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title: "Missing location references"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/4342/missing-location-references"
tags: ["openforis", "arena-mobile"]
status: "accepted"
score: 0
answer_count: 2
asked: "2025-09-23T12:21:04"
last_activity: "2025-10-02T11:37:52"
source: "Open Foris Support - Q&A Forum"
license: "Copyright Open Foris, 2026. Some rights reserved under creative commons license."
---

# Missing location references

Asked by jeffZA on 2025-09-23

Hello Foris team and other users,

I know that the team is trying to fix a problem I have. Here are some test results that may help localise the problem.

I have tried three phones (Samsung, Nokia and a Samsung tablet) with Location permissions allowed. Photos taken IN Arena Mobile 2 keep location references after downloading to Open Foris Arena. The location is also shown in Image preview on AM2.

Photos taken with either the default camera or Open Camera and ADDED to an AM2 survey lose location references after download. The location does not show in Image preview.

What had me stuck was that phone photos transferred directly as Gmail attachments also had their location references stripped! I used www.localsend.com to transfer photos, and the location references were retained. By the way, I can recommend Localsend for sharing files on a local network.

So, it is the code in AM2 that pulls in the selected photo and resizes it, if necessary, that is causing the problem. Good luck, team. I need the feature.
Jeff


## Accepted answer (score 1, by Stefano (OF) on 2025-09-23)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/4342/missing-location-references/4343

Dear Jeff,  
Many thanks for having reported this issue and we are already working on a fix for it.  
We will let you know as soon as a new version of AM (with the fix) will be available.  
Thanks again,  
Open Foris Team


## Answer (score 0, by jeffZA on 2025-10-02)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/4342/missing-location-references/4350

Thank you, Team,
This issue is fixed.
Regards, Jeff