MapWith.Us unveiled today the latest product in its line of mobile applications. When Android-based phones begin to ship in the next several months, users will immediately be able to download and install MapWith.Us Mobile for Android to publish photos in real time to personal or collaborative maps on the Web.

Read the tutorial below, or check out the video demo.

The user begins by entering their MapWith.Us username and application key. This information is used to access the user’s list of mobile maps and permit photos to be uploaded directly to the Web.

With a MapWith.Us account selected, the user chooses a specific mobile map to upload their photos to. If the user has no mobile maps, a new mobile map is created for them automatically.

Before taking a photo, the user either selects an existing location or saves a new location. These locations are obtained via either the phone’s built-in GPS capabilities or its address geocoding services.

Having selected a location, the user takes advantage of the camera function to save and upload photos. GPS coordinates are sent along with the photo to correctly locate it on a map, as well as embedded into the image itself for later reference.

Uploaded pictures are automatically collected into photo albums based on time and location. The user may elect to keep the map with their photo albums private, share it with a few friends, or else publish it publicly for the whole world to see.

Also available for download: Get the video demo