gohnjanotis

Yep :-D thanks! Makes me really happy that you know about Photo Find!

Ha I actually made an iOS & watchOS app based on that side of the equation after thinking "what's the minimum input I can provide for good hydration reminders?"

It gives a reminder to drink water any time it's been three hours since you've peed...

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pee-see-drink-more-water/id1...

Not super scientific, but less of a hassle than tracking water input and it tends to adapt well to factor in things like exercise where more water is needed. It also tends to even out over time when drinking alcohol or coffee. Urine color can also vary depending on foods, like how B12 makes it fluorescent yellow, so the time factor can be another useful indicator.

I don't have much experience with DSLRs and didn't even know there were GPS modules for them, but that makes sense and is awesome!

But yep it just pulls the lat and lon from the EXIF data, so it should work fine. The standard for EXIF is degrees, minutes, seconds and then a separate "Ref" value for N or S.

I have to do a little math on those values to turn everything into a decimal format, but based on this standard I would assume everything saving location in EXIF data would use this same format so it should all be compatible:

http://www.exiv2.org/Exif2-2.PDF (See page 53 of the PDF under the heading GPSLatitude)

If you test it, let me know!

Yeah! Awesome to hear! I was already thinking about adding that because sometimes some driving or public transit is needed to get within walking range haha

Oh yeah! That part sucks. I should have done more name research first. I always tell people to search "photo find hiking" (quotes not necessary) because that's easier to spell than my last name and it's the only app that comes up.

Haha not a premium feature! Sometimes there are calibration issues. I meant to add some calibration checks and user feedback about needing to calibrate at some point.

Try rotating your phone around in a circle a bunch and then see if the compass starts moving and correcting itself.

I thought it was passive, too. I've googled a little in the past and some people say it's in the same chip as the cellular radios (and the whole chip gets knocked out in Airplane Mode). Others say the amplification of signals necessary could cause interference.

Haha I know, I know... you're not the first to ask about Android!

The reason I tried JavaScript first was to start off cross-platform, but when that failed I developed for the hardware I use.

However, I've been meaning to try out some Android development, so maybe at some point...

Sure, but have you ever tried navigating to a photo that way?

The map doesn't show your location, and even if it did you would still need some kind of compass arrow, like the Google Maps app for iOS shows, to be able to navigate to it.

Also, this works by pasting a photo from the clipboard instead of just using photos in your library.

Thanks! It's about time.

HA! That's amazing.

It's a pretty good point actually! Because Airplane Mode disables GPS on the iPhone.

OK, sorry you feel that way about SI!

As long as you already have the app and photo on your phone it just uses the compass and GPS, which are both sensors built in to the iPhone and don't require internet.

Thanks! I really appreciate hearing that!

There's actually a screen you can swipe to to the left of the main screen where you can change the units, but I wanted to make an economic incentive for people to try SI so it'll cost ya! ;-)

Also, I apologize for the buggyness with that swiping... I should have used a UIPageViewController and will probably go fix it at some point.

You can read more about all this in my blog post, including the decision about distance units.

Thanks! That's cool you tried the same thing!

Cool idea about the collections.

Another extension of it I also thought about is a version with some kind of node.js backend that's a little bit like Yo except whenever you and a friend have it open it points you at each other so you can find each other on foot as long as you have a decent internet connection and good GPS accuracy.

I've been hiking and foraging for mushrooms and wild foods, so I made this simple utility app for iOS.

It lets you pick a photo you took (or that someone sent you) and then points you in the direction the photo was taken, kind of like a compass, based on the coordinates stored in the photo's EXIF data. It's basically a fast and easy way to mark locations and get back to them.

Originally I tried it in JavaScript, but iOS strips lat and lon info from photos when they're picked with a file input field. You can still find the beginnings of my hacked together JS version here: http://foodsfofree.herokuapp.com/

This is just a side project I built for fun since I hadn't built an iOS app before, so I'm not trying to turn it into a business or something, just wanted to share it!

You can also read more about it here on my blog: http://gohnjanotis.com/photo-find-v1-1-released/

Yes. I think the LH001 is to biochem lab-grade liquid handlers what the MakerBot is to high-end commercial 3D printers.

You can check out their pitch at the Launch conference last Thursday here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRRSdvlWd4E&feature=playe...

You're right g0atbutt. I know the team personally all three of them are great guys who have been working REALLY hard to make this a reality for the past few years. I'm glad to see they are finally being recognized for their awesome product & technology.

I've run into that 10MB problem, too! I think I remember Apple's threshold was 100MB originally, and the 10MB one is just absurd. These solutions seem a little bulky, but the tethering is to the point it's pretty seamless. I just wish an iPhone 4 jailbreak would come out so I could go back to MyWi instead of paying AT&T an extra $15/mo.

I agree with your last point. It's too bad the Apple brand has been reduced to that of a designer fashion by the masses, or some kind of status symbol.

It's like some people want a BMW just to impress the neighbors with a badge, while others can appreciate the level of engineering and the minds that went into the precision you can feel when you are driving it.

I like to make purchasing decisions based on the competency of the company in making what they make, but unfortunately most people don't think that way so a phone like this doesn't even get a chance.

patio: great idea about avoiding spam bots.

We recently struggled with this on the design of the front page of an application. A similar issue we ran into is scaring people away with login/password boxes on the front page.

What does everyone think, is it better to have the login/password boxes visible immediately to save the user a click, or do what digg and twitter do to avoid scaring people about a sign-up form in the not so distant future and hide it behind some AJAX?

This looks like a really cool idea. I have always thought it would be interesting to have a picture of me or other people taken each day. From day to day it probably wouldn't be that different, but it would be fun to look at long term changes. This seems like a service that will make that happen.

Looks like a great idea for the beach!

This kind of low-power application is GREAT for solar panels. I'm sick of people trying to put them on everything (like electric cars... do you know how impractical it would be to put them on a Tesla based on their current efficiency and cost?)

The day I got my 15" MacBook Pro it was obvious the hard drive is what was limiting the performance. I have done a lot of experimenting with RAM disks since I have it maxed out at 4GB.

For example, intense BitTorrent downloading (and uploading) on a RAM disk frees my hard disk from the constant reads and writes so I can have high speed downloads (and verification of d/led data) and still do disk intensive activities in other applications.

I can't wait for the day where my mass storage can have that kind of speed! (and it looks like it's closer than ever now)

Yeah, really! They should provide options to ship with the best SSD options available, even if it has to come at a premium price.

They need to let the market decide.