Browse photos on a map

See photos pinned by capture location.

When you’d do this

You want to see where photos were taken, pull every photo from one location, or overlay a construction plan so site photos and the plan sit on the same map.

What you need

Role: Any member
Surface: App and Web
Plan: Free · Business

Open Photo Map

On the Web, open the map in any of these places:

A project: open the project, then switch the view toggle from Gallery to Map.
All Photos: switch the view toggle to Map.
Photo Map in the left sidebar: the whole team’s photos on one map.

On the App, tap Tools in the bottom navigation bar, then tap Photo Map.

Photos appear as pins grouped by location. Click a pin to see the photos taken there.

Filter photos on the map

Use the filters at the top to narrow the map by Time Range, Projects, Members, or Type.

Import a construction plan (KML or KMZ)

Overlay a KML or KMZ file, such as your construction or site plan, so it sits on the same map as your field photos. This works on the Web only. The App’s Photo Map can’t import map files.

Open the map on the Web (a project’s Map view, the All Photos Map view, or Photo Map).
Click Import KML at the top-left of the map.
Choose your .kml or .kmz file.

The plan is drawn over the map alongside your photo pins.

Tap Share at the bottom to share the currently filtered photos as a link.

Common pitfalls

Photo Map opens in full on the Web. On the App, tap the link shown to open it in a desktop browser.
Only photos with GPS data appear on the map.
An imported KML or KMZ layer is visible only to you, and only for the current session. Refreshing or reopening the map clears it. Re-import the file to see it again.