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Location Planner

Last updated: 2026-10-27

What it does

Save places you want to shoot, organize them into lists, and see them on a map or in a list. An optional overlay draws the sun, moon, and Milky Way rise and set directions on the map so you can judge a spot before you go.

It has its own tab, Location Planner, in the bottom bar (the sidebar on iPad).

What you need

  • An account only to save. Signed out, you can use the map and search, and the map shows Wikipedia places. Saving a pin or creating a list asks you to sign in, with Sign In and Create Account buttons.
  • On the Free plan, up to 15 saved pins. The save card shows how many you have used, and list view shows a Your pins card with the count. At the limit, saving a new pin offers an upgrade instead. Pins you already have stay, and you can still edit or delete them. Pro has no limit.
  • A network connection for the map, place search, and saving.
  • Location permission only for Use current location, sorting by distance, and Compass View (iPhone and iPad only). Everything else works without it.

On iPhone and iPad, if you leave the app while on Location Planner and come back within 30 minutes after it has fully closed, it reopens here where you left off: the same selected place, list, filters, map or list view, source, date, and time dial.

How to use it

  1. Type in Search for a place... and pick a result, or tap a point of interest on the map. An info card opens for the place.
  2. Tap Save to keep it. Saved places appear as pins. Type into Notes on the card to add notes, or use Add photo to attach photos.
  3. Tap Add to list on a saved place to file it under a list. Use the list chips above the map to create a list, rename or remove one, or switch between All, your lists, and Unlisted. On a phone the chips collapse into a dropdown.
  4. Use the source picker to switch between My Spots, Community, and Wikipedia. Community shows curated photo spots and is part of Pro; on the Free plan it is marked with a lock and opens the upgrade screen. Tap Save to My Spots on a Community spot to copy it into your own pins. Wikipedia shows nearby places from Wikipedia. If the map is zoomed out too far, it asks you to zoom in. Tap Save pin on one to keep it as your own.
  5. Tap Show list to see your locations as a list, and Show map to go back. The back button (and your browser's back) also returns from the list to the map.
  6. Tap Filter locations to narrow by Source (when your pins have one, including No source), City, State, Country, Photos (Has photos or Doesn't have photos), and Photographed (Photographed or Not photographed). A place counts as photographed when it is one of your own pins with at least one image you own the rights to. City, State, Country, and Source open a list you can search, which stays quick with a large number of pins. Clear resets the filters and Done closes the sheet.
  7. In list view, tap Sort locations and choose A-Z, Newest, or Distance.

Other buttons on a card: Directions, Show on map (from the list), and Delete pin, which asks you to confirm first.

Sun and moon directions

Tap Show sun and moon directions. A crosshair marks the center of the map, and lines run from it toward Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, Milky Way rise, and Milky Way set. Pan the map to move the origin. A compact strip shows a colored dot for each event: tap a dot to show or hide that line. Tap the strip's arrow button to show each event's time, and again to hide them. If the Milky Way's core never rises or never sets at that spot on that date, its entry reads Never rises or Never sets and cannot be turned on. Pick another date with the date chip, or drag the time dial in the strip to see live sun and moon direction lines for that time. Tap the time to return the dial to now.

Reading the results

Distance sorting measures from your current location. If access is denied, the sort sheet says location access is needed. If your location cannot be found, it says to check that Location Services are on and try again.

Tips

  • Change map type cycles the map style.
  • Show map controls opens zoom, rotate, and tilt buttons beside it. Tap a rotate or tilt button to step, or hold it to keep moving. On the web you can also hold Q / E (or Shift with the left and right arrows) to rotate, and R / F (or Shift with the up and down arrows) to tilt. Hover a button to see its shortcut.
  • When the map is tilted, a Reset map tilt button appears under the north button and flattens it again.
  • If you have connected framer.art under Settings > Account, a saved pin's card shows Import images from framer.art, which adds images from your framer.art workspace to that pin.
  • Turn on compass view (iPhone and iPad only) rotates the map to match the way your device is facing. A compass dial appears on the map with N, E, S, and W marked, and a chip at the top shows your heading in degrees with what you are facing, such as FACING NNE. It reads FINDING HEADING... until the first reading arrives. With the sun and moon overlay on, the chip names an event (such as sunrise) when you face within about 12 degrees of its line. A red compass button appears when the map is turned, and it snaps back to north.
  • From Light Conditions or Moon Phase, View on Map opens this screen at that place with the overlay already on.