Adding geographic data to an image or street address. Such data includes latitude and longitude, although altitude and bearing (distance from North) may be included.
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- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
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- Has iPhone met its match with Nuviphone?The Nuviphone is obviously the better phone, but......it doesn't do "multi-touch" and it doesn't come from Apple.Garmin need to hire some turtle-necked demi-gods in a hurry if they want to compete in the Alice-in-Wonderland sector of the techworld.iPhone 'could' be DEADexpect for fools that...
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- PictureSync is a convenient utility that simplifies uploading images and movies to online gallery and photo sharing services, whilst preserving your valuable annotations and metadata. With one click you can use PictureSync to upload from iPhoto, Expression Media, Lightroom and Aperture, or simply using drag-and-drop from the Finder and other...
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