Geotagging Photos

I really enjoyed the photo synth Ted talk. What a smart guy! My favorite thing was how you could zoom in on photos and with all the technology it felt like you were really there getting a virtual tour.

I enjoyed getting to tag the photos on flickr and learning how to do that. Although I did feel like if you make the geotags public there is a privacy issue for me. If someone where a stalker it seems like they could follow your pictures where you go and eventually would know what you look like and could find where you live. Maybe this is me being paranoid but the whole idea of geo maps scares me if people disclose too much information about where they go on a daily basis. 

Info I read about EXIF: "The Exif format has standard tags for location information. As of 2012 a few cameras and a growing number of mobile phones have a built-in GPS receiver that stores the location information in the Exif header when a picture is taken. Some other cameras have a separate GPS receiver that fits into the flash connector or hot shoe. Recorded GPS data can also be added to any digital photograph on a computer, either by correlating the time stamps of the photographs with a GPS record from a hand-held GPS receiver or manually by using a map or mapping software. The process of adding geographic information to a photograph is known as geotagging. Photo-sharing communities like Panoramio, locr or Flickr equally allow their users to upload geocoded pictures or to add geolocation information online".

 I still feel that privacy is an issue for me with this type of data storage. It is very neat that that can be built into cameras and automatically use gps to locate where photos are taken. It seems that Facebook is using this type of technolgoy already with cell phones? I have a problem with facebook posting where you are located when you post a status as well. 

I also always wonder about the different types of files. It seems with all the file types many old computers have a hard time uploading them and you have to have the right kind of software to be able to open files. 
 It also makes it difficult for new computer users to figure out how to use what files for certain types of uses.. when you would use a GIF vs. a JPEG etc. 


My flickr photos 

 Microsoft Photosynth