How To Register A Location On Instagram

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Y'all tin can only search the locations of Instagram photos if the posters have tagged their photos with location hashtags. Yous can search by location from the Instagram app the same way you would search whatever other hashtag or keyword. However, you can also view a individual user's Photo Map from his profile page, if he has enabled the feature on his account. Third-party search tools -- similar Spots, Worldcam and InstaBAM -- provide power users and marketing professionals with all-encompassing location search tools for the Instagram platform.

Search Location Hashtags

To find photos tagged with a specific location, tap the star-shaped icon from the Instagram app'south main screen to open the Explore screen. Tap the magnifying drinking glass icon to display the Search tool, tap the "Tags" tab, and so blazon a hashtag, along with the name of the location, in the Search box. For example, type "#Chicago" to observe posts tagged with Chicago. Similar tags appear in the search results below the Search field -- for example, #ChicagoCubs may likewise appear in the search results. Tap a hashtag entry in the search results to view tagged posts.

Photograph Map

To view a user's Photo Map, open up her profile folio by tapping on her hyperlinked username from any mail service or screen. Y'all tin can also search for the user from the Explore screen: tap the "Photo Map" icon in the user's profile page to view a Google map view of her posts tagged by location.