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The search is really quite fun to play with, and very useful! I also like searching on the map and seeing where I’ve taken photos. Especially if I’m looking for

The search is really quite fun to play with, and very useful! I also like searching on the map and seeing where I’ve taken photos. Especially if I’m looking for one particular photo, it’s fun to zoom in from the world map

sillysaurusx 5y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. I actually had the opportunity to sync my iPhone photos to Google Photos, but opted to decline. This made me reconsider; cheers.
- Jcowell 5y ago
  Why would this feature , that is also apart of Photos, make you reconsider ?
  - sillysaurusx 5y ago
    As much as I like apple / iCloud / my iPhone, I do like the idea of seeing all the places on a map that I’ve traveled with my lovely wife Emily. We’re hoping to go to the Seychelles if the next three months work out at my contract gig. I like the idea of being able to type “water” and see a bunch of water bottles mixed in with all the water-y places we’ve visited. What sealed the deal was to see it on a map. I typed “water” into Photos just now, and it did a pretty good job. But there’s something peculiar about being able to look at a pin and say “I’ve been at that pin.” Just a silly thing. But it costs me nothing to get it, so I want it.
    - Jcowell 5y ago
      Yes but I’m saying that’s a feature in Photos right now. So long as the photo has location data , you can see it on the Map in Places on the albums tab.
      - sillysaurusx 5y ago
        Thank you! I did finally figure out what you were pointing out. Apparently there is a “places” album, as you say. For some reason, it only has 40 places, whereas I have 9,987 photos. I definitely have photos from Cancun, so I wonder if the location data somehow got stripped, possibly when I got a new iPhone around 4 months ago… though that doesn’t make much sense to me. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for pointing out that the thing I wanted already exists on iOS, even if it didn’t have a pin on Cancun. I’ll check the exif data someday, perhaps, or sync to Google photos and see if it pops up. Cheers!

sillysaurusx 5y ago

Thanks for pointing that out. I actually had the opportunity to sync my iPhone photos to Google Photos, but opted to decline. This made me reconsider; cheers.

Jcowell 5y ago
Why would this feature , that is also apart of Photos, make you reconsider ?
- sillysaurusx 5y ago
  As much as I like apple / iCloud / my iPhone, I do like the idea of seeing all the places on a map that I’ve traveled with my lovely wife Emily. We’re hoping to go to the Seychelles if the next three months work out at my contract gig. I like the idea of being able to type “water” and see a bunch of water bottles mixed in with all the water-y places we’ve visited. What sealed the deal was to see it on a map. I typed “water” into Photos just now, and it did a pretty good job. But there’s something peculiar about being able to look at a pin and say “I’ve been at that pin.” Just a silly thing. But it costs me nothing to get it, so I want it.
  - Jcowell 5y ago
    Yes but I’m saying that’s a feature in Photos right now. So long as the photo has location data , you can see it on the Map in Places on the albums tab.
    - sillysaurusx 5y ago
      Thank you! I did finally figure out what you were pointing out. Apparently there is a “places” album, as you say. For some reason, it only has 40 places, whereas I have 9,987 photos. I definitely have photos from Cancun, so I wonder if the location data somehow got stripped, possibly when I got a new iPhone around 4 months ago… though that doesn’t make much sense to me. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for pointing out that the thing I wanted already exists on iOS, even if it didn’t have a pin on Cancun. I’ll check the exif data someday, perhaps, or sync to Google photos and see if it pops up. Cheers!