locr geotags your photos; shows nearby pictures

Damian Koh | Jun 18, 2007

To know when a particular picture was taken, we simply refer to the date and time usually included with the snap. That's old boring stuff and so Web 1.0. locr's GPS Photo application for Symbian devices takes things a little further by also letting you know where you took that picture.

By using geotags, longitude and latitude coordinates are saved into the EXIF data of the images. Once the photo is uploaded onto locr's community Web site, relevant descriptions will be automatically added to the picture from Wikipedia. And in line with all the Web 2.0 buzz about sharing, users can also view photos taken in the vicinity by other people on the handset.

To make all these happen, you'll need either a handset with a built-in GPS chip (for example, the Nokia N95, 6110 Navigator and the upcoming E90 Communicator) or an external Bluetooth GPS adapter.

The locr GPS Photo application is currently available as a free download online. It works on Symbian S60 2nd and 3rd edition devices. According to the company, it also plans to release a version for Windows Mobile in the near future.

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