GPS geotagging for photographers

Geotag every camera from one GPS trail.

Record your route on iPhone while you shoot with one or more cameras. Export a standard GPX file, then use the free Shutter Trail Lightroom Classic plug-in to match photos by capture time—even across cameras and time zones. No camera pairing required.

Download on the App Store See the 3-step workflow

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Works offline
Multiple cameras
Private on-device storage
Standard GPX export

One trail, three steps

From the trail to the Lightroom map.

Record on iPhone

Start Shutter Trail before the shoot. It keeps a private location history on your device and works without internet.

Shoot with any camera

Use one body or several. There is no Bluetooth connection, manufacturer app, or camera-specific pairing to maintain.

Match in Lightroom

Export GPX, select your photos, and review the free plug-in’s proposed matches before locations are added.

Safer across time zones.

The plug-in accounts for each photo’s time context—even when a camera remains on its previous local time—and preserves existing GPS coordinates by default.

See how the free plug-in works

Built for real shoots

No fragile camera connection in the middle.

Every camera, one trail

Use the same GPX track for photos from Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Leica, or any camera with reliable capture times.

No Bluetooth pairing

Your camera does not need to stay connected to your phone or rely on a manufacturer companion app while you shoot.

Review before writing

See the matching summary first. Existing photo locations remain untouched unless you explicitly choose to replace them.

Lightroom Classic plug-in

A time-zone-aware workflow for Lightroom Classic.

Lightroom’s built-in GPX workflow uses one manual tracklog offset. The free, open-source Shutter Trail plug-in accounts for each photo’s time context and shows proposed matches before applying them—even when a camera remains on its previous local time.

Install and use the free plug-in

Practical guides

Make location part of your photo workflow.

Step-by-step help for recording GPS trails, matching GPX timestamps, and keeping photo locations accurate during international travel.

Lightroom Classic How to geotag photos with a GPX track Follow the complete record, export, match, and review workflow. International travel Geotag photos accurately across time zones Understand how UTC offsets keep local camera times aligned with your journey. Multiple cameras How to geotag multiple cameras with one GPX file Keep camera clocks and UTC offsets aligned across every body you carry.

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Yosemite workflow

Three days of trails. One flexible trip.

Review recorded days, define the exact time range of a photography trip, play the trail back, and export a Lightroom-ready GPX file.

Shutter Trail main map showing recorded GPS trails in Yosemite — **Record GPS as you shoot**See three days of Yosemite trails on the main map.

Shutter Trail history calendar showing recorded points across three days in Yosemite — **Review recording history**Cached point counts make recorded days easy to find.

Trips screen showing Yosemite Hiking & Photography spanning three days — **Define a trip afterward**Choose the time range that matches the shoot.

Yosemite trail playback running with a movable position marker — **Play the journey**Follow the recorded position through time.

Confirmation to export Yosemite Hiking & Photography as a GPX file — **Export GPX**Create a standard tracklog for Lightroom Classic.

iOS share sheet showing the exported Yosemite Hiking & Photography GPX file — **Save or share**Send the GPX file wherever your workflow needs it.

Ready for your next shoot?

Record the trail. Keep the photographs.

Download free on iPhone and record one private GPS trail for every camera you carry.

Download on the App Store