Today’s Question: I know I can browse the map in Lightroom Classic, but once I’ve navigated to an area of the map is there a quick way to only see the photos from that specific location?
Tim’s Quick Answer: Yes, you can set a filter based on the current map area in the Map module of Lightroom Classic by choosing the “Visible On Map” option on the Location Filter bar.
More Detail: If an image contains GPS coordinates in metadata, regardless of how you added that information, a pushpin will appear in the position on the map in the Map module of Lightroom Classic to indicate the location. If multiple photos were captured in the same location, the pushpin will show the number of photos as well.
If you have located an area of the map that contains photos you’re interested in, you can quickly filter the images so that only those within the visible map area will be displayed.
To get started, go to the Map module and navigate to the area of the map you want to filter images by. Be sure to zoom in so that ideally only the photos you want to review will be visible on the map. This isn’t always entirely possible due to the rectangular shape of the map. Once you’ve zoomed and panned so the map only shows pins for the images you want to view, choose the “Visible on Map” option on the Location Filter bar above the map display.
Once you’ve set the filter in the Map module, you can switch to another module and you’ll still have a filter set so only the photos for the current map area are shown. You can reset the filter by choosing “None” from either the Library Filter bar in the Library module or the Location Filter bar in the Map module.
Note that you can also create a saved location in the Map module, which is based on a circular shape. You can then select a saved location by name by setting one of the columns on the Metadata tab of the Library Filter bar in the Library module to “Map Location” and clicking on the name of the saved location.
