Windows
Phone comes with a built-in GPS receiver for showing your location on a
map and getting directions. But GPS information can also be added to
your pictures so that you know exactly where they were taken (or pretty
close, at least). It gets better. Free photo-management programs such
as Windows Live Photo Gallery and Google Picasa are designed to make
use of this embedded GPS info—or geotags—to sort your collection by location or to show where a picture was taken on a map.
1. Add Location Info
On the Start screen, flick left to the Apps list or tap the arrow.
Tap Settings.
Flick to Applications, and then tap Pictures + Camera.
Tap to turn on Include Location (GPS) Info In Pictures You Take.
If
you upload your photos to Facebook or Windows Live and don’t want
Windows Phone to automatically strip the geotags, turn on Keep Location
Info On Uploaded Pictures.
Tip:
Why wouldn’t you want to
include geotags in images you post to Facebook and other public forums?
Simple, your photo titled “Going to Hawaii for a Month!” could tip off
a thief about where you live and how long you’ll be gone. (Paranoid?
Absolutely. But it’s still possible.)
