Tag: map-a-pic

Map-A-Pic Is Getting An Update!

The new version of Map-A-Pic has been approved by Apple, and is set to go live next week!!! We’re excited about it, as this version packs some cool new features, previously unseen on an app of this type. It also features new, fresh, clean UI. Stay tuned!

If you’re a blogger and would like to post a preview, possibly an exclusive one, of the new version before it hits the App Store, let me know! I’ll send you the screenshots, the press kit, and answer your questions about the app. Your readers will thank you for that information!

Map-A-Pic 1.2 with Public Pictures Is Out Now!

Hello everyone! Map-A-Pic 1.2 with Public Pictures is now live in Android Market! Get it now! I’m preparing a detailed post, with screenshots and all, describing the new feature, but in the meantime take a look at our official press release below. Stay tuned for updates!
-Pavel

 

The premium location scouting app for photographers, Map-A-Pic, just got better! With Public Pictures, you now have access to thousands of pictures of your locations, taken by other photographers.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 19, 2012- As a photographer or a film maker, you know the importance of location scouting. Map-A-Pic for Android makes this process easy and intuitive. By keeping a database of all your locations, along with their GPS coordinates, as well as your pictures, notes and tags, Map-A-Pic makes sure you never forget another great location.Today we’re happy to announce an exciting new feature of Map-A-Pic: Public Pictures! For every location, you can now see the pictures taken by other people at that place (where available). This helps you get a fresh look at the place, discover new viewpoints, how it looks in different light and weather, and more. This service is powered by Panoramio™, a popular photo-sharing community that powers Google Earth™.

Map-A-Pic is created by a photographer for photographers. It is built as a tool that you will use again and again. Here are some of the great features of the app:

• One-tap saving of locations (you can add more details later)
• View your locations on a map or as a list
• Filter your locations by tags
• Add pictures to your locations (1 picture, or up to 10 if you purchase this premium paid feature)
• NEW! View public pictures taken by Panoramio™ users at your locations (premium paid feature)
• Get driving/walking directions to any location
• Update the exact location on the map by simply moving the marker with your finger
• Email your locations to yourself or a friend. The emails include all the pics and a link to Google Maps
• Automatically get the street address based on the GPS position of a location. You can edit the address yourself too.

Download Map-A-Pic for FREE from the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seatosoftware.mapapic
Learn more about the app at the official website: https://www.mapapic.com
Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Map-A-Pic/286695371375322
Follow us on twitter: @mapapic

Map-A-Pic and Sea To Software, LLC have no relationship or affiliation with, sponsorship, or endorsement by Google, other than their use of the Panoramio Service. Map-A-Pic has not been authored by, and not represents the views or opinions of Google or Google personnel.
Panoramio™ and Google Earth™ are the registered trademarks of Google Inc.

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Sea To Software, LLC has a goal of creating useful, fun, beautiful mobile apps. The company’s first product, a location scouting app for photographers and filmmakers, Map-A-Pic, is out now.

Map-A-Pic 1.11 Press Release

Photographers And Filmmakers: Never Forget A Great Location With The Free Map-A-Pic App

Are you a photographer always looking for new great locations, and never leave home without your Android phone? Then the free Map-A-Pic app is for you!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 03, 2012 -

Sea To Software, LLC is proud to announce the release of Map-A-Pic, a premium location scouting and note-taking app for photographers and filmmakers. With Map-A-Pic, it’s a snap to remember a place that you’d like to use later in your photo or video shoots. In addition to the GPS coordinates, you can save pictures of the place, give it a name, add some notes and tags.

Map-A-Pic is created by a photographer for photographers. It is built as a tool that you will use again and again. Here are some of the great features of the app:

- One-tap saving of locations (you can add the details later)
- View your locations on a map or as a list
- Filter your locations by tags
- Add pictures to your locations (1 picture, or up to 10 if you purchase this premium paid feature)
- Get driving/walking directions to any location
- Update the exact location on the map by simply moving the marker with your finger
- Email your locations to yourself or a friend. The emails include all the pics and a link to Google Maps
- Automatically get the street address based on the GPS position of a location. You can edit the address yourself too.

Download Map-A-Pic for FREE from the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seatosoftware.mapapic
Learn more about the app at the official website: https://www.mapapic.com
Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Map-A-Pic/286695371375322

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Sea To Software, LLC has a goal of creating useful, fun, beautiful mobile apps. The company’s first product, a location scouting app for photographers and filmmakers, Map-A-Pic, is out now.

Map-A-Pic vs. Evernote: A Brief Feature Comparison

I was asked on a photography forum today: why use Map-A-Pic when you can use the popular Evernote app instead? It is a great question. Evernote is an awesome app and I have a great respect for it. The thing about it is it’s a universal tool, not a specialized one. It’s meant to appeal to the widest audience possible, and it was not designed with photographers in mind. I believe a specialized tool will is usually better for its intended purpose. Like most people wouldn’t use Excel for all their computing needs, even though they probably could.

If you like, you can think about it this way: Map-A-Pic is Evernote for photographers.

Here are some of the things that Map-A-Pic can do that Evernote can’t.

  • Choose a location based on its name, tags, etc. and then see it on a map
  • Change the coordinates of a location. Every Evernote note will forever remember where it was created, and you can’t change that.
  • Create locations from existing pics (Evernote allows you to attach pics, but you can’t use their geotag info from EXIF, or specify a location for those records. Which is a problem because you can’t change a note’s coordinates yourself)
  • View locations on the map filtered by tag
  • Get directions to a location
  • Automatically get the street address of a location

This is a partial list, and I reserve the right to revisit this post later :) I used the latest versions of Evernote for Android and iPhone for comparison. One great feature that Evernote has is cross-platform syncing of notes. That is useful for people who use several mobile devices. Map-A-Pic doesn’t have that, or an app for iOS — not yet. What Map-A-Pic does have is a workflow designed with photographers in mind, and my goal is to make it the best tool for the photographers.

How To Get The Best GPS / Street Data In Your Locations

To help you get the most out of Map-A-Pic, I’m starting posting a series of super-short tutorials. Today, I’ll tell you how to ensure your saved locations have the best possible geolocation data.

 

When you save a new location, the app gets your current coordinates from GPS and saves them along with the location data. That will be enough for most people. However, in certain situations the location may be off and will need to be adjusted:

  • if the app could’t lock on the GPS signal while saving the location
  • if you imported a location from an existing pic, and the app couldn’t get geotag data from that photo
  • if you want to save a location that is some distance away from you

Here’s what you can do in such cases.

First, you can always fine-tune the location from the map view. Open your location, go the Map tab, and move the pointer to where you want it. This action updates the street address automatically, as shown on the picture below:

 

 

Finally, if you want to change the street address (because it’s been determined incorrectly by the app, etc), you can just edit it by tapping on the edit button in the location details view.

 

 

Map-A-Pic 1.05

Map-A-Pic 1.05 is now available! It includes a number of stability fixes. Get it now from Android Market.

In the meantime, version 2.0 is already in the works! It will include some exciting new features for discovering new locations around you. Stay tuned! :)

Map-A-Pic updates

The current version of the app is 1.03. The updates I’ve released so far has been mainly bug fixes and small UI refinements. For the next major release, I’m considering implementing location discovery.

Location discovery is what allows you to find cool places where you’ve never been. In other words, it’s location scouting done for you by other people. How can you discover a new place for your photos? By viewing beautiful pics taken by other people in your area, of course. This will make the app much more useful to travelers and people who haven’t yet built a database of locations.

I’d love to hear from the current and potential users of Map-A-Pic. Would you use the location discovery feature? Is there any other feature that you’d really like to have? Send me an email or comment under this post. I’ll be happy to hear from you!