View photos by location

If your camera has GPS capability (as iPhone does), or you’ve added GPS information to your photos, Photos can automatically display your photos on a map.

Photos window showing a map with photo thumbnails grouped by location

  1. Click Photos in the toolbar, position the pointer over the heading of a collection or moment, then click the location.

    Photos with heading above them

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Click a thumbnail on the map to see the photos taken at that location.

      Thumbnails of photos located on a map

    • Click the zoom buttons to zoom in or out.

      Zoom buttons on map

    • Drag the map to reposition to it.

    • Click Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid to show the map in different formats.

      Standard, Satellite, and Hybrid buttons