Welcome Fall! Soon it will cool off and school will start up and the leaves will turn colors (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least). September is a good time to travel-often called “shoulder season.” Prices may be lower and crowds may be fewer. Stay safe and have fun out there!
This month’s photos are of maps. We love maps!
Wander Wednesday
“Not all those who wander are lost.”- J.R.R. Tolkien
This map shows where you were** when you took your photos. This screenshot comes from the iPhone photo app, but Google Photos does it as well.
For the iPhone: If you go into the Photos app, click the magnifying glass to “Search” and type in a place (“Antarctica”), then choose from the options: “Memories,” “Album,” or “Trips.” Click one and look for the three dot menu at the top right corner of the screen. Click the dots and “Show Map.” The thumbnails appear in the different locations. You can click on these and see the different photos.
For Google Photos, go to “Collections,” then “Places,” and choose a place. Google uses a “heat map” view to show the places where you have taken photos. Click any of the dots and the photos appear.
**A note on “Location Services.” It is not always advisable to allow your phone camera to track your location. For instance, when on safari in African countries, we were asked to not share our location because the location data is embedded in the coding of the photo. When sharing those photos, the location data can be found and poachers can use the data to track where animals have been.
It’s pretty easy to turn off the location services when you don’t want that information embedded in the camera data.
To turn off Location Services, (on an iPhone) go to “Settings” and navigate to “Privacy & Security.” Click on “Location Services” and you will see all the apps that have access to your location. Scroll down to “Camera” and click. Then decide how you want to share your location.
For good measure, return to the “Privacy & Security” page and scroll down to “Camera.” Click and you will see which apps you have allowed to use your camera. Maybe you don’t want a lot of apps having access to your camera (that may also share your location), but there may be some apps where access to your camera is necessary.
Other phone types will have a similar process for disabling/enabling camera location services.
Having a record of where you’ve been and the experiences you’ve had over time is a lot of fun!
Where would you like to be wandering?
