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# approximateLocation

A location representing those of all assets in the collection.

```
var approximateLocation: CLLocation? { get }
```

## Discussion

The Photos app automatically creates moments to group assets by time and location. A moment can contain photos from several locations in close proximity. In such cases, this property describes the general area containing the locations of all assets in the moment.

This property applies only to asset collections whose type is [`PHAssetCollectionType.moment`](/documentation/Photos/PHAssetCollectionType/moment). For other asset collection types, this property’s value is `nil`.

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