Privacy Settings Help

Upated January 2025

Several folks have said their images stopped showing up on the map; in most cases, it was a privacy issue.

Do all of this through the Flickr website on a desktop/laptop/tablet.

Step 1: confirm privacy is the problem

• When logged in, view a geo-tagged photo, and confirm the map/location appears
  • Should be below/right of the image, below views/favs/comment counts, and above the list of groups
• Can you see the little map/location when logged out of Flickr? Try one of the following:
  • Open the photo page in another browser, where you aren't logged into Flickr
  • Log out of Flickr and reload the photo page
  • Open a private / incognito window and reload the photo page
• If you cannot see the map when looking at your photo page when logged out of Flickr, privacy settings are the problem, continue to Step 2

Step 2: confirm you're a member of the Railfan Atlas group

• Open the Railfan Atlas group page.
• Tap the "Join" button up top, or confirm it already says "Joined."

Step 3: prevent this from happening again

• Open the geo privacy settings page
• Select "Anyone (Recommended)"
• Tap Submit

Step 4: update settings on your photos

• Open the Organizer
• Drag photos from the bottom bar into the main area (it'll make sense when you see it)
  • Hint: select multiple by selecting the first photo, by clicking, then, when selecting another photo, holding down the shift key
• Tap the "Location" menu up top
• Tap "Change Geoprivacy"
• Select "Anyone (Recommended)"
• Tap "Change Permissions"
• Tap "Send to Group"
• Select "Railfan Atlas"

The Railfan Atlas group is continually rescanned for new photos to add to map, but the process takes a couple of days to complete a cycle - your photos should appear on the website within 48 hours.