How to add GPS location to Canon EOS M50 Mark II photos
The Canon EOS M50 Mark II is a 2020 APS-C mirrorless camera — and like almost every Canon body at this level, it has no built-in GPS receiver. So the RAW and JPEG files it produces come with the date and camera settings baked in, but no location. Open them in Apple Photos, Lightroom, or Google Photos and they simply won't appear on the map.
The good news: the location isn't lost forever. Here's exactly how to add GPS coordinates to your photos — including the fastest way to fix the ones you've already taken.
Easily add GPS location to photos on iOS
Here's the shortcut most people miss. You almost certainly also take photos on your iPhone — and those are geotagged automatically, with the exact spot they were taken. When you import your Canon EOS M50 Mark II shots into the same Photos library, they line up on the same timeline as your phone photos.
Photo Location Wizard uses your phone's photos to fill in the blanks. For each Canon EOS M50 Mark II photo that has no location, it looks at the geotagged iPhone photos taken just before and after it, works out where you were, and copies that location across to the camera shot. You just tap to confirm.
No cables, no map lookups, no typing in coordinates — and it works on the photos already sitting in your library.
Download on the App StoreRuns entirely on your iPhone · iOS 16 and later
Does the Canon EOS M50 Mark II have GPS?
No — the Canon EOS M50 Mark II has no internal GPS. There's no chip in the body that records where you are when you shoot.
What it can do is borrow location from your phone. If you pair the camera with Canon Camera Connect over Bluetooth and enable location sync, new photos get tagged with your phone's position. It works, but with real caveats:
- You have to remember to enable it and keep the app connected before every shoot.
- It drains both camera and phone battery, and the Bluetooth link often drops.
- Crucially, it only tags photos going forward — it can't help the ones already in your library.
So for photos you've already taken, you still need a way to add location after the fact.
Step by step: geotag Canon EOS M50 Mark II photos with Photo Location Wizard
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Import your photos to your iPhone
Copy the shots off your camera's SD card into the Photos app — via a card reader, USB-C, AirDrop from a Mac, or your camera's companion app. They'll land in your library with their capture date but no location.
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Open Photo Location Wizard and let it scan
The app scans your library and finds every photo that's missing GPS coordinates, so you're not hunting through thousands of images by hand.
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Review the suggested location
For each photo, the app looks at the geotagged photos taken just before and after it — usually snaps from your phone on the same day — and suggests where it was most likely taken.
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Confirm in a tap
If the suggestion looks right, tap to accept and the coordinates are written straight into the photo. Use batch mode to tag a whole set from the same place at once, or set a fixed location like Home.
Put your Canon EOS M50 Mark II photos back on the map
Free your library from blank locations. Photo Location Wizard runs entirely on your iPhone — no uploads, no account.
Download on the App StoreiOS 16 and later
Frequently asked questions
Can I add GPS location to photos after they've been taken?
Yes. The location metadata (EXIF GPS tags) can be written to a photo at any time — it doesn't have to be captured at the moment you press the shutter. That's exactly what Photo Location Wizard does for your existing Canon EOS M50 Mark II shots: it fills in the coordinates afterwards, based on where you actually were.
Does adding location change or re-compress my Canon EOS M50 Mark II photos?
No. Only the metadata is updated — the image pixels are untouched, so there's no quality loss and no re-compression. Your originals stay exactly as they came out of the camera, just with coordinates attached.
What if I have no geotagged photos from that trip?
The app's automatic suggestions work best when you also took some photos on your phone (which are geotagged) around the same time. If you have none nearby, you can still set the location manually or use a saved fixed location — you're never forced to accept a guess.
Isn't it easier to just use Canon Camera Connect?
Canon Camera Connect can tag new photos going forward if you remember to pair your phone over Bluetooth before every shoot and keep it running. It does nothing for the photos already sitting in your library — and that's usually where the real problem is. Photo Location Wizard is built for exactly those.