Re:Show HN: Compass that points you to a photo's EXIF location
by hashtree on Monday May 25, 2015 @01:00PM
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Very neat idea, reminds me of the Gatherer add-on from WoW (http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/gatherer).
Re:Show HN: Compass that points you to a photo's EXIF location
by colinbartlett on Monday May 25, 2015 @08:52PM
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Ugh, flashbacks to hundreds of hours gathering herbs and ores with that add-on during my WoW addiction.
Re:Show HN: Compass that points you to a photo's EXIF location
by gohnjanotis on Monday May 25, 2015 @01:01PM
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HA! That's amazing.
Re:Show HN: Compass that points you to a photo's EXIF location
by cpg on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @03:12PM
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Great little app. I would go a little further -- let the app also take pics (with the GPS on), or simply remember places with tags on the spot. e.g. tag and say "parked car".
I sometimes do not leave the location on, however, I would still like the functionality of the app.
Great job!
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/