Vkontakte location on the map. How to remove VKontakte location in the photo

While traveling, we constantly want to remember where and when we have been. The latest innovations of smartphones and cameras automatically remember where the photo was taken, but what to do if there is no such possibility at hand? True, manually put a place in the photo.

If the photo has already been taken with the function of geotagging, then you do not need to worry again: VKontakte will find the label on the map  and safely insert it into the description under the photo. Thus, all your friends will be able to see where the photo was taken. In addition, the detailed map of your travels will be shown on the world map.

In case you have   There is no such function in the smartphone / camera  or if you want to add old photos, you need to mark the places on the map manually. The first thing that needs to be done is to upload a photo to the VKontakte album in a standard way, write a description, and then proceed to indicating the place on the photo.

To do this, open the photo, then find the Actions item, where you will see the link Specify location. An interactive Yandex.Maps map opens, where you can set a point anywhere on the map with a single click. To apply the changes, click the Save Location button.

That's all, the place on the map is safely indicated. If you have more photos with these places, you can view the interactive map of VKontakte, which will show you all the places of your stay on the world map. It is convenient and useful: such a card can be shown to friends with admiration.

If you want to know more secrets and tips VKontakte, if you have   have questions about the features of the social network, feel free to use our site.

This publication will be quite useful to those very many who want to know how to remove the location of VKontakte in the photo. After all, there are situations when you have put a mark on any photo, that is - you have indicated the place where the photo was taken, and now for some reason you want to remove the location indication. If you have a similar situation, you will have to perform several simple manipulations to remove the location. First of all, to remove a place (a label on a map) of Vkontakte on any photo, you need to find a photo and open it in full screen mode. It assumes that to the right of the photo itself below there will be an icon and a link to the location. You just need to click on this link. After that, before you open the map. In the map window at the top, click on the pencil icon, as shown in the first image below. After this action, you can edit the location by moving the pointer.

You can also see photos that were taken by other users of Vkontakte nearby the place where your photo was taken. Maybe you can even find nearby friends and acquaintances.

Move the location icon to another location on the map and save the changes if the location is incorrect. If you need exactly remove location from Vkontakte photothen below on the same page there will be a link with an anchor: “Delete a place” (see Figure 2 above). Now for greater clarity, look at the bottom picture. To the right of the photo is all the information: likes, comments, description, and at the bottom is the address where the photo was taken.

Click on the icon with the image of Karkndash, then edit the location and save the photo or delete the location from the selected photo. The place will not be removed immediately. To see the changes, you need to refresh the page with an editable photo. After the update, you will not see the location link in the usual place. As we see, in order to remove a place, it is not at all necessary to completely remove the photo.

How to mark the location in the contact photo

How to remove a place in the photo we have already figured out. Now let's look at a more useful option in Vkontakte. Namely - tell you about how to mark the location of VKontakte on the photo. This feature will be especially useful to those people who spend a lot of time traveling and traveling. You just visited some place and put a mark on the map. Now all yours will be able, by clicking on the appropriate button, to see the geography of your trips and travels.

In general, the best thing is to look at which people will immediately understand which places you visit and where you visit most often. Of course, many will say that this function does not provide any benefit, because you can also specify the place of action in the description of the photo. But it is not so. The link to the location is much more convenient and more informative than the simple text in the description.

Congratulations on your first day of summer! Oh, this is a wonderful time to relax, the seas, cool parties and new photos of VKontakte. That is why, today, more than ever, it is appropriate to tell you about the geolocation of VKontakte. Namely, about the search for photos on the map. Agree, the topic is very interesting.

Do you know about the photo search function in the Contact next to you? Surely many did not even suspect such a possibility. But never mind, our website was created to reveal all the possibilities and secrets of the largest social networks. VKontakte, of course, also falls into this category.

Photo Search Instructions

  By the way, VKontakte search is a very interesting feature. You can find photos from your area, which is already quite curious. In addition, if you suddenly moved from your small homeland and you are tormented by nostalgia, you will probably be very interested to find this area on the map and see how everything is settled there, whether something has changed.

By the way, not so long ago we wrote on our website about how to implement.

In any case, now you know how to use the search on the map in the contact. But that's not all.

Will all records be found?

  Of course not. Only those on which there is a mark (geolocation). To make such a label, the user should, during the creation of an entry on his or her community wall, select “Attach”, and then, in the drop-down menu, “Map”. Next, move the label to the desired area and click on the "Attach location" button.

So, now you know not only how to search for photos on the VKontakte map, but also how to create records with such photos. Thus, you can find not only interesting photos, but also people, new friends.

Many VC users post their photos from the rest. You might have noticed that under many of them there is a geotag - a location tag. You can add such a note at any time and to absolutely to any photo.

How does this happen? Yes, very simple. Open the photo where you want to add a geotag. In the lower right part of the image window there is a small menu. Click on the "Actions" button and then select "Specify a Location."

In this case, the browser may request your current location. It’s up to you to decide whether to report it, but if you want to specify a hot country as a geotag, and you are, for example, in Murmansk, you need to abandon this action to choose a location yourself.

Next you will see a map. You can choose a location yourself by moving a special icon on the map, or simply write the exact address in the search bar. After the point is set, click on the "Save Location" button.

Geotag saved.

Now you can specify a location for your other images.

Location

If you want to specify your current location, that is, place of residence, you need to use another instruction.

Go to your page. Click on the "Edit" button. It can be found both under the avatar and next to the “My Page” item in the menu.

We return to our pages and see the contact information where your address is reflected.

Vkontakte always meets the users. Another pleasant innovation was the opportunity to indicate your location in the photo. This "trick" allowed to avoid at least several million questions in the spirit: "And where are you?", "Where is it removed?" And so on.

Now I will tell you how to specify your location on the photo of VKontakte. If your phone supports GPS and you can enable linking of pictures to coordinates, you don’t need to do anything manually. Soc. VKontakte network itself will translate seconds, minutes and degrees and mark your location on the map. If it didn’t work or you don’t have such a function in your phone or camera, then you can manually specify your place on the map.

To do this, open the photo that you uploaded to VK.COM and under it click on the caption “specify location”:

A map will open with two tabs - “Mapbox” and “Yandex”. The first is recommended to use for foreign countries. But Yandex maps have shown themselves very well for Russia and the CIS countries.

By clicking on the "+" and "-" you can zoom in or out. Maps scale pretty well. There are several modes - scheme, satellite and hybrid. In the search bar, you can enter the name of the city, street or any other significant landmarks.

As soon as the required place is selected, you need to mark it with a dot by clicking once with the left mouse button. Then you should click on the "save location" button.

Now, under your photo, a line “place” will be added neatly under the description. Clicking on the link, the user viewing your photo will go to the same place on the map you specified a little earlier:

Please note that using smartphones that have access to the Internet or support A-GPS, GPS, GLONASS and so on. There is the possibility of automatically putting down your location. To do this, click on the "allow" on the request:

http://vk.com requests information about the location of your computer.

That's basically all the details of working with the location of the VC. If you have questions - ask in the comments.