Gps pre-acquisition for geotagging digital photos

A mobile electronic device comprising:

• a digital camera for capturing an image;
• a user interface;
• a position-determining subsystem;
• and
• a processor that is configured to:
• detect, via the user interface, user activity with respect to the digital camera;
• in response to detecting the user activity and prior to initiating capture of an image using the digital camera:
• determine whether current position data for a current position of the device is currently available from the position-determining subsystem;
• and
• if the current position data is not currently available, initiate, by the position-determining subsystem of the mobile device, acquisition of the current position data for the current position of the device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable code which, when executed on a processor of a mobile electronic device comprising a digital camera, a position-determining subsystem, and a user interface, causes the device to:

• detect, by the mobile device via the user interface, user activity with respect to the digital camera of the device;
• and
• in response to detecting the user activity and prior to initiating capture of an image using the digital camera:
• determine whether current position data for a current position of the device is currently available from the position-determining subsystem;
• and
• if the current position data is not currently available, initiate, by the position-determining subsystem of the mobile device, acquisition of current position data for the current position of the device.