ShareKit/ShareKit — Issue #241: Flickr - Unable to send GPS Exif data with the photo
Author: demoend
Created: 2012-02-19 20:14:16+00:00
State: open

Flickr allows a photo with GPS data to be shown on a map. The user may need to configure their account first to handle photos with GPS data. And, I think that this may only work well when the photo is marked as public. Then the photo shows up automatically on the map and the user does not have to manually pick a location the photo was taken.

Currently the Flickr share in ShareKit does not support sending the exif data along with the photo. It only supports sending a image. The other advantage of sending the exif is that if the photo has a description in the exif, then Flickr will show it.

it's an easy fix, I'm just not that savvy with git to feel that I won't screw things up.

My modifications to the Flickr share allow me to just set the data like...
NSData* fileData = [[NSMutableData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:urlToMyPhoto;
[shareItem setData:fileData];

Also, in my code I've automatically set the data in the form that prompts the user for the title / description / tags.
Where item.title is the title, item.text is the description

Well, perhaps someone could add this so everyone can utilize it?

Let me know if you have any questions about the changes I made to my local copy of the ShareKit.

Thanks,
Brian.