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In my previous post, I claimed that iPhoto was the culprit behind the mangling of the GPS coordinates embedded in my photographs. The problem likely lies in the Core Image library used throughout Mac OS X.
To see if other image editing applications exhibited the same geotagging flaw, I used a jpg right off of my camera and rotated and saved it in Preview, Apple’s default image viewer. This demonstration shows that the method used to write .jpg files alters the GPS coordinates stored in the EXIF metadata. (more…)

AppleInsider has a tip that the upcoming version of Mac OS X, dubbed “Snow Leopard” will incorporate the GPS and location-based services library from the iPhone into the laptop/desktop version of the operating service.

They postulate that “CoreLocation will utilize a Mac’s existing networking hardware to triangulate the system’s location in a manner similar to the way the original iPhone was able to use the technology to emulate a true global positioning signal.” Is the inclusion of GPS into future Apple laptops too foreign a concept? I’m holding out for the GPS-enabled Macbook Mini, a netbook running OS X smaller than the current offerings. With more and more location-based applications (BrightKite, Google Latitude) for mobile phones being released each day, why wouldn’t Apple start looking into including GPS into its computers?

via SlashGeo

Gizmodo has an interesting exchange between one of their bloggers and the developer of an iPhone App that’s designed to help you steal other iPhone apps. He’s upset that Gizmodo linked to a cracked version, not his official version. Oh, the ironing is delicious.

A Mac OS X version of the Google Earth browser plugin was released yesterday. It’s available for both Intel and PowerPC Macintoshes.