Question: I'm kind of surprised this is not easy, so I might be looking for the wrong thing.

I have a folder full of images that all have GPS location data embedded in them. I'd like to find an image viewer that makes it easy to view the image and a map of where the image was taken. 

The problem I'm having is that when I search for it, I don't come up with much. Most of the hits are for *geotagging your images* rather than *viewing the location of a geotagged image*. 

What should I be searching for? Or is there a go-to application for the desktop that everybody already knows you should be using to view geotagged images?

Answer: 
[GeoSetter](http://www.geosetter.de) is an amazing free portable Windows app that has a fantastic user interface and shows your folder (and optionally subfolders) on a Map including Google Maps, OpenStreetMap.org, and MyTopo etc.
You could use [QGIS](http://qgis.org/ "QGIS"). It's a free & open source GIS software, but it allows you to import files or folders and view them as points on a map through a plugin called [ImportPhotos](https://mariosmsk.com/2019/07/02/qgis-plugin-importphotos/ "ImportPhotos") which you can add from the toolbar menu. Each point becomes clickable. A data table is also generated with coordinates, which you can use to browse the photos.