Describe the feature
the feature :
PictoPy currently has no way to browse photos by location. Many photos already carry GPS coordinates in their EXIF metadata (from phones/cameras with location enabled), but there's no UI to make use of this data.
Proposed solution
Add a Map View page that:
Plots a pin for every photo containing GPS EXIF data
Clusters nearby pins so dense areas don't overwhelm the map
Clicking a pin/cluster opens a thumbnail grid of the photos taken there, reusing the existing photo viewer
Scope
Backend: endpoint returning photos with lat/lng + thumbnail (reads existing EXIF data — no new extraction work)
Frontend: new route with an interactive map (Leaflet), marker clustering, pin → photo grid interaction
No changes to sharing, albums, or the in-progress Memories feature — this is a self-contained read-only view
Why this helps
Lets users browse their library spatially — show me everything from that trip kinda — which complements the existing face/object/tag-based search.
I'd be happy to work on this if the approach sounds good! @varunchitre15 @saisankargochhayat @raghavpuri31
Add ScreenShots
That's a mockup of how Map view would sit in PictoPy's existing sidebar and dark theme — pins clustered by density, click a cluster to see the photo grid at the bottom, zoom controls in the corner.
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Describe the feature
the feature :
PictoPy currently has no way to browse photos by location. Many photos already carry GPS coordinates in their EXIF metadata (from phones/cameras with location enabled), but there's no UI to make use of this data.
Proposed solution
Add a Map View page that:
Plots a pin for every photo containing GPS EXIF data
Clusters nearby pins so dense areas don't overwhelm the map
Clicking a pin/cluster opens a thumbnail grid of the photos taken there, reusing the existing photo viewer
Scope
Backend: endpoint returning photos with lat/lng + thumbnail (reads existing EXIF data — no new extraction work)
Frontend: new route with an interactive map (Leaflet), marker clustering, pin → photo grid interaction
No changes to sharing, albums, or the in-progress Memories feature — this is a self-contained read-only view
Why this helps
Lets users browse their library spatially — show me everything from that trip kinda — which complements the existing face/object/tag-based search.
I'd be happy to work on this if the approach sounds good! @varunchitre15 @saisankargochhayat @raghavpuri31
Add ScreenShots
That's a mockup of how Map view would sit in PictoPy's existing sidebar and dark theme — pins clustered by density, click a cluster to see the photo grid at the bottom, zoom controls in the corner.
Record