[Bug] No maps appearing for geotagged photos

Since the latest announcement for Plex Web mentioned adding maps to Photo information, I’ve been trying to play with it.

My library contains .jpg and .dng (raw) images. Over the past year, nearly all are geotagged, thanks to a new camera with built-in GPS. When viewing these images in Plex Web, I click the ‘information’ button to show the maps. On .jpg, images, it just says “unable to load map.” On .dng files, it doesn’t even do that. It apparently thinks the file is not geotagged. I confirmed with a geotagging app called GeoSetter that the files are indeed geotagged. I haven’t tried Plex Dancing the images yet, as I am not in front of my server. I have run the Analyze function

I don’t know if this is a bug, or if there is some configuration I need to do. Please advise. Log files are attached.

The ‘unable to load map’ is worrying. Do you mind zipping up a couple of the images (one of each type) and I’ll see if I can reproduce here? Sorry you’re having trouble - we’ll look into what’s going wrong.

@“Dom C”
Images sent via PM. Thanks for looking into this.

@beckfield said:
@“Dom C”
Images sent via PM. Thanks for looking into this.

So it turns out this was partially my fault. I have a script-blocking security program installed, and it was blocking some services that are needed for the map to appear.

There is still a problem with the maps on some raw photos (DNG format). I just reported a problem regarding the display of aperture settings on .DNG files. In the cases where Plex does not show the ISO/Fstop/Aperture line at all, the map also does not appear. This is not specific to Firefox, so it is not caused by the script blocker.

Thanks for the update. We’ll take a look at the .DNG issue.

@“Dom C” Any progress on this? I’ve switched to shooting .DNG only, and I haven’t seen a map (or ISO/Fstop/Aperture) on my photos in ages.

What progress has been made on this issue?

The release notes for Plex Web 4.18.1 mention fixing the display of maps on photo information pane, but it still isn’t working for .DNG images.

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Do you have a DNG file I can share with the devs to take a look?

Sent by PM.

thx. i got it.

Any updates on this?

It is in the backlog, there is not an ETA. I believe photos in general are going to get reworked so may be waiting for that.

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Locations not showing for .tif files either, BTW.

thx. I’ll add that to bug report

Hello, I just started a new photos library in plex and on all my DNG files files with geotags there is no map displayed in plex. When I export the same files as jpeg, the map appears. I guess this is the same bug described by beckfield. Any updates or progress on this bug?