Eyes on the World

Numerous location-aware technologies aim to augment image capture through use of cellular, GPS, and Wi-Fi networks. Cellular location technology may be the most promising by virtue of being both immediate and ubiquitous. Undeniably, the quality of many camera phones is currently dreadful, but they´re rapidly improving. Cell phones are inherently a location-aware technology, so camera-phone photos can easily be associated with location metadata. The diminishing cost of GPS chips enables their inclusion in digital cameras, making them location aware as well. Alternatively, external GPS devices that can be synchronized with a camera are becoming household items