Gps on Evan Hoffman

Disabling (or enabling) geotagging of photos in iPhone camera

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:48:23 +0000

Some people may not be aware that photos taken with the iPhone camera have the GPS coordinates of your location embedded in the EXIF metadata of the file. This means that when you post the picture online or send it to someone, you’re letting them know where you were at a certain place and time. If you’re ok with that then there’s no problem. But if you want to disable it, it’s pretty simple.

Facebook for iPhone - "Places" hangs on "Locating you..."

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:00:38 +0000

I decided to see how “Places” stacked up with Foursquare. I reactivated my Facebook account and reinstalled the iPhone app. Went to “Places” and clicked “Check In,” and… nothing. It mentioned something about turning on Location Services. I know I already have that enabled because other apps are using it without problem. Turns out you need to enable Location Services explicitly:

First, go to the Settings app and select General:

Facebook for iPhone - "Places" hangs on "Locating you..."

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:00:38 +0000

First, go to the Settings app and select General: