Sanyo 7500: GPS coordinates on picture

[KG4PEQ]

Here's one for y'all to chew on. I have a Sanyo 7500 and there's an option within the camera settings to note the phone's GPS coordinates on the pictures as they are taken. I can view the coordinates when I look at the picture in the phone (going in the Edit/Details function) but I don't see a way to do anything with this information, like include it in a Picture Mail message or otherwise retrieve it when the pictures are uploaded/sent.

The manual doesn't even make mention of this feature, and the only other place I've been able to find reference to it is in a review of this phone over on Phonescoop.

Does anyone have any information on this?

[KG4PEQ]

Well that was quick. I'll post a reply to myself to satisfy everyone's curiosity: As I thought, it's stored as EXIF data within the JPEG. I just didn't know how to go about reading this data, and I finally found a way to get to it.

In this picture:

http://kg4peq.textamerica.com/?r=4215146

I got this data:

File Name 2.jpeg
Document Type JPEG Image
File Size 385367 bytes
Color Model RGB
Depth 8
DPI Height 72
DPI Width 72
Orientation 1
Pixel Height 1286
Pixel Width 966

Exif Properties

Aperture Value 3
Color Space 1
Custom Rendered 0
Date Time Digitized 2006:02:11 22:32:56
Date Time Original 2006:02:11 22:32:56
Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Exif Version 2.2
Exposure Mode 0
Exposure Time 0.025015
Flash 0
FlashPix Version 1.0
Image Unique ID 00000000000000000000000000000000
Pixel X Dimension 960
Pixel Y Dimension 1280
Related Sound File
Scene Capture Type 0
Shutter Speed Value 5.32
White Balance 0

GPS Properties

GPS Version 2.2
Latitude 37.63167
Latitude Reference N
Longitude 77.29611
Longitude Reference W

JFIF Properties

Density Unit 0
JFIF Version 1.1
X Density 1
Y Density 1

TIFF Properties

Date Time 2006:02:11 22:32:56
Make Sprint
Model MM7500
Orientation 1
Resolution Unit 2
X Resolution 72
Y Resolution 72

So there we have it.

[EDGE23]

thats old news for my 9000 :lol:

[dcauf]

"Big Brother"

[KG4PEQ]

"Big Brother"

How so?

It's an optional feature I personally happen to like.

[YPG]

This phone is awesome!

[sagamore]

I'm pretty sure that the latitude/longitude data stored with the photos are the coordinates of cell tower, not the phone. I checked the lat/long from several pictures with Google Earth and found that each time, they were exactly right ...for a cell tower nearby, but not at all near where I took the picture.