# Adding a location

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437 "2022-10-14T15:11:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![neylon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/neylon/32/7926_2.png) [@neylon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/neylon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/1 "2022-10-14T15:11:53Z")

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I’ve been trying help a guy who had a lot of observations in Casual due to not having a location. However, it has the name of the location under where the map should be, but still says missing location. He uses a computer, and types the location name, but for some reason it’s not coming up. Any suggestions for what could be going on? I’m out, and he’s getting discouraged.

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**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/2 "2022-10-14T16:33:29Z")

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Sounds like he’s typing in a location name but not selecting it from the dropdown, or the location can’t be found in the list of locations ?

But that typically doesn’t save the location name you’ve typed in.

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**Author:** ![m\_whitson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/m_whitson/32/25565_2.png) [@m\_whitson](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/m_whitson)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/3 "2022-10-14T16:41:09Z")

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I upload photos from my old camera, which doesn’t do GPS. When I’m creating my observation and adding information to the uploaded photos, I just do a search for where I was using Google Maps, zoom in and click the spot, and then I copy the coordinates and paste them into iNat’s location info window. That’s way, I get pretty exact locations and it doesn’t matter whether iNat has a general listing for that place or not.

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**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/4 "2022-10-14T17:00:46Z")

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Maybe he needs to change what location name(s) he’s using to allow the Google map in iNat to provide something that he can select. I often use a general location, select that, then zoom in on the map to place the dot where I want it. Otherwise it sounds like some error in the way he’s doing it.

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/5 "2022-10-14T17:56:32Z")

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If you’re on the Edit Observation page, it is possible to type in the “Where were you?” box and save the text without getting a coordinate location.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/6/46356c5705d275ee29ae1b0aa806be9b0d7dc95b.jpeg)

The solution is to click Search, or to place a marker directly on the map without using the text box.

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**Author:** ![neylon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/neylon/32/7926_2.png) [@neylon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/neylon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/6 "2022-10-14T20:30:03Z")

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I’ll contact him and see if that works. Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/adding-a-location/36437/7 "2022-12-13T20:30:19Z")

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