Nokia Location Tagger v1.0 Beta Released

Since GPS enabled phones (erhm, or multimedia devices) are getting as common as backpacks, photo tagging has boomed and the demand for such a function in these devices has greatly increased. Late last year many software developers have came up with such solutions offering geo-tagging (tagging a photo to the location in which it was taken) services including the online photo album giant, Flickr. ...but of we know Nokia, they simply won't settle for 2nd place. So now they're releasing their very own geo-tagging application , called Nokia Location Tagger. It's still in Beta, but it's a start.

With Nokia Location Tagger, you can automatically tag your location data to your pictures. As you take a picture, your GPS coordinates are saved to the EXIF header of the JPEG file. You can use this data later, for example, to locate your pictures on a map.

In the near future, Nokia hopes to make location tagging a seamlessly integrated part of the Nokia experience. Until then, Nokia Location Tagger is a small standalone application that gives you a sneak preview. Nokia is not planning to productize this application as such, but we’d love to hear your thoughts already now, so that we have time to take it into account in the mainstream development.

Compatibility
Tested with Nokia N95, N95 8GB, N82, and E90 using the integrated GPS. Should work but not fully tested with all S60 3rd edition devices using an external Bluetooth GPS receiver. Sharing your location-tagged pictures online requires Share Online 3.0.

Instructions
* Launch Nokia Location Tagger application.
* On the main screen, you will see the status of your GPS module. It will show the coordinate if GPS module is active. Otherwise, it will show "Searching".
* To tag pictures with GPS coordinates, simply use the built-in Camera application. Press the Camera button of your device to take pictures as usual. When Nokia Location Tagger is running in the background, you will see small icon at the top left corner of Camera’s view finder. This indicates the status of GPS module:
Green: GPS module is active.
Amber: Nokia Location Tagger is connecting to GPS module or searching for GPS coordinate.
Red: GPS module is inactive.