How to View iPhone Photos on a Map

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RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
June 2, 2026 – 3 minutes read time

When you take photos with your location enabled, your iPhone will pin them to a map, which you can use to see everywhere you have been.

If you have Location Services enabled on your iPhone Camera and photos, every picture you take will have a location saved to its metadata. The Photos app will pin these photos to a map, so that you can see all the places you have traveled to and taken photos. Here’s how to view your iPhone photos by location.

  • Easily find photos if you remember where you took them.
  • See all the places you’ve traveled to and taken photos.
  • Revisit memories of every location where you’ve taken photos.

This tip was performed on an iPhone 17 Pro running iOS 26.4.

Click here to learn how to update your iPhone to the latest iOS version.

First, open the Photos app. Refer to the image below:

Photo Map 1
Selecting the Photos app

Next, tap Collections (if you do not see the Collections button, scroll to the bottom of the Photos app first). See the image below:

Photo Map 2
Selecting the Collections icon

Now, scroll down and under Utilities, select an album, then swipe to the left. See the following image:

Photo Map 3
Selecting an album and swiping left

Next, keep swiping left, and tap Map. (You may also see this option under Pinned Collections, but in case you have unpinned it, you can always find it here.) Refer to the image below:

Photo Map 4
Selecting the Map option

Now, you will see a map. Zoom in and out to see more, and tap a location to see all the photos you have taken there. See the image below:

Photo Map 5
Your Photos map

That’s how to find the photo map on your iPhone. This is a fun way to keep track of all the places you have traveled to.

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I am Raymond Oglesby, an Information Technology (IT) specialist with 30 years in the field. I have taught Microsoft Applications and troubleshot computers in 15 countries and many States. My career was focused on mainframes and desktops from application development to implementation. I have written hundreds of programs for various architectures. I decided to start a blog to share my knowledge and experiences with you. I plan on updating this blog at least twice a week about smart phone apps to Windows. Please feel free to leave a Comment or Tweet. I would love to hear from you. Do you have a computer tech question? I will do my best to answer your inquiry. Please mention the app and version that you are using. To help me out, you can send screenshots of your data related to your question.

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