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I’ve always been a huge fan of geotagging pictures – it gives immediate context to memorable snapshots, and when you’re travelling, it can be really hard remembering where exactly each one was taken. Although I’m glad that my BlackBerry natively geotags pictures, the data is buried in its EXIF data, which is only preserved if you got through arduous sideloading onto PC, and then uploading to your web service (GPSed is the only app that I’ve seen that makes pictures easily shareable). Luckily for iPhone users, Google’s location-aware picture-sharing service, Panoramio, now has an app for iPhone that lets you share geotagged pictures over the air. After that, folks on Google Maps and Earth will be able to see your pictures once they’re approved. It would be cool if it all synced up with your Picasa account, but its relationship with Panoramio is still hazy. With an army of iPhone users sharing pictures to Google Maps, I could see Panoramio quickly becoming as useful as Street View. Interested? Grab Panoramio for free from the iTunes App Store.
[via Panoramio]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
