Sun 15 Oct 2006
OMG! I must be living in the dark ages or something, as I didn’t realize that you can tag location on a photo, and Flickr will then map the location for you.
I’m going to ‘need’ a GPS enabled camera, as this looks fun. I wonder if the Garmin Forerunner 305 can store points to be retrieved later, when I need the info. If yes, then I won’t need a GPS enabled camera after all. Oh, that watch should be on my wish list as well 
October 18th, 2006 at 8:52 am
For what is worth, there are plenty of programs to associate your GPS data with your photos.
BUT the real question is do you really want to display that in public as you just did in that photo. There are very important privacy issues by geolocalizing photos.
For people you are taking into photos, for people you are visiting the house, for yourself.
Use case scenario: You post photos of your house with GPS information, then everyone knows on Google where you live with a precision of a few meters.
Later on, on your weblog, you announced you go to vacation. The house is empty. Message: “Hey you out of there, come to rob my house”.
At least it would not be an issue, if it’s really your choice. But if you do that with a friend’s house who has in the room interesting pieces of things to steal. Or if you take this cute girl (let’s say teenager) on the beach and she’s being tracked by a pervert.
Mash-ups are not only working for the good usage, it is working also for bad usage.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:42 am
I’d geotag an image of an interesting place. Not where my house is located. Anyway, Flickr’s got some interesting options when geotagging. For example, you can have a public photo, but the location is private to either friends or family.
I’m just wondering if the location data is in the EXIF tags, would Flickr strip it out?
November 13th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Hmmm. Is this Singapore? I knew about this but didn’t bother since Google Maps coverage of Singapore is yucky - read the Punggol area is a low-res blob of imagery captured more than 5 years ago! Really….
November 13th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
You ah, if you clicked on the map and went to the flickr page. You can zoom out and see that the photos are from Australia.