The iPhone as a GPS logger
Engadget ran a rumor today that Apple may be interested in turning the iPhone 3G into a GPS logger. These devices are not new. You can buy a GPS logger from Amazon today for under $100..
The way they these devices work is by logging where you are at any given point in time. Then, by matching up the time stamp on a photo taken with a separate camera that is presumed to be in the same location as the logger, you can figure out the location of a photo taken on the camera.
The problem with these devices is workflow of course. But by putting the GPS logger into your phone, which you already carry, and creating a conduit (hopefully wireless) to iPhoto, which you might already use, the data would come “for free” in terms of your workflow. Clever little idea.
Still, it seems to me that if Apple just put a better camera into the phone, separate point and shoot cameras would be needed far less often.
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