# Fix a record's location on the map

Last updated: 2026-10-27

> Move a point that sits in the wrong place, find where to fix a boundary or line, and what to do when a photo has no GPS location.

Editors and admins can fix where a record sits on the map. Open the record and click **Edit**: the form shows the record's current location. [Add, edit and delete records](https://restorationscope.com/docs/add-and-edit-records) lists the other ways to open the form.

## Move a point

On a computer:

1. In the form, click **Change location**.
2. Click the right spot on the map. The form shows the new coordinates next to **Captured:**.
3. Click **Update** followed by the record type, for example **Update Tree**, to save.

![The Location field in the edit form, with the captured coordinates, the Change location button, and Update Site below](https://restorationscope.com/docs/figures/en/location-field.png)

On a phone or tablet the button is **Capture GPS Point**. It records where the phone is now, not a spot you pick on the map:

1. Stand at the right place and tap **Capture GPS Point**.
2. Wait for the accuracy to settle, then tap **Capture Best Point**.
3. Tap **Update** to save.

What the accuracy messages mean, and how to get a better reading: see [Take photos and GPS points in the field](https://restorationscope.com/docs/photos-gps).

On a phone, if the field allows it, the form also shows **Pick point on map**: tap it, then tap the right spot on the map. Otherwise, to put a point somewhere you are not standing, use a computer.

## Fix a boundary or line

A boundary or line is fixed in the same form. **Edit Polygon** (or **Edit Line**) lets you move its corners; the button reads **Redraw Polygon** when the shape has holes or several parts. For the steps, and for walking a boundary again with your phone, see [Draw a boundary, line or point on the map](https://restorationscope.com/docs/draw-shapes).

## A photo with no GPS location

A photo's location is stored inside the photo file (its EXIF data) by the camera that took it. Many photos lose it: the camera had location turned off, or the photo was sent through a chat app or edited before it was uploaded. When a photo arrives without one, the app may save a stand-in, such as where your phone was or the record's location, and the photo viewer shows that. With no location at all, the viewer in some apps shows **No GPS** at the top of the photo.

The app can't add a location to a photo after the fact. What you can do:

- Fix the record's own location, as above. The record sits in the right place on the map even when its photo has no location.
- Keep the location next time. Read [why field photos lose their GPS location](https://restorationscope.com/blog/field-photos-missing-gps) and [what EXIF location data is](https://restorationscope.com/blog/exif-photo-location).