1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile device, user input that defines: a portion of a digital image; and a size of the portion of said digital image; wherein at least a portion of said user input is configured to adjust said size of said portion of said digital image by enlarging or reducing said size of said portion of said digital image; selecting, by said mobile device, said portion of said digital image defined by said user input as a selected portion of said digital image; identifying, by said mobile device, a geographic location where said digital image was captured; communicating, by said mobile device, with at least one external device to request and obtain, based on said geographic location, a plurality of location data instances that represent a plurality of geographic locations related to said geographic location where said digital image was captured; populating, by said mobile device and in response to said obtaining of said plurality of location data instances from said at least one external device, a list with a plurality of location options corresponding to said plurality of location data instances that represent said plurality of geographic locations related to said digital image, each of said plurality of location options capable of being selected by a user; providing, by said mobile device, said populated list for presentation to said user in a graphical user interface of said mobile device; receiving, by way of said graphical user interface of said mobile device, a user selection of a location option included in said plurality of location options within said populated list; applying, by said mobile device, a tag to said selected portion of said digital image in response to receiving said user selection of said location option, said applied tag providing an association between said selected portion of said digital image and a location data instance included in said plurality of location data instances, said location data instance corresponding to said selected location option; publishing said tagged digital image to a digital image storage and access subsystem over a network; and providing a plurality of access devices with access to said tagged digital image over said network, wherein the access includes displaying a visual indicator representative of said tag together with said digital image in a graphical user interface, wherein said visual indicator includes at least one display attribute that provides visual contrast relative to at least one non-selected portion of said digital image.