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Move a Media Marker in the Ground App

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Overview

If a media pin was placed in the wrong location during capture, you can reposition it directly in the Ground app without deleting and re-creating it. This works on both exterior maps and interior floor plan levels and applies to both individual pins and pins inside a group.

Requirements

Requirement Detail
App version v2.270+
Permissions Editor or higher on the project
Applies to Photo pins, 360 pano pins

Move a single media marker

Use this flow when a pin is already individually selected on the map.

  1. Open the project and navigate to the map or level where the pin is located.
  2. Tap the pin to select it. A bottom sheet appears confirming the marker is selected.
              
Single photo pin selected on the exterior map. Bottom sheet visible showing "Marker is selected / icon matches content type."

  1. Long-press the selected pin. The pin enters move mode - it becomes visually distinct (enlarged/highlighted in orange), and a "Drag to move" label appears on screen. Save location and Cancel buttons appear at the bottom.
Move mode active. Pin is centered and enlarged (orange state). "Drag to move" label visible. "Save location" and "Cancel" buttons are shown at the bottom of the screen.
  1. Drag the map to reposition it. The selected pin stays fixed in the center of the screen while the map moves around it.

The map has been dragged to a new position. Pin remains centered. "Save location" and "Cancel" are still visible at the bottom.
  1. When the pin is over the correct location, tap Save location to confirm. Tap Cancel to return the pin to its original position.
Note: The pin stays in move mode until you explicitly tap Save location or Cancel - releasing your finger does not confirm the move.

Move a marker out of a group

When multiple pins are clustered into a group, you can move the individual media item currently shown in the bottom sheet.

  1. Tap the group marker on the map. The bottom sheet opens, showing the media item for that group.
  2. Long-press the group marker. Move mode activates for the media item currently displayed in the bottom sheet - not the entire group.
  3. Drag the map to reposition the pin, then tap Save location to confirm.

Note: Only the media item shown in the bottom sheet moves. Other media in the group stay in place.

How moving a marker affects media groups

When you confirm a move, DroneDeploy recalculates all media groups in real time using the updated pin positions. As a result:

  • The moved pin may join a different group at the new location.
  • Nearby pins may regroup, so group counts can change after a move.
  • No other media items are physically moved - only the grouping structure updates.
Tip: To verify exactly which pin moved, temporarily turn off grouping on the web app before moving pins on mobile.

Troubleshooting

I can't long-press to enter move mode

Make sure you have Editor or higher permissions on the project. Viewer-level users cannot move pins. Also confirm you have tapped to select the pin first - long-pressing an unselected pin will not trigger move mode.

The pin snapped back to its original location

You tapped Cancel, or the move was not confirmed. Try again and tap Save location once the pin is over the correct spot.

I want to move a specific pin inside a group, but I keep moving the wrong one

Tap the group to open the bottom sheet, swipe through the media in the sheet until the correct item is displayed, then long-press the group marker to move that specific item.

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