Where was this filmed?

Search ScreenSpotter by the film or TV title, or open the map and browse the pins around you. Every location page shows the production, the exact scene shot there, photos taken on site by other spotters and walking or driving directions to the precise GPS point.

The best known Harry Potter filming locations in Scotland include the Glenfinnan Viaduct, which the Hogwarts Express crosses, plus Glencoe, Loch Shiel, Loch Eilt and Rannoch Moor in the Highlands. Edinburgh sites such as Victoria Street are listed as places of interest rather than filming locations, because they inspired the books rather than appearing on screen.

A filming location is a spot where a scene was physically shot. A place of interest is somewhere connected to a production without being filmed there — an inspiration, a book setting, a studio, a look-alike stand-in or a memorial. The two have different pins on the ScreenSpotter map.

Open the location page while you are standing at the spot and tap check in. ScreenSpotter compares your live GPS position with the location on the server, so you can only earn points when you are genuinely there.

Yes. You must be standing at the spot, because your GPS position becomes the pin, and you have to upload a clear photo. An AI reviewer checks the submission first, then a ScreenSpotter admin approves it before it appears publicly.

Yes. With alerts switched on, ScreenSpotter buzzes you when you come within about two miles of a film or TV location, so you can detour and see it while you are in the area.

You earn points for adding locations, for visiting them and for being the first person to visit a spot someone else added. Weekly, monthly and yearly leaderboards rank the most active spotters.

ScreenSpotter runs in any mobile browser and can be installed to your home screen from Safari or Chrome, which gives you full-screen GPS alerts and check-ins. Native App Store and Google Play builds are packaged with Capacitor from the same codebase.