Geotagging iPhone Solution

[sirnumbskull]

I wanted to reopen the topic of developing a geotagging solution on the iPhone. I'd really like it if someone on the development team got in contact with me about adding this feature. I've got a working solution that will duplicate the pictures in your photo library and add the appropriate tags, but there's no reason to have two apps to accomplish what could be done as soon as the pictures are transferred over. Please get in contact me and I'd be happy to share my solution which effectively operates as follows:

1 - When picture is taken camera time-stamps the resultant image.
1 - Application keeps a log of coordinate/time pairs that updates whenever location is updated (using location notification updates)
2 - When pictures are transferred, application matches the closest time stamped coordinate to the picture's time stamp and adds the appropriate geotag.

If you're worried about losing money from your current geotagging solution, you could make the geotagging feature a paid update to the application. Honestly, adding this kind of utility to your current solution would take almost zero effort and would dramatically enhance the functionality and desirability of both the card and the app. Please contact me for further assistance (I can provide code samples of my current solution).

[drnantu]

eye-fi's geotagging using Wifi has about 1km accuracy. Your GPS based geotagging will ahve about 15m accuracy.
Can you receive the picture with wifi directly from Wifi card and geotagg the picture with the current GPS data?
I am working on a dedicate hardware solution:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5655

Please let me know your progress.

[Addie]

Ever wondered how to find photos you took few years ago at the Disney World? Have you wanted to look at photos based on places you have visited, but didn't want to dig through your entire photo collection to find them? Organizing your photos by location, otherwise known as "geotagging," allows you to be able to find any photo based on the location where it was taken.

However, most digital cameras are not GPS-enabled, so location information must be added after the fact. In order to use the "Places" feature in iPhoto 09, you'd have to input location for each photo manually.

[Pedro]

I absolutely agree with sirnumbskull!! This functionality is a MUST and would be so convenient! using your phone's position when no WiFi network can be reached!!!!

[bcwhite]

I use my Eye-Fi to transfer from my camera to my Android phone. It would be great if there was an option on the Phone side to add geotagging information from the built-in GPS if its not already present.