Any app developers here?

[mapapic]

Originally Posted by cyber3d

So, I settled on Map-A-Pic for the Android. Seems to have all I need and comes with categories pre-set up. I use the Droid more these days anyway. Looks pretty good. We'll see how it does in the long run.

Hey,

I'm the developer of Map-A-Pic. Thanks for using my app! Would love to hear your opinion about the app, what you like and don't like, and what features you wish it had.

EDIT: just saw this:
> But, it has so many problems it is useless.

Could you please let me know what problems you've encountered?

Thanks!

[cyber3d]

Hey man, sorry to be so brutal with my comments. I have a D3 unrooted but with the latest OS updates. It worked the first time. but FC on subsequent tries. I sent reports in (four times I think). It starts up but when I take a pic it locks up.

[mapapic]

Thanks for responding. I'm not offended by your comments, I also hate it when an app crashes on me!

I want to try to make it work for you. I'm going to prepare a test build today and send it to you via a PM. Would appreciate it if you could side-load it and see if it solves the problem.

Thanks again!

[cyber3d]

So, I've been trying the latest version and although it does not FC, I am still having problems. I've tried to email you directly from your website.

I think you have a great idea. I would love for it to work well.

Here is what I've found.

One of my saved locations shows no picture on the left side (blank) but has a place holder image on the right. Clicking on the left side gives me a choice of my 3 picture browsers. Choosing ES Image Browser results in "image can not be found......"
Choosing QuickPic results in "load failed"
Choosing View Picture results in a blank (black screen)
Clicking on the place holder on the right, of course, takes me to the Accept and Buy page

On any of my saved locations, clicking on "Map" takes me to a Google map of the entire State of California with a blue flag "You are here" - Which, by the way, is about 20 miles from my actual location and no where near the location of the picture.

Under the View Locations page the Miles indicated are not accurate. Some show 956 miles (from where?).

Under the Import Pics page. The pics do not show up. It is blank. If I tap the screen it shows a square blue border where the pic should be. if I select that blank blue box and click "Import Selected" it says "Done! map-a-pic ......" I click "continue" and it takes me the the View Locations page but, it does not add a location.

[mapapic]

Thanks for the great feedback. This is very valuable for me, as I need feedback like this to make sure things run smooth on all types of phones.

Originally Posted by cyber3d

One of my saved locations shows no picture on the left side (blank) but has a place holder image on the right. Clicking on the left side gives me a choice of my 3 picture browsers. Choosing ES Image Browser results in "image can not be found......"
Choosing QuickPic results in "load failed"
Choosing View Picture results in a blank (black screen)
Clicking on the place holder on the right, of course, takes me to the Accept and Buy page

It looks like the app just can't find the picture (probably because the picture file has been renamed/moved/deleted since the location was created.) What you can do is tap "Edit" next to the pictures in the details view, and delete the blank pic. Then you can add the correct pic by tapping "Add picture". Because at that point you'll be adding the 1st picture for the location, the app won't ask you to purchase anything (you can have 1 pic per location for free.)

On any of my saved locations, clicking on "Map" takes me to a Google map of the entire State of California with a blue flag "You are here" - Which, by the way, is about 20 miles from my actual location and no where near the location of the picture.

When viewing a map for a location, it shows both your position, and the location. Your location on the map may be off due to a poor GPS lock (e.g. if you're indoors or if it's very cloudy). Do you see the red marker for the location on the map? What if you zoom out a little, do you see it then?

Under the View Locations page the Miles indicated are not accurate. Some show 956 miles (from where?).

This is the distance of locations from where you are. If you have a strange distance there, it's probably for an imported location for which the app couldn't get geotag data from EXIF. In that case the location is placed in Seattle, WA. You can change the location as described here: How To Get The Best GPS / Street Data In Your Locations | Map-A-Pic

Under the Import Pics page. The pics do not show up. It is blank. If I tap the screen it shows a square blue border where the pic should be. if I select that blank blue box and click "Import Selected" it says "Done! map-a-pic ......" I click "continue" and it takes me the the View Locations page but, it does not add a location.

This is clearly a new bug. Haven't seen it before. This happens to all pictures, right? Do you mind sending me one of the pics from your phone to info (at) mapapic.com? When I have that specimen, I can fix the problem.

Also, if any of your imported locations ended up in Seattle for the lack of geotag data, could you send me one of those pics as well? The EXIF data format is different for each phone, and I may need to teach the app to deal with the Droid 3 format.

[cyber3d]

Here's what I found out. It's getting close to usable for me. I've got a Droid 3.

As far as the locations being so far off it's because i disabled the "share picture location" setting. I turned it back on and now I am in business! Recently taken pics automatically show the correct location.

Because I have the D3 and have one removable SD card (root/sdcard-ext/) and one virtual SD card (root/mnt/sdcard/) both with DCIM folders that I use. Map-A-Pic is experiencing trouble.
1. When I add a picture to this location and select: "Choose Existing Picture" I get a blank screen and have no way to navigate to the correct folder either on the fly (which I prefer) nor through preferences.
2. Import pics also leads me to a blank screen with no option to navigate to the correct folder.

Question: Is there a logic behind not being able to choose any pic I desire to add into a pre-existing location? It would be really nice if I could.

thanks

[mapapic]

Glad the geotagging stuff worked!

Question: Is there a logic behind not being able to choose any pic I desire to add into a pre-existing location? It would be really nice if I could.

This should work, and if it doesn't, I bet it has to do with the virtual SD card that you have on your phone. How did you create it? I googled for a bit, and didn't find any instructions.

BTW: there's a new version of the app in the Market: https://market.android.com/details?i...ftware.mapapic

[cyber3d]

The virtual SDcard is an OS directive. I don't know why they named it an SDcard. It is built in. The Ext SDcard is a removable 16GB.

FYI: Build 5.51_84_D3G-55
Device: cdma_solana
version: 110812
release 2.3.4
Dual Core.

Another issue: It does not always show the correct number of entries upon starting. I sometimes have to hard boot to get the correct number of entries.

The GPS stamp is again not working. It puts new images in Seattle (I am in Los Angeles). Please note that some of my existing pictures in the DCIM folder are indeed from Seattle but these were taken long before I installed Map-A-Pic.

thanks

[mapapic]

Originally Posted by cyber3d

The virtual SDcard is an OS directive. I don't know why they named it an SDcard. It is built in. The Ext SDcard is a removable 16GB.

Thanks. I'll test the next release with a virtual SD card.

Another issue: It does not always show the correct number of entries upon starting. I sometimes have to hard boot to get the correct number of entries.

Interesting. Thanks for reporting this issue. I'll try to repro it on my end.

The GPS stamp is again not working. It puts new images in Seattle (I am in Los Angeles).
thanks

Do you mean you take a photo in Map-A-Pic, and the new location is placed in Seattle? Or does it happen while importing the photos? I'm guessing it's the latter. If so, the photos you're using are likely not geotagged. Could it be that you've taken them when the "share picture location" was turned off?