Thanks to the release of iPhoto ’09, there’s been a lot of buzz around the idea of adding location data, called geotags, to your photos. The newest version of Apple’s photo-management software—along ...

Adding location information to photos is hard. Carnegie Mellon has found an easier way: compare your photo with similar ones on Flickr that already are geotagged. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Your digital camera is a diligent archivist. Each time it captures an image, it records the time the photo was taken as well as the settings that were used—details you can use later to help track down ...

My previous article discussed how geolocation by IP address enables applications and Web sites to determine users' locations automatically in order to provide specific location-based services to users ...

Adding location data to images is a pain right now, but geotagging is worth it, and it'll get easier. Here are my warnings and a wish list. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Geotagging. It's not exactly a long, lost art, but it's certainly not something most folks bother to do after a trip. Avid travelers, hikers and the general outdoorsy crowd have been embracing the ...

Global Positioning System satellite technology (better known as GPS) is embedded into so many of the devices we use today for location purposes, that we sometimes take it for granted. From using it to ...

Apple Photos users are reporting a bizarre issue related to geotagging. The issue, which 9to5Mac has confirmed, centers around manually editing the location of an image and using exact latitude and ...

The act of geotagging photos has come a long way since online photo services began reading EXIF data and sticking it on a map for location-based viewing. Concerns over the clash between tech and ...

Cell phones have become the mother of all convergence devices, combining dozens of functions formerly found separately or on PCs. Which leads one to ask: What’s next? What technology will they ...