Downloading photos
I've just taken 130 photos along a track log with notes associated with the photos for a biological survey. I've been trying to download these georeferenced photos so I can use them. Is there really no way to do this if user was on a android pixel? Why would anyone want to use the app to take photos if the user can't access the photos or notes in the photo attribute field? I still don't believe it. I just assumed that would be the main functionality - collect data and then be able to access it. Still holding out hope.
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Hi,
You can download your photos after the sync to your account on gaiagps.com.
Each photo will be associated with a waypoint - and the waypoint holds the location and notes information.
What program were you hoping to open the photos in after downloading them?
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Thanks, I figured that out. I am still downloading my photos one at a time though. I 'filed to folder' the waypoints with photos from the field visit. In this folder I click on 'view all 123 photos', this opens up the slide show mode, then I try and find a photo that I haven't downloaded yet because the slide show mode doesn't sort my photos by time taken, then I click 'Larger photo', which opens a new tab in my browser and loads the photo, then I click 'save image as' and rather than preserving the name that I originally assigned to the waypoint, the default is something like '85790df95b828b59a08b338dfcf4c2c86f530303.jpg'.
I can download the waypoints as a kml, and the waypoint name I gave the photo is preserved in this download. It's not clear how to get the notes from the kml to be associated with the photo again though. Unless I do a spatial join in ArcGIS or manually add the photos to the point file with notes. My current strategy is to continue downloading these photos - navigating to the large photo with coordinates in exif data takes about a minute each. So I still have 90 minutes to go if I stay focused. Most tedious thing I've done in a good while. I would pay 200 dollars right now to just have these photos on my PC.
For the report I'm working on I simply want to map the photos onto my other spatial data (ESRI arcmap or google earth, ESRI storymaps). I was trying to find a middle ground between taking photos with no notes attached and just saved to my camera roll and ArcCollector which allows attributes to be associated with photo but is cumbersome going through ArcGIS online and setting up forms. Since Gaia allows user to take a photo, enter a photo name and enter notes with the photo, I thought that was the solution, but not having a straight download and not having a straightforward way to associate notes with the photo makes that unworkable. I realize now I was trying to do something with Gaia it wasn't designed to do. Hopefully others aren't as confused as I was about the functionality of the 'take a photo' option.
And what's up with slide show mode? I would think advancement of photos would be chronological by default. Each advancement jumps around in space and time making keeping track of which photos I've downloaded really challenging.
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I'm sorry that it's been a slower process than you anticipated.
We have two open feature requests for similar things that you could vote/comment on - but if you don't see one that matches your exact needs, feel free to open a new one:
- Downloading geo-referenced photos: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000708627
- Bulk photo download: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115006685407
Regarding the slideshow - I've got an open issue with the development team to address this.
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no worries, I just goofed and used the wrong thing. thanks for response
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In this age of teaching in a Covid environment. Being able to create virtual tours with georeferenced photos is important. It would be nice if Gaia GPS allowed downloading info in a kmz file that contains all data and photos.
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Hey @lhanson,
In the iOS version of Gaia GPS, you can export photos and data into a KML/KMZ file by following these steps:
If you have any questions, click the Help button at the bottom of the screen.0
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