Nokia N95

antxxxx · #1 05-29-2007, 01:30 PM

I just found a new service that provides an application to geotag photos. Its at locr - locate your photos which is a new image sharing site like flickr.

There is a client for S60v3 that you can download from there that does work on the N95 with a few caveats.

You have to take photos using the locr application rather than the nokia built in one, and the only adjustments you can make to the photo are the photo quality - you cant change where the pictures are stored (they go to phone memory rather than memory card), exposure, flash or zoom settings

Even selecting the highest quality only gives a picture of 1600x1200.

The geolocation data seems to be held in a database used by the application rather than in exif data of the photo. This means if you upload the photo to locr using the in built application, then the location appears in locr - locate your photos, but if you get the photo off the phone any other way, then the location data in unavailable.

This app seems a great proof of concept of how to geotag photos, but currently falls short of what could be done. perhaps in a future release these issues will be fixed and then it would be great

pseudofinn · #2 05-29-2007, 04:42 PM

Kind of cool. They definately need to put more work into this- but it could be developed into something cool. It'd be great it if would just work with the built in camera app. I don't think I can do away with all the features of the Nokia software.

Mechdon · #3 05-30-2007, 04:36 AM

Hi antxxxx,

So you actually tried out the locr apps? If indeed it works exactly as what you described (i.e. pictures stored automatically in phone memory, limitations in resolution and location data not stored as exif data), then I guess it's no better than ShuZu. In fact, I agree with the comment made in the N95 blog that Nokia should make geo-tagging a standard function for the phone.

pseudofinn · #4 05-30-2007, 05:17 AM

I agree. Geotagging should have worked with transparency out of the box.

salada2k · #5 05-31-2007, 02:24 PM

If we scream loud enough maybe Nokia will hear by firmware v12..

Mourize · #6 08-14-2007, 01:49 PM

hi, i also tried locr on my nokia N95 and i must admit this is amazing. It is easy to make a picture and then is automatically geotagged. Together with a WAP Flatrate it is a perfect combination

N95Newber · #7 08-22-2007, 06:24 AM

Hows the accuracy of Locr?