In the world of digital photography, location data is just as valuable as timestamps or keywords. Modern cameras and smartphones often embed GPS coordinates in photo metadata, giving photographers the power to organize, search, and manage images by where they were taken. One powerful, but often underused, feature in Photo Supreme is the GEO Fence search. If you’ve ever wanted to find all your photos taken near a specific place, this tool is a game-changer.

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What Is a GEO Fence??

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A GEO Fence is a virtual boundary: a circular area defined by a center point (latitude/longitude) and a radius (in kilometers or miles). A GEO Fence search finds all images that were taken within that geographic area.

Think of it like drawing a circle on a map around a landmark and asking, “Which of my photos were taken inside this circle?”

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When Should You Use a GEO Fence?

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GEO Fences are useful whenever you want to filter photos by location proximity, not just an exact place.

Use cases include:

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• Travel: Find all photos taken within 5 km of the Eiffel Tower (even if they span different trips).

• Wildlife Photography: Group all images shot near a nature reserve or tracking zone.

• Event Coverage: Collect photos from a wedding, concert, or festival area.

• Local Projects: Filter work taken near a client’s home or a frequent shooting spot.

• Memory Retrieval: “What else did I shoot around that waterfall trailhead?

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Who Typically Uses GEO Fence Searches?

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• Travel photographers managing thousands of images across the globe.

• Nature and landscape photographers working with remote or repetitive locations.

• Journalists documenting field events with location relevance.

• Archivists or digital asset managers grouping historical data by region.

• Casual photographers who want smarter ways to browse by place.

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How to Use GEO Fence Searches in Photo Supreme

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Photo Supreme makes GEO Fence searches intuitive, once you know where to look.

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Step-by-Step:

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1. Select a GEO-tagged photo in your catalog (must contain GPS metadata).

2. Right-click the thumbnail, then choose:
   Show More → Nearby Images (GEO Fence)

3. Enter a radius (e.g., 10 kilometers or 5 miles).
   The unit depends on your preference set under Preferences → General → Measurement System

4. The search returns all cataloged images within that radius.
    

Tip: You can change the radius and re-run the search anytime.

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Saving GEO Fence Searches for Future Use

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Here’s where it gets powerful:

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• You can’t directly save the results as a Dynamic (Smart) Collection.

• But you can:

  • Save the GEO Fence search as a Favorite or a Dynamic Search.

  • Then build a Dynamic Collection based on that saved Favorite or Search.

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This setup allows your location-based searches to stay live and always up-to-date; ideal for automated workflows.

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Combine GEO Fences with Other Filters

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Want to search for:

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• All sunset photos taken within 2 miles of a mountain peak?

• Portraits taken near a city center?

• Birdwatching shots within a wildlife sanctuary during spring 2023?
   

You can do that by combining the stored GEO Fence with other metadata filters like:

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• Keywords

• Categories

• Labels

• Date ranges

• Ratings or color codes

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Wrapping up

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Whether you're a professional cataloging thousands of images or a hobbyist revisiting your travels, GEO Fence searches give you powerful spatial control over your photo collection. And with Photo Supreme’s flexible search system, once you define a GEO Fence, you can reuse it, combine it, and build smarter, more meaningful collections.

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