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Since geolocation info is usually preserved when I share a photo from my iPhone, I was wondering what the simplest way is to remove this geolocation info from an existing picture.
To be clear: I don't want to take a new photo, and I don't want to disable the option that geotags my photos. I just want to take an existing photo, remove the location info (e.g. by duplicating it, while retaining the original size), and then send it to a friend.
You could check out CloudApp. It started out on desktop but there are a couple good mobile clients as well, namely Stratus and Cloud2go.
These apps don't do any sort of editing. But CloudApp's backend automatically scales images when viewing on a screen that's too small to display them at their native size. Additionally, they provide a 'direct link' option for embedding images directly.
This is a feature usually only offered by professional photo software. Removing metadata (like EXIF or GPS) requires an additional step by the one that wants to share his/her photograph.
Aperture for example offers to export picture as either an original or a version. When you choose to export a version the meta- and gps-data is removed from the original.
I know from experience that sharing via the following options does not remove these and from pictures:
Here's what the metadata of an export as original look like:
Here's what the metadata of an export as version by Aperture look like. This is an exported version of the same original. The data will differ depending on the export options for a version.
Best Answer
There's an App called GeoZapper ($1-$2) (or a free, limited Lite version), which will remove geolocation info from pictures.
If you know of any other apps or alternative methods to remove this info, please post them.