offsky Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 Please pardon the flagrant self promotion of our new website, but we are in need of some beta testers. The site is www.GeoSnapper.com Its related to geocaching, in that you use a GPS to find places to visit, but the focus is on photography. The idea is that you take an interesting photograph and upload the picture and coordinates to the website. Now, other people can find this interesting place or thing and take a picture for themselves if they want. For example, you are hiking in the mountains and find an abandoned mine that nobody knows about. Snap a photo, mark the coordinates and share the spot with everyone else. For example, you found a really interesting angle to snap a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge. Share the spot so other photographers can go there and take their own photo from that vantage point. For example, snap a photo of your favorite restaurants so people visiting your area will know were to eat. The site has just been released to the public for beta testing. We would appreciate any feedback on how to make our site better. Thanks, Jake & Tom GeoSnapper.com Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 Hey! A site for all you locationless aficionados! Now we can put them somewhere where they fit. Seriously. I like this idea. Jamie Quote Link to comment
bigRahn Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Sounds like a good site. It's almost stealing my next million dollar idea. I was thinking of a camera, that besides having the date/time stamp, you can have it stamp your picture with the location, so 5 years down the road, you remember where the picture was taken. Now, to go find an investor.... Quote Link to comment
offsky Posted November 10, 2002 Author Share Posted November 10, 2002 Yeah, I've been dying for a camera with a build in GPS. Someday... When this comes out it will make GeoSnapper.com really easy to use. Its not too difficult now, but it could be easier. -Jake Quote Link to comment
+Team Lightfoot Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 I've never used this, but it might work until those cameras come out.GPS Photo Quote Link to comment
Team Bohica Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Team Lightfoot:I've never used this, but it might work until those cameras come out.http://www.geospatialexperts.com/gpsphotolink.html A great looking idea if it weren't for the $229 price tag. Ow! The Bohican -- Welcome to nowhere.nu. Now go home! Quote Link to comment
offsky Posted November 12, 2002 Author Share Posted November 12, 2002 Id like to point out that GeoSnapper.com is totally free and includes most of the functionality of the $229 product mentioned above. -Jake Quote Link to comment
+DougsBrat Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by offsky:Id like to point out that http://www.geosnapper.com/ is totally free and includes most of the functionality of the $229 product mentioned above. -Jake I looked at geosnapper.com and it looks great a place to post geo ref'ed pics, but unless I missed something there is no program to take a photo and tracklog and create a new pic & or web page with the coords overlayed. or did I miss it somewhere?? No matter where you go... There you are! NTGA member Quote Link to comment
+Upham Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 I tried to join in but I ran into a problem. I can't post. I wanted to ask how to get some pics in but I can't even though I registered I couldn't sign in. Maybe there's a waiting period? I guess I'll check back later. Rut Quote Link to comment
offsky Posted November 14, 2002 Author Share Posted November 14, 2002 GeoSnapper will overlay your waypoints on top of a generated map. Check out this deep link. Also, we have some software that is not quite ready yet (remember the site is still in beta), but when its ready, it will enable you to upload a tracklog and then upload photos and it will correlate the photos automatically with the tracklog based on timestamps and it will overlay this all on top of a generated map. So yes, when the website gets out of beta, it will do most of what the software package above does. The message boards on GeoSnapper have been fixed, so you can post now. Sorry for the inconvienence. -Jake GeoSnapper.com Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 quote:Originally posted by offsky:...it will enable you to upload a tracklog and then upload photos and it will correlate the photos automatically with the tracklog based on timestamps and it will overlay this all on top of a generated map. That's some very cool tech, and a nice looking site. My only concern is your budget for disk space. You might want to incorporate a 'challenge' feature into the sight, similar to locationless caches, where people post a subject that they would like pictures of, and then people find the subject and then link them back to the challenge request, thus building up themed albums. I guess I'll have to register and give the site a workout. Also, if this is to be a free site, I'd be glad to offer my services for free. I have a reasonable amout of experience with php/MySQL since I use that on my home site. --Marky "Everyone spends time in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
offsky Posted January 19, 2003 Author Share Posted January 19, 2003 GeoSnapper now supports tracklog uploading. When you upload the tracklog and photo, the site will automatically match up the coordinates by using the timestamp in the photo and tracklog. Current limitations are that your camera and GPS must have their clocks set to within 1 minute of each other. A future version will allow for time-shifting. Also, the 2 tracklog formats currently supported are the Garmin MapSource text output and the MacGPS Pro tracklog file. More formats will follow. GeoSnapper is nearly out of its beta testing phase. Thanks for all the help many of you have provided so for. Thanks, -Jake GeoSnapper Quote Link to comment
+Mojesic Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by bigRahn:Sounds like a good site. It's almost stealing my next million dollar idea. I was thinking of a camera, that besides having the date/time stamp, you can have it stamp your picture with the location, so 5 years down the road, you remember where the picture was taken. Now, to go find an investor.... What I want to see is a voice-activated GPS/video cell phone/camera/PDA/universal TV remote/garage door opener that I can wear on my wrist. And I'd like it gold-plated. Quote Link to comment
+JDan150 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Just found the site the other day. Verry cool Thanks for all the work you did. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I looked at geosnapper.com and it looks great a place to post geo ref'ed pics, but unless I missed something there is no program to take a photo and tracklog and create a new pic & or web page with the coords overlayed. or did I miss it somewhere?? Yup, you missed it Scroll up to Team Lightfoot's post: http://www.geospatialexperts.com/gpsphotolink.html Quote Link to comment
+GeckoGeek Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yup, you missed it Scroll up to Team Lightfoot's post: *Gag* $229??? Quote Link to comment
+whereRU Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hey folks, you can already do all this cool stuff with Quakemap software. Go to quakemap.com and check it out. I have aerial photos, overlayed track routes, all linked to my digital photos. Quakemap is very cool, and guess what, FREE! Quote Link to comment
+quakemap Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Well, the FREE part is only partially correct (it won't die on you but will "spoil" aerial map with grey squares after 20 days). But the $10 full license is not that much anyway. Thanks for the kind words, WhereRU! Quote Link to comment
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