Geotagging, Geocoding and Geopegging

Are you coming across these words for the first time?? All related to inserting geographical information into different types of digital content on the internet using maps such as yahoo maps,google maps and google earth applications. Geotagging: A process to insert tags related to geographic information such as latitude,longitude and altitude into various types of files These tags are plain XML metadata tags which are inserted in HTML files,RSS feeds,photos and images.This feature of tagging is already available in Flickr website (under the organiser option). A very handy tool to pin all your photos using a map(yahoo map).These photos can be shared over the yahoo maps for everyones viewing or it can be restricted for your use. Please take a look at this video on how to geotag on flickr. Flickr only allows you to geotag and link with Yahoo Maps but for those of you who are interested in tagging your photos using google earth , you may visit Geobloogers,trippermap and GMif websites. References : Flickrmap | Makezine tutorial | Flickrmap Video tutorial Geocoding : This is a similar process but includes additional tags such as postal address , location name etc in addition to the latitute ,longitute and altitude Geopegging : This is method to insert geotags into the jpeg /other photo files using software apis and similar techniques. An interesting article on geopegging by Joshua Trupin,editor of the MSDN magazine in Apr 2007 edition. Here he talks of geotagging using a piece of software (geopegger 1.0)which he has developed.a very interesting article for those who wants to know, how this information is tagged to the photo graphs References: MSDN Magazine article