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Latest iPhone 2.0 Beta Adds Geo-Tagging to Photos

Apple has continued to add new features to their upcoming iPhone 2.0 firmware release. The latest version seeded to Enterprise customers has a added geo-tagging to the Camera application, according to AppleInsider.


The latest iPhone 2.0 Beta (5A292g) asks the user for permission before transmitting their location information. Apple currently uses Wi-Fi and cellular tower identification to pinpoint locations, but is rumored to add GPS support in the next version of the iPhone.

Essentially, geo-tagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to media files such as latitude and longitude coordinates -- or even names of places -- so that those files can later be referenced, searched, and grouped based on their origin.

This functionality appears to fall under a broader "Location Services" preference that can be turned on or off.

The use of location in mobile phone applications is a growing trend. iPhone developers are already working on location-based social networks and even a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the real world.

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49 months ago
I like the sound of that. The triangulation feature doesn't work so well here, so GPS would be a welcome addition.
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49 months ago
I am very sure that we will see GPS in the next iPhone! It will be integrated in CoreLocation!
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49 months ago
if only the folks on LOST had one of these...
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49 months ago
I don't get a mention for submitting it to you?

Edit: thanks Arn

Also did anyone else spot this on the second to last line:

iPhone Software 2.0 is due next month alongside the company's much-anticipated next-generation iPhone that will boast support for so-called 3G networks. However, it will also be made available for existing iPhone owners.

What does that mean exactly?
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49 months ago
Giggerty, giggerty Goo!


Oh steve, home many more days are you going to leave us waiting on the edge of our seats!?

:(:(:(
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49 months ago
I wonder why this was release to only Enterprise customers? And not to all current developers with access to the betas?
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49 months ago
i love this feature. does it seem that it will work with the current phone (using tower triangulation)?
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49 months ago

I wonder why this was release to only Enterprise customers? And not to all current developers with access to the betas?


Don't quote me, but I think that's the way they've been doing it with all the beta releases.
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49 months ago

Don't quote me, but I think that's the way they've been doing it with all the beta releases.


Guess I didn't realize that :) My iPhone wants an update:D
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49 months ago
So...

Let me make sure I am understanding this function correctly. Being that the next iphone may have a true GPS built in, you would be able to take a picture and link it to a location, only to return to it later?

Lets say that I visit an office building several miles away, I can take a picture of the building for graphical reference, and have that location on my phone anytime I need to revisit this location, all by selecting the picture in a list. Or maybe you could send someone a picture of your current location that would give them a picture and GPS coordinates of where you are.

If I am correct this sounds like a great idea.
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