Geotagging garners more ink

Geotagging promises to be a hot technology for photographers this year. The idea of attaching geographical coordinates to photos and connecting them to online maps is starting to reach the mainstream imagination as is evidenced by a story moved this weekend by Associated Press writer Anick Jesdanun.

"Devices that already support geotagging include some GPS-enabled camera phones from Sprint Nextel Corp. and a newly unveiled gadget from Pharos Science & Applications Inc.," Jesdanun writes. "High-end cameras from Nikon Corp. and Ricoh Co. can directly connect to GPS devices, while the upcoming PhotoFinder from ATP Electronics Inc. will write GPS information directly on a camera's memory card."

"And photo-sharing services like SmugMug [see photo above], Google Inc.'s Picasa and Panoramio and Yahoo Inc.'s Flickr let you manually add photos to a map," the reporter adds. "Zoom in to New York's Central Park, for instance, to find individual photos taken at Strawberry Fields and other landmarks."