This topic has been getting some buzz lately regarding posting pics from smartphones on line to a site like photobucket. The location of photo becomes public knowledge, good reason to disable gps feature for photos.

That's kind of scarey !

Thats been known for quite a while, thanks for sharing to those that didnt know. I dont allow anyone in my family to post any pics of my children, they all think my wife and I are paranoid. I would rather be paranoid than sorry.

Me and my wife don't even have have a facebook account and the only pics are on this site half the time my gps doesn't work because I live and fish in the sticks

GPS doesn't have much to do with your location. There is a GPS signal in the middle of the ocean.

Get an EXIF editor and strip the GPS data off the photo. If you carry a phone, you can be found. Even if you're phone is off, you can be found. Pulling the battery is the only way to cut off your coordinates.

I just looked at a pic I just took of my son and for the location its a address 15 miles from here on a road I never go down.

Clayton - Are using a GSM provider (ATT, T-mobile?) They sometimes will triangulate your position with the towers if the GPS signal isn't great... It's usually way off if it can't pick up three towers (Then it's not triangulating HA, but can still give you a general idea of position with 2 or even 1 tower).

I tested with several of my own pics, google mapped it probably no more than 10'. On my smart phone (camera settings) I can disable storing the location of the photo so the gps does not appear anywhere, I tested that as well.

I have read some of the newer cameras, no phone, have the ability to store your gps location as well, mine is not new enough, but all of the exif info is available.

Clayton - Are using a GSM provider (ATT, T-mobile?) They sometimes will triangulate your position with the towers if the GPS signal isn't great... It's usually way off if it can't pick up three towers (Then it's not triangulating HA, but can still give you a general idea of position with 2 or even 1 tower).

I use verizon its never been right I noticed a while ago cuz I use it to keep my fishing log the pic will tell me the exact time and date but the locations have never been close but if I pull up the map its usually dead on

So, if I leave the GPS set off on the camera, I can safely drop my kids off at the playground with the white panel van parked in front?

People that intentionally hurt children are usually people they know, not strangers on the internet.