# Wrong coordinates

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [26 January 2020 17:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411 "2020-01-26T17:59:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![glocalglocal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/glocalglocal/32/16553_2.png) [@glocalglocal](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/glocalglocal)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2020 17:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/1 "2020-01-26T17:59:32Z")

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According to Note properties, Joplin thinks that notes I created at home (Salford) were created in Birmingham. If it tries to guess my location from my IP, it shouldn’t really or it should be optional for when this method is unreliable. This may not be what is happening though as my IP usually points to a location much closer than that.

Win10 64b, Joplin v1.0.179

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**Author:** ![eagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@eagle](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/eagle)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/2 "2020-01-28T14:05:36Z")

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I also discovered that when using my desktop computer the geo-location stored in my created notes was wildly unreliable so I simply disabled it.

Another issue I discovered is that if we delete geo-location of a note (from note properties) Joplin does not delete the stored “altitude” in the database.

Don’t know why we should store altitude in the geo-location in the first place either…

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/3 "2020-01-28T14:41:45Z")

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This feature is optional and can be disabled in the settings.

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**Author:** ![eagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@eagle](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/eagle)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 16:37 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/4 "2020-01-28T16:37:31Z")

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Hi Laurent

> This feature is optional and can be disabled in the settings.

I would like to propose the following changes:

1. Out of the box the feature "Save geo-location with notes" should be switched off. Now it is on by default.
2. When we remove location data from a note, Joplin should also delete the altitude info in the database. Now it only deletes latitude and longitude.

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**Author:** ![glocalglocal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/glocalglocal/32/16553_2.png) [@glocalglocal](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/glocalglocal)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 17:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/5 "2020-01-28T17:00:21Z")

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I would add:

1. Include an ‘update/record coordinates’ button to notes propeties.  
This will allow the user to correct the wrong coordinates later by using  
their GPS-enabled mobile device.

I am not sure how the altitude is relevant either.

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 20:55 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/wrong-coordinates/5411/6 "2020-01-28T20:55:08Z")

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> [@glocalglocal](#):
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> Include an ‘update/record coordinates’ button to notes propeties.

Not a bad idea. An icon like this could work: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/8/800ec7a39bec54c262ffdc8badc8604aef1c4810.png)

PR anyone?