In my last post, I mentioned that I hoped the GPS built-into the 3G iPhone would permit me to use the iPhone for geotagging photos. Apparently Apple already had that in mind. However, it is not clear whether this can only be done for photos taken with the iPhone’s built-in camera or if you can use this feature with a real camera too.
Here’s an excerpt from the 3G iPhone GPS information page:
iPhone 3G provides GPS-powered location feeds to built-in applications as well as to applications available on the App Store. Take a photo with the camera, for example, and iPhone can geotag it with GPS location information. That way, when you share photos online, friends and family can see where every snapshot was taken. And you can shop the App Store for GPS-enabled applications such as mobile friend finders or interactive city guides.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Grace Suarez // Jul 12, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Okay, I see the coordinates in iPhoto. How do I see the location on a map?
Oh, this is too cool!
2 Mike Zupan // Jul 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Grace - I use Adobe Lightroom and don’t use iPhoto very often. However, I did some digging and found that iPhoto does have a hidden “Show” button that can appear next to the coordinates in the photo information pane (Command-I). I found the following website with instructions, but do so at your own risk.
http://www.mactelchat.com/tips-n-tricks/238-enable-hidden-iphoto-google-maps-geotagging.html
3 Jeremy Johnson // Jul 16, 2008 at 3:59 pm
It seems like the iPhone strips the EXIF data from photos when sending by email. I’m not able to get flickr to pick up on the location (sending to flickr via email). Anyone have any suggestions?
4 nic // Aug 19, 2008 at 2:14 pm
get a flickr uploader app from the app store
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