[militia]

Hi, um, been a long time reader..but have never had to post, everyone's helpful and info is everywhere..but i searched the faq for this and couldn't find an answer..

my question is...if in the camera settings i enable geotagging..
will that solely use the gps...or will it use data?

im currently not on a BB data plan, so I'd like to know whether enabling this option and avoid extra charges...

thanks in advance =]

[prodigee]

well, gps uses data. so you're gon need the data plan, i believe.

[militia]

oh okay, see i thought i'd be solely the gps since it doesnt need to load any google map squares for example, it's just getting coordinates as far as i can tell.. but then again i dont know exactly how the geotagging works

[JSanders]

I don't believe the geotagging itself touches data. Viewing those locations in BBMaps or such, would require data.

[prodigee]

ooh... i guess i got it wrong.

[JSanders]

GPS itself, fixing your location, does not use your data package. However all you get from that is a GPS location/lat-long, etc. If you want to view where you are on a map, data needs to flow.

So you were mostly correct.

[militia]

Thank you for the reassurance, great community

[avanden]

If you want full use of GPS, it's very data intensive.

[funkym]

Originally Posted by prodigee

well, gps uses data. so you're gon need the data plan, i believe.

Perhaps you should check out this one: Does my BlackBerry GPS use my Data Plan?

[militia]

okay, so i take it, i should disable "location aiding" to be absolutely sure no data is transmitted, at least through gps usage..am i right?

[takeshi]

You should actually determine if the GPS-enabled app you're using requires data. I suspect that for geocaching/tagging that only the location is recorded as Jsanders said. Again, it depends on the app. If it's mapping your location as you tag then it probably uses data...