Saving Geotag info with photo on iOS4.1

Anomie's response in Swift 4.0:

func getGPSDictionaryForLocation(location:CLLocation) -> [String:AnyObject] {

    var gps = [String:AnyObject]()

    var latitude = location.coordinate.latitude

    if(latitude < 0){
        latitude = -latitude
        gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitudeRef as String] = "S" as AnyObject

    }else{
        gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitudeRef as String] = "N" as AnyObject
    }

    gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitude as String] = latitude as AnyObject


    var longitude = location.coordinate.longitude

    if(longitude < 0){
        longitude = -longitude
        gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitudeRef as String] = "W" as AnyObject
    }else{
        gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitudeRef as String] = "E" as AnyObject
    }

    gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitude as String] = longitude as AnyObject

    gps[kCGImagePropertyGPSAltitude as String] = location.altitude as AnyObject

    return gps
}

Class to Write GPS Data to Meta-Data.

class GeoTagImage {

  /// Writes GPS data into the meta data.
  /// - Parameters:
  ///   - data: Coordinate meta data will be written to the copy of this data.
  ///   - coordinate: Cooordinates to write to meta data.
  static func mark(_ data: Data, with coordinate: Coordinate) -> Data {
    var source: CGImageSource? = nil
    source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((data as CFData?)!, nil)
    // Get all the metadata in the image
    let metadata = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source!, 0, nil) as? [AnyHashable: Any]
    // Make the metadata dictionary mutable so we can add properties to it
    var metadataAsMutable = metadata
    var EXIFDictionary = (metadataAsMutable?[(kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary as String)]) as? [AnyHashable: Any]
    var GPSDictionary = (metadataAsMutable?[(kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary as String)]) as? [AnyHashable: Any]

    if !(EXIFDictionary != nil) {
      // If the image does not have an EXIF dictionary (not all images do), then create one.
      EXIFDictionary = [:]
    }
    if !(GPSDictionary != nil) {
      GPSDictionary = [:]
    }

    // add coordinates in the GPS Dictionary
    GPSDictionary![(kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitude as String)] = coordinate.latitude
    GPSDictionary![(kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitude as String)] = coordinate.longitude
    EXIFDictionary![(kCGImagePropertyExifUserComment as String)] = "Raw Image"

    // Add our modified EXIF data back into the image’s metadata
    metadataAsMutable!.updateValue(GPSDictionary!, forKey: kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary)
    metadataAsMutable!.updateValue(EXIFDictionary!, forKey: kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary)

    // This is the type of image (e.g., public.jpeg)
    let UTI: CFString = CGImageSourceGetType(source!)!

    // This will be the data CGImageDestinationRef will write into
    let dest_data = NSMutableData()
    let destination: CGImageDestination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData(dest_data as CFMutableData, UTI, 1, nil)!
    // Add the image contained in the image source to the destination, overidding the old metadata with our modified metadata
    CGImageDestinationAddImageFromSource(destination, source!, 0, (metadataAsMutable as CFDictionary?))

    // Tells the destination to write the image data and metadata into our data object.
    // It will return false if something goes wrong
    _ = CGImageDestinationFinalize(destination)

    return (dest_data as Data)
  }

  /// Prints the Meta Data from the Data.
  /// - Parameter data: Meta data will be printed of this object.
  static func logMetaData(from data: Data) {
    if let imageSource = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(data as CFData, nil) {
      let imageProperties = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(imageSource, 0, nil)
      if let dict = imageProperties as? [String: Any] {
        print(dict)
      }
    }
  }
}

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
    UIImage *picture = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(picture);
    CGImageSourceRef sourceRef = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((__bridge CFDataRef)imageData, NULL);
    CFStringRef UTI = CGImageSourceGetType(sourceRef);
    NSMutableData *destinationData = [NSMutableData data];
    CGImageDestinationRef destination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData((__bridge CFMutableDataRef)destinationData, UTI, 1, NULL);
    NSMutableDictionary *metadata = [[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:(__bridge NSDictionary *)CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(sourceRef, 0, NULL)] autorelease];
    
    CGFloat latitude = 54.7;
    CGFloat longitude = 25.3;
    CGFloat altitude = 100.5;
    
    NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    [dictionary setObject:@(latitude) forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitude];
    [dictionary setObject:@(longitude) forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitude];
    [dictionary setObject:@(altitude) forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSAltitude];
    
    [metadata setObject:dictionary forKey:(NSString *)kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary];
    
    CGImageDestinationAddImageFromSource(destination, sourceRef, 0, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef)metadata);
    
    BOOL success = CGImageDestinationFinalize(destination);
    
    if (success)
    {
        [[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{
            PHAssetCreationRequest *request = [PHAssetCreationRequest creationRequestForAsset];
            [request addResourceWithType:PHAssetResourceTypePhoto data:imageData options:nil];
        } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error)
         {
            if (error)
            {
                NSLog(@"Error : %@",error);
            }
        }];
    }
    
    CFRelease(destination);
    CFRelease(sourceRef);
}