Demo: iPhone's geo-enabled camera

Uploaded on Jul 11, 2008 / 1155 views / 2030 impressions / 13 comments

Description

A quick run through of what the iPhone currently does with the geo-enabled camera.
More information on my blog.

Tags

  • photos
  • geo
  • geolocation
  • camera
  • location
  • iphone
  • Colin Devroe

19 comments

1. yogeek

Jul 11, 2008

Nice job! I had no idea about this.

2. cdevroe 0:02

Jul 11, 2008

That mark on my chin? A shaving cut. :(

3. cdevroe 0:34

Jul 11, 2008

More information on my blog.

4. cdevroe 1:07

Jul 11, 2008

Yes, my iPhone's name is Norrin Radd, the real name of The Silver Surfer.

5. cdevroe 1:49

Jul 11, 2008

Mmm. Ramen Noodles.

6. cdevroe 2:11

Jul 11, 2008

As far as I can tell, this is only available in Preview.

djsteen

Jul 14, 2008

I'm sure the info would also be visible in Photoshop too.

7. kyleslat 2:03

Jul 11, 2008

This video's making me seasick. Keep your mouse in one place! :)

cdevroe

Jul 11, 2008

Yeah, yeah yeah.

8. masto 3:14

Jul 11, 2008

That's exactly what any other GPS-enabled camera would do. It just adds the information to the photo. What you do with it is up to you. Upload to Flickr, for example, and they'll be able to put it on a map, etc.

cdevroe

Jul 11, 2008

The only problem, as it stands today, is that uploading to Flickr is mostly done through email, which strips the EXIF information from the photo. When better uploaders come along, it will work nicely, agreed.

jasonact

Jul 13, 2008

You mean mobile uploading to Flickr using email? What about if you use Flickr's desktop uploader? Does it retain the geolocation info? (Not that that's a real solution for iPhone users.)

9. jasonact 0:48

Jul 13, 2008

I think if you answer "Okay", it only asks the first time you open the app. So if you yes yes the first time, it wont ask again. That seems to be the behavior of my iPhone.

10. sandieman 1:27

Jul 13, 2008

food!

11. Outsanity 3:01

Jul 13, 2008

I assume it's for like when you upload the photo to Flickr for example that might use that to point your location (geotag)

12. ecc1977 1:18

Jul 14, 2008

Is the iPhone named Norrin Radd? Awesome choice! Silver Surfer reference, right?

13. robdb 2:37

Sep 05, 2008

Do you have the 3G iPhone with the AGPS module or are you just running 2.0 software on the older model of iPhone?

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