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jojo99:
You guys may want to read this article on potential security risks with goetagging:
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When Web Photos Reveal More Than You Intend
By KATE MURPHY
Published: August 11, 2010

When Adam Savage, host of the popular science program "Mythbusters," posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house, he let his fans know much more than that he drove a Toyota Land Cruiser.


Adam Savage, host of the popular science program "Mythbusters," posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house that was geotagged.

Embedded in the image was a geotag, a bit of data providing the longitude and latitude of where the photo was taken. Hence, he revealed exactly where he lived. And since the accompanying text was "Now it's off to work," potential thieves knew he would not be at home.

Security experts and privacy advocates have recently begun warning about the potential dangers of geotags, which are embedded in photos and videos taken with GPS-equipped smartphones and digital cameras. Because the location data is not visible to the casual viewer, the concern is that many people may not realize it is there; and they could be compromising their privacy, if not their safety, when they post geotagged media online.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/technology/personaltech/12basics.html

skwire:
Great idea, and I'd love this utility to work for me, but its operation at present is inconsistent.-lothark (August 14, 2010, 01:42 AM)
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Thanks for the feedback.  I have the lat/lon issue fixed but I'm still working on the other one.

umeca74:
when I first saw this post, I thought I wasted my time creating a shell extension to do just the same thing!
www.zabkat.com/blog/show-on-map-explorer-menu.htm

however it seems that this GeoLocate.exe tool has a bug with pictures in the southern hemisphere, e.g. a pic from Sydney shows up next to Hawaii!? Looks like it gets the negative longitude and latitude coordinates with the wrong sign. Anyway, the tool I made works as expected, regardless of the location of the pictures

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