Last modified: 2014-09-22 20:22:59 UTC
I'm using the Commons app on an Iphone5. The app should add lat/lon info to the exif data. Even better would be to also add the location template, but a bot also does that if this info is in the exif. At r1=84813&r2=84892">http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/tools/WikiSnaps/Classes/SourcePickerViewController.m?r1=84813&r2=84892 you can see how Derk-Jan fixed it.
Some on/off controls and/or privacy warnings might have to be around that functionality btw.
It seems that the image has lat/lon attached when it's chosen from the Photo Library (if the Camera app has been given a permission to access GPS previously): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Has_location.jpg But doesn't when a new photo is made with the Commons app: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_a_test.jpg
Hmm, this could be because we don't request location permission for the app. We'll have to double-check... we'll definitely want it for 'nearby' views and for adding current coordinates to a photo that didn't have them built in already, so if just adding that fixes this then yay. :)
As the Mobile Apps Team is focussing on the new, native Wikipedia app, the Commons app is no longer being maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. I am WONTFIXing all open Commons app bugs to reflect that we will not be spending time fixing them. For the full story, see this thread on mobile-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-September/thread.html#7974
