Geotag Photos app blog

We have good day today. Our geotagging app Geotag Photos 2.5 was approved and that’s not all, what we wanted to announce today!

Have you wonder, why is list of trips with GPX export on Geotagphotos.net so ugly? So we did. And we decided to change it. And as the result is completely new functionality of Geotag Photos web, that will really enhance your possibilities of trips management.

I think, that video is better than 1000 words . So that look on it & then login to your Geotagphotos.net with your account, this functionality is enabled for all users now.

If you want to read, what is new, here is it:

• new cool table with all of your trips. Easy to search for any trip and easy to go thought long list of trips
• click on trip name and you can look on your trip on the map!
• somebody of us wanted to delete the trips – now this function is here
• GPX export was improved as well – now if you export only one trip, the filename will be same, as the name of the trip (and not that ugly name gpxexport.gpx as before)

Maybe you will also notice other small improvements of web, you can find direct links to the user guide and blog on the top of each page and we also fixed bug, that avoid to execute login for just by pressing “Enter” key (this problem was in latest Google Chrome and Internet Explorer).

So that have a nice weekend and don’t forgot to give us feedback! As usually, we will implement most of feature requests, that you write to us.

Yours,

Jindrich & Jan Sarson

Actually, it took shorter time, than we expected. Reason for this was bug in version 2.11, that made Geotag Photos less accurate, that we (and you) expected (in fact, there were used some debug settings by mistake). We kindly asked Apple for expedited review and result from this is new version of our iPhone geotagging solution available today.

We already wrote about new features  in this article. But we added few more things during  beta testing period:

• possibility to switch map view to satellite or hybrid view
• support for hi-res Retina display on iPhone 4
• support for altitude information in GPX export

Maybe you will also note of app name change – because we have lite version, we decided to change of full version to “Geotag Photos Pro”. We spent almost 2 months with preparing of this version and we hope, that you will enjoy it. Lite version of Geotag Photos 2.5 will be available within a week.

But this is not latest news today . Yes, we have another surprise for you today, but give us few more hours, until we release it. We will write about it on this blog for sure.

Yours,

Jindrich and Jan, authors of Geotag Photos

It took longer, that we expected – but finally, we sent new version of Geotag Photos to AppStore. Maybe you wonder, why it took so long, when we have almost finished version 3 weeks ago? The reason for this is, that we decided to release beta version to allow test Geotag Photos more that 30 users and hear their feedback, before we release it to public.

We think, that it was worth of it. We got beta testers, that tested Geotag Photos in really remote areas (like Sumatra in Indonesia or Myanmar) and we were able to improve our code to work best even in those situations. We also added few more features – like possibility to switch map type in map view screen.

We hope, that from this delay will benefit you – users. So what is new and noteworthy in Geotag Photos 2.5:

• GPX export through iTunes or Email – no need to upload your data, if you don’t want to use our geotagging desktop application
• Trip operations screen with possibility to rename / delete whole trip and export it as well
• Improved Map View screen with nicer track view and possibility to switch between normal / satellite and hybrid view of map
• Improved GPS core – more accurate and more energy saving in some situations
• Improved timezone support - now we display all trips with local time + timezone offset, if it is different from current timezone
• plenty of small bugfixes and tiny feature improvements, that should make your life with Geotag Photos better

So that thanks to all beta testers – you provided us really valuable feedback. And keep your fingers crossed to be Geotag Photos 2.5 approved quickly (now is unfortunately waiting period longer that a week ).

Your,

Jindrich & Jan, authors of Geotag Photos

As we wrote in previous post, we are finishing our Geotag Photos 2.5 for iPhone. As we rewrote of significant part of Geotag Photos, we want to be sure, that everything works, as you expected. Therefore we decided to create beta version, that is available just now for fist 20 users, that will want to try this version and also want to provide us feedback from this version. Every participant will receive then free iTunes promo code for full version of Geotag Photos, or if you already have it, for any application that we’ve developed – your choice.

If you want to try new shiny version of Geotag Photos (sure for free), you need to:

1. Check your iPhone unique UDID. We need it to prepare beta version for your iPhone. It is easy, there is free app for this. Or you can check it through iTunes, if you want. look at this article.
2. Apply for beta – just simply fill this form. Only what we need from you is your email and UDID.
3. We will send you then email with Geotag Photos application. Only you have to do is to open attachment file with iTunes and synchronize it with your iPhone

We can include only limited amount of users into beta program, so that if you want to be part of it and try the newest, what we do, please apply quickly! Please note – it is beta version and it can have bugs, some features that will be in final version are not yet there or so.

And what is new in Geotag Photos 2.5?

• totally rewritten GPS logging core – uses less battery, is more flexible
• GPX export through email or iTunes (using file sharing function of iTunes)
• better timezones support
• trip actions
• and hundreds of on first look invisible changes, that just makes app better

You can look at this article, where are new features described in detail.

Update:

Thanks to all participants, we already have enough beta testers, so that beta program is closed for public. But – if you are blogger or works in news, you can apply to our Beta program for press. Apply NOW!

Yours,

Jindrich & Jan Sarson, authors of Geotag Photos