Geotagging is a nice feature on the internet because it allows you to let people know where and when you took a picture, if you are at a popular site, or at a public or private event. However, there ...

Nowadays, whenever we go out or eat at a nice restaurant, we immediately take pictures and post them on social media. Often, ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Lost amid Thursday’s Chrome OS hype was the official launch of Twitter’s geotagging feature. Twitter’s newest feature allows you to embed your location in the 140-character mess ages you send out to ...

Global Positioning System satellite technology (better known as GPS) is embedded into so many of the devices we use today for location purposes, that we sometimes take it for granted. From using it to ...

We’ve written about Twitter’s upcoming Tweet geotagging a couple of times, but with news on how excited it’s got Twitter developers, maybe it’s time to wonder: Is geotagging Twitter’s killer feature?

Cell phones have become the mother of all convergence devices, combining dozens of functions formerly found separately or on PCs. Which leads one to ask: What’s next? What technology will they ...

Geotagging. It's not exactly a long, lost art, but it's certainly not something most folks bother to do after a trip. Avid travelers, hikers and the general outdoorsy crowd have been embracing the ...

Geotagged photos are increasingly the norm. Our smartphones, some new cameras, Eye-Fi cards (in wi-fi range), and other gadgets add the latitude and longitude to the “EXIF” metadata found in most ...

Adding location data to images is a pain right now, but geotagging is worth it, and it'll get easier. Here are my warnings and a wish list. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...