Does anyone know how can I get the camera to use the GPS to store location info in the photo EXIF header? I have looked at the photo header for a photo taken by my galaxy s3 and there is no GPS related data as opposed to a photo taken by an iPhone.
Go to the camera app. Press the setting icon, scroll down to GPS Tag, check it. It may tell you to enable GPS on your phone if you haven't already....
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As above.
With Android you'll no doubt find out that we have the option, rather bring told what to do like,...... sheep
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I've been trying to disable this feature but can't seem to find where the setting is.
I'm using the camera.apk in SGS Tools.
I know I could of just turn off the GPS when taking pictures but I don't like doing that.
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Settings>Location and security> Untick "Use Wireless Networks.
Alex9090 said:
Settings>Location and security> Untick "Use Wireless Networks.
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agree, unfortunately that's the only way. Remember to turn it back on if you want local searches results from google and what not.
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Isn't use wireless network required to download agps data to get faster gps locks?
Or the other way round: does gps take longer to get a lock/fix when you turn it off?
This might seem a bit opinionated, and if so apologies beforehand......but...
I know what people's concerns are here, but they're a bit overblown. Every major photo upload service that I am aware of allows you to strip EXIF geotag data from public photo galleries. I usa Picasa to store my phone pics in the cloud, for when I need prints or need to send a pic to someone, and none of my location data is compromised, so it's like the best of both worlds.
This also includes most all of the social network services that I'm aware of (Myspace, Facebook, Twitpic, etc..). Pretty much all of these resize and/or resample and process images in their galleries and as such EXIF data gets removed.
There are some legitimate concerns with privacy and fraud regarding geotagging, but far more is being made of it than is a reality...unless you're engaging in moronic behavior in the first place which in all likelihood would mean you couldn't tell a geotag from a Geo Prism.
Android stuff is so powerful. Is there an application that can scan a picture (the face to be specific) and search the web for more pics of that person? Google Goggles kinda sorts does it but it only finds the exact same picture and maybe has a name. I'd like to just scan somebody and find more of her. An accuracy range of at least 50% would be OK. Ty
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Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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Well yes, but it's never been on by default (in the camera) and that message is generic, and not exactly intended for the camera.
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Another warning is that by default the pictures are set to only 6 megapixels. When you enable widescreen it simply crops down an 8mp picture to the resolution of a 6mp one
I've been using quickpic as my default viewer. Looking through the options, there are none to do anything with exif data when sharing. I've been in contact with the author to hopefully add a setting to preferences.
Something along the lines of
Strip gps exif data when sharing
* always
* never
* prompt
This would be the ideal solution. I'd probably leave mine on prompt since I only really share to dropbox. But still, any pic that is shared publicly should probably have gps data removed.
Obscuracam strips all of the exif data by default when you use it to take pictures. Not sure if when open already taken pictures and strip them, kinda seems like that when I opened one and then saved it, it asked me if I wanted to keep the original.
Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
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Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
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This!
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While it is true you can disable this feature, the point of this thread was to inform folks that it's on by default.
Please refer to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691756
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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best buy mobile removed mine for me, so I never read it...
Hey, I was reading before 'somewhere' here on xda about an app for locating a lost/stolen phone. Does anyone have any recommendations so that I may find that one app. Ty
Android Lost. I personally think it's better than where's my droid simply because it has more options as well as stealth options like, for example, hiding the app on the phone incase someone steals it and wants to delete such a program.
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+1 on Android lost
The ability to remotely control the phone is amazing. Make it ring, make it talk, make the front and rear camera shoot and show you what it sees.
I really like how you can set so when the person with your phone hit's the OK button, it takes their photo with the front facing camera.
+2 on that used it to find my kids phone that was took at school worked like a champ for me
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Is there another forum anywhere on the internet where a question like mine might be answered?
Thank you.
My App scans book barcodes (the camera searches, recognizes, and then decodes the barcode).
When all the book barcodes are the same distance from the camera, the App is very fast!
But when I set a book down to grab another book, the camera loses focus and then the autofocus has to take FOREVER (several seconds) to search for the next barcode.
QUESTION: What are some things that can be tweaked? Is there a way to alter other settings (e.g. "aperature" or whatever) so that EVERYTHING is in focus (so the autofocus doesn't have to search and search and search to find the next book barcode)?
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My App scans book barcodes (the camera searches, recognizes, and then decodes the barcode).
When all the book barcodes are the same distance from the camera, the App is very fast!
But when I set a book down to grab another book, the camera loses focus and then the autofocus has to take FOREVER (several seconds) to search for the next barcode.
QUESTION: What are some things that can be tweaked? Is there a way to alter other settings (e.g. "aperature" or whatever) so that EVERYTHING is in focus (so the autofocus doesn't have to search and search and search to find the next book barcode)?
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I wanted to add that I'm trying to think "out of the box" so if there's anyone with any ideas, no matter how far out, please let me know!!