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.
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.
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.
49 months ago
I am very sure that we will see GPS in the next iPhone! It will be integrated in CoreLocation!
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?
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?
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!?
:(:(:(
Oh steve, home many more days are you going to leave us waiting on the edge of our seats!?
:(:(:(
49 months ago
I wonder why this was release to only Enterprise customers? And not to all current developers with access to the betas?
49 months ago
i love this feature. does it seem that it will work with the current phone (using tower triangulation)?
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.
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
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.
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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