do not show map block on info for photos that are not geo coded

denisegoldberg · March 15, 2014

I was a bit shocked to request info on a photo from one of my galleries today to find a large map block with "No Map Data" above the information I had requested.

If there is map data then showing the map data on "info" makes sense.
With no map data the essentially empty block forces the viewer to scroll down to see information that was previously visible without map data. If there is no map data (or if the gallery setting to enable map features is turned off) then the map data block should not be shown.

--- Denise

docwalker · March 15, 2014

I see what you mean. I will pass it on to the team.

denisegoldberg · March 19, 2014

For anyone who wants to remove this silly empty box themselves, see this post for CSS.

--- Denise

Allen · March 19, 2014

I see a problem when there is only a few GEO tagged photos in a gallery. The ONLY indication
now is clicking any photo and looking for the double arrow in the upper right corner. Even with
this "NO MAP DATA" the arrows are there if at least one mapped photo is in the gallery you
can expand the map to see other photos. Removing the map from photos with no map data
and you are back to clicking every photo in a gallery looking for the map.

David_S85 · March 19, 2014

+1 on this and I reported it in another thread. I see Lamah, as usual, wasted no time to offer up a fix. While that is great, there's still no need to have the map display when there is no location data. That, and why have anyone scroll down to see more image data past a map that isn't showing anything? And even then, I can't see why everyone wanting to see an EXIF would want to also see a map, which might slow down the display.

If there's no data, should be an easy fix to just not show the map at all. If someone wants to see a location map in an EXIF display, then that can perhaps be clickable text - then open up the display.

As it stands now, the usability of this new change makes almost no sense for the user or account owner.

Allen · March 20, 2014

Remember, removing the map from photos with no map data and IF there are mapped photos in the gallery
you are back to clicking every photo in a gallery looking for the map. It's ever worst, you have to have the
Photo Detail box open because they removed the globe under a mapped photo.

We need one single button per mapped gallery like the legacy "Map This" button. Then the single image button
only show maps for mapped photos, at least it locates the mapped photo as a green icon, very useful.

BigAl · October 18, 2014

I see that this is still broken. I agree with Denise and David, if a photo is not geotagged, why show the "No map data" image in the info? Further, Mapping the location does not show this info, the "no map data" remains...

Also, I would like to be able to disable this "feature" for certain pics, eg rhino pics - why would I want to give the poacher the gps location of the rhino's last known whereabouts? The rhinos are being decimated at a rapid enough rate.

Allen · October 18, 2014

Even if the photo does not have map data you can click the "expand" arrows in the upper right corner and see
other photos that are mapped. This is the only way to find mapped photos in a gallery. Until we get a gallery
map button like legacy had visitors will never see a map unless by random they happen to click on one photo
with map data. Even then they would have to click "photo info" with almost zero odds of doing that.

sarasphotos · November 5, 2014

Bump... any chance of getting a gallery-level map button any time soon?

Thanks, Sara

denisegoldberg · February 22, 2015

There is a solution available for this using CSS here (thanks to thenickdude).

Unfortunately not everyone who wants the empty map info box to be suppressed has managed to find that CSS.

Can the info popup be changed to not show the empty map block when photos are not geocoded? It feels like this shouldn't require the use of CSS.

--- Denise

do not show map block on info for photos that are not geo coded

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