Eye-Fi, maker of wireless SD cards and online photo sharing site SmugMug have joined forces to provide free geotagging and hotspot access for their users. We reviewed the original Eye-Fi Card (now called Eye-Fi Share) late last year, and enjoyed the convenience of uploading photos from a camera directly to online photo sites and our hard drive without using a cable or card reader. Since then, Eye-Fi has expanded their line with the Eye-Fi Explore, a card that automatically geotags all of your photos and offers the same Wi-Fi capabilities.

This partnership means that users of the original Eye-Fi Card will be able to geotag their own photos without upgrading their card. All Eye-Fi users have to do is associate a SmugMug account with their Eye-Fi account, and they'll get a free year of geotagging and photo uploads on-the-go from more than 10,000 Wayport hotspots. SmugMug will geotag your photos and then display them in Google Maps. (You can find examples on maps.SmugMug.com.) This deal is available through the end of the year for both new and existing SmugMug members. Memberships for the site start at $39.95/year. SmugMug also has an geotagging iPhone app called SmugShot that works with the iPhone's built-in camera.