A Work Project

[CaliforniaChief]

Hi everyone.

I have a side job cleaning drop boxes for a company that services drop boxes for FedEx, UPS, OnTrac, etc., and have been tasked to look into a project idea for the business.

Normally we clean the box, remove any tape/residue, clean any graffiti, and snap two pictures of the box showing all angles of it for approval.

Our owner is looking to:
1. Establish the latitude/longitude coordinates of each drop box (that she could get off of Google Maps)

2. Be able to "photograph" the coordinates to reduce the chances of transposition or elimination errors.

3. Develop a system that would allow the owner of the box (like FedEx) to utilize the information we provide. (i.e. how is that information used/inputed in someone's smartphone or GPS to go find the box.)

I hope that makes sense. My question is:
-What apps (free or paid) might fit that description?
-Any other thoughts on how we might proceed?

TIA

[loochy]

Solocator

Solocator is a GPS camera for fieldwork. Overlay and stamp photos with GPS location, compass direction, altitude, date & time taken + with Industry Pack (IAP) capture editable notes such as project name and photo description, street address and UTM/MGRS coordinate formats. It can auto save 2 photos to camera roll at once - Stamped photo and original high res photo. You can also view photo direction and location in map view and navigate there. So now you will always know where and when a photo was taken and how to get back there.

TAILOR THE INFO YOU CAPTURE
You can choose what information you want to overlay on your photos to suit your fieldwork.

Choices include:
- GPS Location (Latitude & Longitude in various formats) ± Accuracy
- Compass Direction – Bearing
- Altitude (Metric & Imperial units)
- Date & time
- Show Compass
- Show Cardinal points in Building mode; e.g. North or South Elevations of a building face.
- Option to use abbreviations or Unicode characters for direction, position and altitude.


WORKING WITH CAPTURED INFO
- Options to take and auto save two photos to Camera Roll at once; one with stamped info and the other as an original high res photo.
- Photos are sorted by time, location, distance from current location and by project name (if Industry Pack purchased).
- View photo direction and location in map view and navigate there
- Save photos with metadata in Exif format to camera roll
- Share photos on Facebook & Twitter

- Email photos from within the app including:
• Exif metadata
• Compass Direction
• GPS Position ± accuracy
• Altitude
• Date & Time taken
• Street address (if selected)
• Elevation of building face viewed (if selected)
• Links to maps so receiver can navigate there easily

[CaliforniaChief]

Awesome. Thanks, Loochy!

[kccrow]

If you want to have your customers access a database or web gui of this information, you may want to contact a company like mPower or similar GIS mapping service providers. That is, unless you guys can develop such a system in house.