Hi, here is another way of taggin your pics - if you want to.... http://blog.kevindonahue.com/archives/2008/03/01/how_to_geotag_your_iphoto_pictures/ Best regards
Justin On 8 Feb 2011, at 9:44 AM, Mark Secker wrote: > > No this is not a hoax, this is very real. > > > > If you have GPS enabled and the posting process you use embeds the location > in its EXIF then yes this information will be posted. And as we all know with > sites like FaceBook there is, really, no such thing as true, effective, > privacy of data posted there. > > > You might find that what ever service you post your image up to will by > default strip the EXIF data out or minimalise it (like with pBase's images) > or it may be that the program you use to upload does much the same (ie > lightroom has a "minimalise EXIF" option on its export and upload functions). > > > One thing to note is that different GPS/Cameras work differently indoors. As > GPS satellite signals can't penetrate very well once you walk indoors (or > even under heavy tree cover (and in fact even sometimes under really heavy > cloud cover)) your GPS loses the signal. Some cameras just continue to tag > all the images you took as being at the last known GPS lock, other cameras > will tag the location as "unknown". > > > Personally I think this is a very useful function but something that should > be disabled by default. > I shoot with DSLR's which are, both fortunately and unfortunately, at this > point built in GPS free so to gain this function I need to carry a separate > GPS unit and then link the time data on the image to the time/location data > on the GPS's log. But I certainly would not want this function by default and > as yet have not used this with any uploaded images. > > > > > From: Adrian Skehan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: wamug <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 09:08:50 +0800 > To: wamug <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: GPS in cameras and phones creates privacy issue > > I tried what they say in this clip on photos taken on my iPhone but cant get > the same result. Is it possible or is it a hoax? > > > http://abclocal.go.com:80/wabc/video?id=7621105 > > > > Regards, > > Adrian > > > ________________________________ > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > ________________ > [email protected] > Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) > Teaching Facilities Administrator > Business School IT Services > > The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G > M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 > Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
