Show HN: Compass that points you to a photo's EXIF location

Post by gohnjanotis » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:48 PM UTC

thesimpsons1022 wrote: post #10

Gys wrote: post #3

Great idea ! Has been on my list for a while as well ;-) > Originally I tried it in JavaScript, but iOS strips lat and lon info from photos when they're picked with a file input field. Yes, that is how far I got. Good you went a step further. I think there are options for expanding: because a photo is easier to share then a location plus it tells a lot about the location itself. Better then some numbers of shortened…

why don't they need Internet?

Post by thesimpsons1022 » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:50 PM UTC

gohnjanotis wrote: post #11

thesimpsons1022 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why don't they need Internet?

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.

Post by jbob2000 » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:52 PM UTC

LikeAnElephant wrote: post #12

Great idea, but charging to show in feet? Ridiculous. Uninstalled.

Post by hashtree » Mon, May 25, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

gohnjanotis wrote: post #2

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…

Post by seba_dos1 » Mon, May 25, 2015, 5:02 PM UTC

LikeAnElephant wrote: post #12

Great idea, but charging to show in feet? Ridiculous. Uninstalled.