iPhone to Geo-Tag Other Cameras?
Apple’s new iPhoto 09 will use the geo-tag data recorded by the iPhone 3G’s camera to map out the locations of your pictures. But what if you’re no using the iPhone for all your pictures? What if you have a regular old point-and-shoot or even a DSLR without GPS? One approach would be to use a stand-alone GPS to record your position and then cross-reference the time-stamp on your photos to add in the location data later. And, hey, the iPhone just happens to have that GPS, and it looks like a control panel found by TidBITS (via Ars Technica) in iPhoto 09 hints that Apple might be adding that functionality in the future.
Since recording Geo-Tag information would require some form of GPS running in the background, we may not see this until a future iPhone firmware update, perhaps 3.0 in June?
Still, it’s nice to see more clues as to just what Apple might be considering…
February 24th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Here is a quick overview of how to geotag with the iPhone for other cameras, today… http://thehomescreen.blogspot.com/2009/02/geotagging.html
February 26th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
It would be good to use GPS on all phones, so when someone dials 911, the responders could locate them. Great idea for the elderly.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
That is a good idea David
March 29th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I thought phones default was GPS for emergency servies already. Is that not the case?
March 29th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Maybe it’s like aGPS or something
March 30th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
check this out. this will work for your purpose: http://www.saltpepper.net/geotag
October 5th, 2009 at 3:04 am
My GeoLogTag iPhone app is specifically made for geotagging photos taken with any digital camera (2900+ models supported).
http://www.itunes.com/apps/geologtag http://www.galarina.eu/GeoLogTag/Home.html