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Photo Match

Chapter 8 · Place photos from a camera or phone onto a track by capture time or by the GPS inside the photo. If the camera clock was off, it can be corrected automatically or by hand.

Chapter 8 of 173 topics

Adding Photos

  1. Choose Edit ▸ Photo Match and pick the track or route.
  2. Drag photo files into the window, or click “Add from Files…” or “Add from Apple Photos…”. JPEG, HEIC and similar formats work.
  3. Check the match results and untick photos you do not want.
  4. Click “Add N to Track” at the bottom right.

Photos are stored on the track as JPEG; your original files are not changed.

Match results
  1. 1Ways to add photos: files, Apple Photos, or drag and drop.
  2. 2Time Settings: camera time zone and offset.
  3. 3Suggested camera-clock correction.
  4. 4How each photo was matched.
  5. 5Blue dots on the map are the photo positions.
  6. 6Add the ticked photos.

How Photos Are Matched

ResultMeaning
Photo's own GPSUses the photo's GPS; if it is farther from the route than the limit (1,000 m by default, changeable in Time Settings) a warning is shown.
Estimated from timeWithout GPS, the capture time is compared with the track's timestamps to find where you were.
Already on the trackThis photo was added before and is not added again by default.
Outside the track's time range / Route has no time data / No time or coordinatesIt cannot be placed and is not ticked.

Photo's own GPS

Meaning：Uses the photo's GPS; if it is farther from the route than the limit (1,000 m by default, changeable in Time Settings) a warning is shown.

Estimated from time

Meaning：Without GPS, the capture time is compared with the track's timestamps to find where you were.

Already on the track

Meaning：This photo was added before and is not added again by default.

Outside the track's time range / Route has no time data / No time or coordinates

Meaning：It cannot be placed and is not ticked.

Correcting the Camera Clock

A camera clock is often seconds to hours off. When some photos carry GPS, a suggestion appears at the top, such as “Camera time is 19 s slow”; click Apply. You can also adjust manually with Time Settings.

  • Camera Time Zone is only used when a photo has no recorded time zone or GPS time.
  • Time Offset: if the camera was slow, enter a positive number; it is added to each capture time. Use +1 / −1 hour for quick steps and Reset to clear it.
  • Match results and map positions update immediately.

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