The Photo Maps button allowed users to choose which geo-tagged photos, showing at times your exact location, they wanted to add to their maps and which they didn't.
This was useful if you took a photo and tagged it, but didn't want to share your exact location on the map because your profile was not set to private, allowing anyone can access your profile, Photo Maps, and potentially, your exact location at any given time.
This week's app update has removed the 'Add to Photomap' button, and without giving much of a notice to users, all images tagged with a location will now be automatically added to your map.
"On Monday, we made a change to make it easier for people to add location to their photos. As part of this, we removed the option to 'add to Photomap' from the flow'," an Instagram spokesperson told The Next Web, which spotted the change.
Instagram's Photomap help page has also been updated to reflect the changes, but what is concerning is that many people may not realize that they'll essentially be giving away their locations automatically now if they tag their photos with a location.
Of course, if you want to keep your images tagged, Instagram does let you remove photos from your Photomap, but it's a bit of a lengthy process.
You'll need to hop into the map through your profile page, hitting edit and then deselect the images you want removed (there is a Deselect All option). You finish up by selecting Done and Confirm.
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