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Toggle Photo Geotagging 9

by Adam Marks Tue, 15 Mar 2011 3:29 pm EDT

Now that GPS is included on most smartphones--including all webOS devices--you have the option of Geotagging your photos to store the GPS coordinates of your location within a photo's metadata. This can be useful when on vacation to keep track of exactly where a photo was taken, but this may also lead to some unintended privacy issues while taking pictures during your normal day-to-day life. Let's say you take a picture of your son or daughter playing at the park, or of a new 50" television you just purchased, and then post that picture to Facebook or to a site like Flickr or Smugmug. Anyone with access to that picture can pull the exact location that the picture was taken, which could lead any unlawful individual to your child or home.

To disable Geotagging from your photos, simply open up the "Location Services" app and toggle the "Geotag Photos" row to OFF. Then just close the app and any picture you take will no longer save your location.

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What's an easy way to pull the Geotag info from my photo? And then maybe view it on Google maps.

+1. I never understood how to pull the tags and use them?

Use a program like IrfanView, make sure you download the plugins as well. That will allow you to view EXIF tags on your photos -- and also includes the ability to open the location in Google Earth.

This option isn't there on WebOS 2.1

If you have FOR APPLICATIONS = Auto Locate, there will then be an option for Geotag photos, too

Nice tip - I wasn't aware of this feature. Thanks!

I wish this feature worked more like the iPhone's geotag. It will open google maps and show a marker where any photo was ever taken. Tapping a marker opens the photo that was taken in that spot.

Facebook strips EXIF info from uploaded pictures.. If they were geotagged previously, the EXIF tag is removed when you upload them.

That option should be inside the camera app.