Saving Geotag info with photo on iOS4.1

Question

I am having major issues trying to save a photo to camera roll with geotag info on iOS4.1. I am using following ALAssetsLibrary API:

- (void)writeImageDataTo         


        

Answer 1

Here is code to copy all available information from a CLLocation object into the proper format for a GPS metadata dictionary:

- (NSDictionary *)getGPSDictionaryForLocation:(CLLocation *)location {
    NSMutableDictionary *gps = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];

    // GPS tag version
    [gps setObject:@"2.2.0.0" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSVersion];

    // Time and date must be provided as strings, not as an NSDate object
    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [formatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"];
    [formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]];
    [gps setObject:[formatter stringFromDate:location.timestamp] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSTimeStamp];
    [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy:MM:dd"];
    [gps setObject:[formatter stringFromDate:location.timestamp] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSDateStamp];
    [formatter release];

    // Latitude
    CGFloat latitude = location.coordinate.latitude;
    if (latitude < 0) {
        latitude = -latitude;
        [gps setObject:@"S" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitudeRef];
    } else {
        [gps setObject:@"N" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitudeRef];
    }
    [gps setObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:latitude] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitude];

    // Longitude
    CGFloat longitude = location.coordinate.longitude;
    if (longitude < 0) {
        longitude = -longitude;
        [gps setObject:@"W" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitudeRef];
    } else {
        [gps setObject:@"E" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitudeRef];
    }
    [gps setObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:longitude] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitude];

    // Altitude
    CGFloat altitude = location.altitude;
    if (!isnan(altitude)){
        if (altitude < 0) {
            altitude = -altitude;
            [gps setObject:@"1" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSAltitudeRef];
        } else {
            [gps setObject:@"0" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSAltitudeRef];
        }
        [gps setObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:altitude] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSAltitude];
    }

    // Speed, must be converted from m/s to km/h
    if (location.speed >= 0){
        [gps setObject:@"K" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSSpeedRef];
        [gps setObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:location.speed*3.6] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSSpeed];
    }

    // Heading
    if (location.course >= 0){
        [gps setObject:@"T" forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSTrackRef];
        [gps setObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:location.course] forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSTrack];
    }

    return gps;
}

Assign the dictionary returned by this method as the value for the kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary key in the metadata dictionary you pass to writeImageDataToSavedPhotosAlbum:metadata:completionBlock: or CGImageDestinationAddImage().