz

It seems to work OK when I use houdahGeo to geocode.

Could it be using DD.mmsssssss?

fkainz Author

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Oct 11, 2020 10:13 AM in response to léonie

Thank you. I submitted a bug using the feedback form.

Oct 11, 2020 10:22 AM in response to Keith Barkley

No, DD.mmsssss doesn't work either.

léonie

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Oct 16, 2020 4:16 AM in response to Keith Barkley

Thank you for the additional info, Keith. Then I'll wait, until I am sure that the next upgrade will work with Big Sur.

YOCKOW

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Nov 14, 2020 8:08 PM in response to fkainz

This bug is not yet fixed in Photos 6.0 (311.0.130) on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 (20B29)...

fkainz Author

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Nov 14, 2020 8:30 PM in response to YOCKOW

That's disappointing. I often take pictures with a camera that doesn't have a built-in GPS; geotagging those photos has become nearly impossible.

jotzet

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Nov 15, 2020 5:31 AM in response to Stephan-S

Hi Stephan-S,

Yeah, I know, these seem to go to nirvana - I submit mine via the Feedback Assistant App using a (free) developer account.

Thanks, Joachim

Nov 19, 2020 11:42 PM in response to fkainz

The problem still exists with Big Sur.

I also sent feedback to Apple using the Feedback Assistant. Hope they're going to fix it soon, really annoying.

fkainz Author

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Dec 5, 2020 1:37 PM in response to Stephan-S

Thank you for filing the bug!

SCM23

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Jan 2, 2021 3:43 PM in response to fkainz

Unfortunately, this bug still isn't fixed. I'm seriously considering moving away from Photos for good. Without working geotagging, it is useless for me.