geotagging

Peripherals

PhotoTrackr Mini DLP900 Adds Geotagging To Any Camera

11:12PM Mark Wilson | The Eye-Fi Geo can add Geotagging to almost any camera through an SD card, but what about systems that use CompactFlash? For these instances, the PhotoTrackr Mini is probably your best bet. More »
Peripherals

Eye-Fi Geo Adds GPS Info To iLife For Life

10:00PM Mark Wilson | Geotagging photos sounds good, but it can become a laborious process to mark the source of every photo in your photo library. Now the Eye-Fi Geo will bring automatic geotagging to every photo you take. More »
Phones

Sony Ericsson W995a: Walkman Mobile Phone with Geo-Tagging 8.1MP Camera

5:01PM Jesus Diaz | This is the Sony Ericsson W995a, a $US600 unlocked Wi-Fi and A2DP-enabled 3G mobile phone that puts together a 8.1-megapixel camera—with geo-tagging capabilities, face detection, flash, autofocus, and dedicated buttons—and a Walkman. It even has Media Go support, like the PSP. More »
GPS

Garmin Oregon Handheld GPS Line Gets 3.2 Megapixel Camera, Geotagging

9:00PM Sean Fallon | Garmin’s 550 and 550t upgrade to the Oregon handheld GPS lineup add a few new features for outdoorsy types—a 3.2 megapixel camera with geotagging, a 3-axis compass and a enhanced sunlight readable touchscreen. More »
Online

35,000,000 Flickr Photos, Mapped

9:55PM John Herrman | Scientists at Cornell University have super-computed the geotags of 35 million Flickr photos, creating photography heatmaps for locations around the world. Their conclusion? People really, really like taking pictures of landmarks. More »
Cameras

Sony HDR-TG5V Handycam: Mini HD Camera Gets GPS

12:07AM Mark Wilson | Sony’s HDR-TG5V Handycam shoots HD and tells you where you shot it…which is bad news for cave-dwelling terrorists but nifty for family vacations. More »
GPS

iPhoto May Use Future iPhone GPS Functionality To Geotag With Any Camera

11:00AM Jason Chen | None of this is available now, but a resource screen found in iPhoto ‘09 shows some interesting possible-future technology that may let you geotag your photos even if the camera didn’t have a GPS module. More »
Cameras

Nikon GP-1 SLR GPS Now Available for $US240

3:00AM Mark Wilson | Quietly announced alongside the D90 back in August, Nikon is now selling their hot-shoe-mounted GP-1 geotagging device. More »
Gadgets

Eye-Fi Software Update Adds Support for Twitter, RSS

10:20PM John Herrman | Eye-Fi keeps kicking arse with their wireless SD cards, adding feed publishing capabilities through Twitter and RSS in a free software update. It was only a few weeks ago that another downloadable upgrade boosted download speeds and threw in MobileMe support, adding to an already massive list of support photo sharing sites. Owners should get an Eye-Fi Manager Software update pushed through automatically, and new customers can now find the cards on the Eye-Fi website. Note to other hardware manufacturers: DO MORE STUFF LIKE THIS. [Eye-Fi via Crave] More »
Phones

iPhone Firmware 2.0 To Add Geotagging?

4:53AM Mark Wilson | According to some allegedly leaked screens from the new iPhone software beta, the iPhone camera is now asking permission to transmit the user’s location before loading. The screen in question certainly implies geotagging with the message “‘Camera’ would like to use your current location,” but it doesn’t outright confirm an iPhone 2 with GPS, since the iPhone’s current Skyhook service could be used for geotagging just as easily. And since Skyhook could work, then all current iPhones could get geotagging, too. More »