Photo solution for massive archive (4.4 TB) with GPS coordinate search
reddit / selfhosted

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latetotheparty3000 · 2023-10-09 20:29

I know there are lots of posts about photo solutions, but I have a
very particular set of requirements, and I was wondering if anyone had
recommendations.

* I have more than 500K photos/videos totaling 4.4 TB.  I need a
solution that won't choke on that kind of data.
* The photos are already organized in folders by date (e.g., 2023 ->
10 -> 09).  New photos will be added using the same structure.  The
addition and organization of new photos will be handled outside of the
photo solution.
* My primary requirement is to be able to perform searches by
geography using GPS coordinates and a radius, based on EXIF and other
metadata.
* Facial recognition is nice to have but much, much lower in priority.

I am currently using PhotoPrism, but a huge downside is that it uses
an enormous amount of space for thumbnails/sidecars: about a third of
my archive.  I know I can adjust the quality of the thumbnails, but I
would rather not do that because it degrades other features according
to the developer.  However, if there is nothing better, I am willing
to stick with it.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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zarevskaya · 2023-10-09 20:35

Hi, Immich!

In dev, but work fine. I use it with my wife.

Create a fonder, then put this cli:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/immich-
app/immich/main/install.sh | bash

And voilà.

https://documentation.immich.app/docs/install/script

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latetotheparty3000 · 2023-10-09 21:08

I tried Immich, but I couldn't figure out how to search by GPS
coordinates.  Did I miss something?

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zarevskaya · 2023-10-09 21:30

I send you in PM an example.

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latetotheparty3000 · 2023-10-09 21:38

Thanks, I see that Immich lists the GPS coordinates on a map, but I
don't know if it can search for photos using coordinates.

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zarevskaya · 2023-10-09 21:50

I don't know really, you can ask new features to the team on Discord
or Github.

Or simple ask the question.

Have a nice day.

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lespasapp · 2023-10-10 02:46

[Les Pas](https://github.com/scubajeff/lespas#readme) with Nextcloud
as backend support search by location.