Geotagging FAQ
Answers about geotagging photos, about GeoImgr AI, and about GeoImgr Classic.
What is GeoImgr AI?
GeoImgr AI is the new GeoImgr, a web tool to geotag photos and videos online. Upload up to 100 files at once, set their location on a map, let AI write titles, descriptions and keywords, and download the files or post them to your Google Business Profile. Nothing to install: it runs in your browser at app.geoimgr.com.
Is GeoImgr AI free?
Yes. With the free version, you can geotag and describe one photo at a time, with AI suggestions; the file carries no GeoImgr mark unless you add a stamp. With Pro, you can geotag up to 100 files at once, including videos, find places with Google Maps, post directly to Google Business Profile and add team members. See pricing.
Which files can I upload?
Photos in JPG, HEIC, HEIF, PNG and WebP, up to 100 MB each, and with Pro videos in MP4, MOV and M4V, up to 250 MB each. You can also upload a ZIP file with your photos and videos in it, and download the finished files as a ZIP.
What does the AI do?
For each photo, AI suggests a title, a description, keywords and a file name, guided by a short instruction you write, such as your business name and the service shown. It never sets the location. You check and edit every suggestion before anything is written into the files.
Can I put a stamp or watermark on my photos?
Yes. A stamp writes the photo title, the date taken, the coordinates and your own text visibly onto the photo, and a preview shows it before processing. In the free version a stamp ends with a small GeoImgr line; with Pro you can turn it off. Photos without a stamp never carry a GeoImgr mark.
Can I keep my original files?
Yes. Without a stamp, GeoImgr only writes the location and the other details into your files and changes nothing else. With a stamp, photos are saved as JPG and videos as MP4.
How does posting to Google Business Profile work?
With Pro, connect your Google account once and choose a Business Profile you manage. Each photo becomes one post, with its description as the text. You see a preview of every post first, and nothing is posted until you click Publish. GeoImgr publishes up to 30 posts per profile a day; publish the rest again the next day.
Can my team use GeoImgr AI?
Yes, with the Team plan. Each person signs in with their own Google account and holds one seat. As the owner, you add people by email and choose who may post to your Business Profiles.
Do you keep my photos?
No. Uploaded files are deleted from our servers automatically within 48 hours after your last activity; the originals on your device are never changed.
What is geotagging?
Geotagging adds GPS coordinates to a photo's metadata (EXIF), recording where it was taken or which place it shows. The location is not visible on the photo itself. Apps use it to sort photos by place, and it gives search engines local context, for example for photos of a business.
Which image format is best for geotagging?
JPG. Its GPS data is standardized in EXIF, so virtually every app and operating system can read it. In HEIC, PNG and WebP, support varies, and some viewers do not show it. GeoImgr exports JPG by default.
Can I geotag videos?
Yes. With Pro, you can geotag MP4, MOV and M4V videos just like photos.
How do I check whether a photo is geotagged?
Upload it to GeoImgr: if the photo has a location, it appears on the map. For JPG files, the file details in Windows (Properties) and macOS (Get Info) also show the GPS coordinates.
How should I write image descriptions and keywords?
Describe what the photo shows in one or two plain sentences, as you would in alt text. For keywords, use the terms your customers search for. GeoImgr's AI suggests both, and you review them before anything is saved.
Does Google remove metadata from uploaded photos?
When you upload a photo to Google Business Profile, Google receives the original file with its metadata, including geotags, and can store this information for search and ranking. Google does read metadata embedded in images (Image metadata in Google Images). Which metadata counts for ranking, and how much, is not public. The copies shown on Google Business Profile and in Google Search are optimized for speed and privacy, so their metadata is removed.
Can geotags prove where a photo was taken?
No. Geotags can be changed afterwards, with GeoImgr for example, so they show where a photo is said to be from, not where it was taken.
How do I take geotagged photos with my phone?
Turn on location for the camera app: on an iPhone in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Camera, on Android in the camera settings ("Save location" or "Location tags"). Many newer cameras with GPS can geotag too.
My camera has no GPS. How do I geotag its photos?
Add the location afterwards with a tool like GeoImgr. Or carry a GPS logger, which records your position every few seconds, and match the photos to it by the time they were taken.
How are coordinates written in decimal numbers and in degrees?
Both mean the same place. The roof replacement in our Dallas sample photo, for example, is 32.879000, -96.717000 in decimal degrees, or 32° 52' 44.40" N, 96° 43' 1.20" W in degrees, minutes and seconds. North and east are positive, south and west negative.
Can geotags put my privacy at risk?
Yes, when you share the files: anyone who gets a geotagged photo can see where it was taken. Many messenger apps and social networks remove the location when you send or post a photo, but email and file sharing keep it.
How much does Pro cost?
Solo, for one person, costs $12.90 a month or $129 a year. Team, for 2 to 100 people, costs $7.90 per person a month or $79 per person a year. A year costs the price of ten months. Prices are in US dollars, plus tax where it applies.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every new account gets Pro free for 7 days, no card needed, and then continues with the free version.
How do I pay?
By card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Stripe processes the payment, adds the tax that applies and sends your invoices.
How do I cancel my subscription?
When you're signed in, open the menu behind your profile picture at the top right: it shows how to manage or cancel your subscription. Or write to hello@geoimgr.com, we're happy to help. Pro remains active until the end of the current billing period.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, within 14 days of your subscription's first payment. See our refund policy.
What is GeoImgr Classic?
The GeoImgr tool many people have used for over 10 years. It stays available, unchanged, at tool.geoimgr.com.
Should I use GeoImgr AI or GeoImgr Classic?
GeoImgr AI is the new version, with AI titles, descriptions and keywords, up to 100 photos and videos at once, ZIP files, stamps, Business Profile posting and teams. Classic is the tool you know. You can use both.
I have a subscription for GeoImgr Classic. What changes?
It keeps working in Classic as before, and gives you Pro in GeoImgr AI too: open Classic once in the same browser, then GeoImgr AI. If Pro isn't on there, write to hello@geoimgr.com.
How do I get Pro for GeoImgr Classic?
Click "Get Pro" in Classic and sign in with Google. The same subscription gives you Pro in GeoImgr AI too.
How do I cancel my Classic subscription?
When you're signed in, open the menu behind your profile picture at the top right: it shows how to manage or cancel your subscription. Or write to hello@geoimgr.com, we're happy to help.