Created by Jérôme Enel-Réhel
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Your photo, its place and its map

A graphic plate made from your photo’s GPS location

Mapgood reads the GPS position your phone or camera stored, then queries OpenStreetMap, the free map of the world: address, buildings, streets, coastline and rivers, parks, landmarks and nearby places within 500 m. It turns them into a plate in the spirit of Techgood: big title, line or solid map, building rose, ground share, numbered places, coordinates, altitude, heading, date and camera. The photo goes through a Glitchgood recipe (datamosh, ruined JPEG, CRT screen…), alone or together with the whole plate. Four layouts: Sheet, Map, Overlay and Survey.

How it works

  1. Upload a photo taken with location turned on (or drop it onto the preview). Without GPS, Mapgood makes up a place at random (an alert tells you); for the real place, type coordinates, paste a map link or write its name.
  2. Click “Query OpenStreetMap”, then pick a layout, a palette, a glitch recipe and what the map shows. “Random” suggests another combination.
  3. Export as a high-resolution PNG, as SVG (vector map and text) or as a looping MP4 video with a radar sweep that lights up nearby places.

What you can do

  • Reads GPS, altitude, heading, date and camera from the photo
  • Address, buildings, streets, water, coastline, parks and nearby places from OpenStreetMap
  • Likely subject: the named place in line with the shot
  • Building rose and ground share (buildings, roads, water, greenery)
  • Sheet, Map, Overlay and Survey, map facing north or the photo’s direction
  • Glitchgood recipes on the photo or the whole plate, Techgood palettes
  • Adjustable displayed precision (exact, street, town) and looping radar animation

Examples click to try them

FAQ

How do I know if my photo has a GPS location?

If location was on when you took the picture, the position is stored in the file (JPEG, and often PNG or WebP). Mapgood tells you as soon as you upload it. Photos sent through messaging apps, social networks or “for web” exports have often lost it: Mapgood then warns you with an alert and makes up a place and a map at random, marked “Imaginary place” on the image. You can also enter the real place by hand.

Where does the map data come from?

From OpenStreetMap, the free collaborative map of the world, under the ODbL license: the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” appears on every image. The level of detail (buildings, floors, landmarks) depends on what contributors entered: very rich in cities, thinner in the countryside.

Is my location sent over the Internet?

Only when you click “Query OpenStreetMap”: the position then goes to the public OpenStreetMap servers, which send back the address and the area’s data. The photo stays in your browser, and the position is stored neither in your settings nor in exported files.

Can I hide the exact spot?

Yes: “Displayed precision” rounds the coordinates to the street or the town and shortens the address. The map still shows the area; for a private place, prefer a wide radius or the Overlay layout with low opacity.

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