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I'd love to see the geocaching iphone app support waymarking (or a separate app.)

Ideally this would let you do both:

Visiting
- select "Show nearest waymarks" button
- select a waymark
- select visit
- type in your text
- optionally select "attach a photo"
- select a photo from your library, or take a new one

Creation
- select "Create new waymark" button
- drill down to the category OR select the unassigned/orphan/generic category (orphans being discussed elsewhere)
- enter title and description
- select "attach photos", select photo(s) from library or take new ones
- for coordinates, select "Use coordinates from a picture" and select the picture (since pics are geotagged)
- or select "Use current location"
- or, select "Manually enter coordinates"
- when you return to your desk, if created as an orphan, the waymark can be assigned to a category
- enter parameters
- submit to group for review

Yeah, I'd buy that.

On the other hand, I should get to coding! I think the very first function you mentioned could be implemented in HTML5 on a website...

chilehead:

I'd love to see the geocaching iphone app support waymarking (or a separate app.)

Ideally this would let you do both:

Visiting
- select "Show nearest waymarks" button
- select a waymark
- select visit
- type in your text
- optionally select "attach a photo"
- select a photo from your library, or take a new one

Creation
- select "Create new waymark" button
- drill down to the category OR select the unassigned/orphan/generic category (orphans being discussed elsewhere)
- enter title and description
- select "attach photos", select photo(s) from library or take new ones
- for coordinates, select "Use coordinates from a picture" and select the picture (since pics are geotagged)
- or select "Use current location"
- or, select "Manually enter coordinates"
- when you return to your desk, if created as an orphan, the waymark can be assigned to a category
- enter parameters
- submit to group for review

I've heard a rumour about something like this in the works, or maybe it was NorthernPenguin saying that he was toying with making something but when he saw something from Groundspeak, he felt he might be too late.

I'd put on my volunteer reviewer hat and ask on that side of the fence, but the only place that I could is dedicated to Geocaching. It would be like asking people in here to make a Geotagging Camera. Still, I see if I can find out anything that I can talk about, and let you know. Do I get an iPhone if I solve this for ya? {kidding}

BQ

the blue quasar:

  It would be like asking people in here to make a Geotagging Camera.  BQ

The iPhone 3G takes 2 Mp geotagged photos. The iPhone 3GS takes 3Mp geotagged photos, as does the soon-to-be-released Garmin Oregon 550(T).

Just sayin'.

0ccam:

the blue quasar:

  It would be like asking people in here to make a Geotagging Camera. 

BQ

The iPhone 3G takes 2 Mp geotagged photos. The iPhone 3GS takes 3Mp geotagged photos, as does the soon-to-be-released Garmin Oregon 550(T).

Just sayin'.

Cool. Pretty soon I will have to get a cell phone (I use my wife's phone on the rare times I need one) so maybe some iPhone thing would be good. Thanks 0ccam!

BQ

I have to add my vote for either a seperate iPhone app or add waymarking to the current Groundspeak app.

the blue quasar:

0ccam:

the blue quasar:

  It would be like asking people in here to make a Geotagging Camera.  BQ

The iPhone 3G takes 2 Mp geotagged photos. The iPhone 3GS takes 3Mp geotagged photos, as does the soon-to-be-released Garmin Oregon 550(T).

Just sayin'.

Cool. Pretty soon I will have to get a cell phone (I use my wife's phone on the rare times I need one) so maybe some iPhone thing would be good. Thanks 0ccam! BQ

Really?  I have the iPhone 3G... How do you view the coordinates once you take the pictures?

Big B Bob:

Really?  I have the iPhone 3G... How do you view the coordinates once you take the pictures?

You'll have to get a piece of software capable of seeing the coords.
I don't have one that does that for the iPhone itself...I use a Firefox extension on my PC/Mac: Exif Viewer

It appears that Photo+Map Lite (or the full version) will create a copy of your photo with the coordinates on the photo as text.

(on a Mac)
Open your iPhone photo, or any geotagged photo, in Preview. It's normally the default viewer already.

Open the Inspector window for a photo, Command-I or Tools Menu->Inspector.

Select the middle group at the top, (comic bubble with an "!").
You will see tabs to display all the metadata inserted by the camera.
If there is geo-data, you will see a GPS tab. If none, the tab will not be present.

Select the GPS tab to see the coordinates and a mini-world map with crosshairs at the location.
Click the locate button in the panel to open Google Maps to the photo location! Cool, huh?

Doug Korns

(on a Mac)

Oh yeah, and if you're using iPhoto, select the photo in your library.

Open the Extended Photo Info panel, Command-Option-I or Photos menu->Show Extended Photo Info.

If there is geo-data to display, it will show up in the location section.

HTH,
Doug Korns

ok, im not using a mac. so, no iphoto. what now?

Wow, nice thread bump.

I haven't logged a waymark visit in years.  It's too much of a pain to download waymarking information in bulk, and in a meaningful format, and especially to keep track of the logging requirements for each category while out and about.  I am a "no preparation" geocacher and it is too hard to do that with waymarking.

If there were a waymarking app for my iPhone, I can see myself logging visits.  After recording a geocache find in the geocaching app, I would press a button (like on the live website) saying "show nearby waymarks." That would take me to the waymarking application, or clicking on an individual waymark link would trigger the waymarking app.

In my hypothetical waymarking app there would be a button to press to "show category definition" and "show logging requirements."  There would be a way to take any required photos on my iPhone and have them be associated automatically with the related waymark.  There would be a way to create a new waymark and submit it for review, from the field.  There would be a way to store visit or creation information as field notes for later editing, or to log visits live on the website via the app.  Waymarks would display on a map within the app just like geocaches, with the additional ability to carry over filter preferences established on the website, so I could see "all waymarks" or "my filtered waymarks."

If I had that hypothetical app, I would increase my involvement in waymarking beyond the management and maintenance of the categories I set up years ago.

creating in the field will never pass. it is possible, but your average waymarker wont be able to do that....

the app could do every thing else: read category descriptions/instructions, log a visit, search nearest (download pqs?) marks, and see a nice map. much like the caching app.....

in the past few weeks i have found (and logged) a number of caches with my gps and camera at home.....however, the pics for waymarks (a post or two, and a number of visits) still sit on the phone....

the issue with filtering is that the site cant do it properly [all the time], so the app wouldnt either.....

yes, the waymarking 'visit' realm would benefit from such access--really you only need a pic or 2 and say something.

the app featured on the waymarking homepage appeared to be a beta app type thing, and it has issuse that can be described in the forum. nothing else has been said about it. i would pay 10 for a waymarking app that would let me find (and possibly log) waymarks in the field. yes, some waymarks are going to take more than a photo and text to log a visit, but thats how the game is played.....

I like the idea of a waymarking app, for finding waymarks, and also for creating new waymarks, but ... I do not believe that even the iphone 4 is fully up to the task of creating a full fledged waymark in the field.

a. typing on a small screen is no fun.
b. the pics, while good with the iphone 4, are not as good as a standalone camera. (I may seem to be contradicting myself, I have said elsewhere that the iphone4 pics are good enough, true, but it is always better to use a dedicated camera where possible.)
c. little scope for research for those waymarks which require research.

What I would like to see is a 'place holder' option, where a draft waymark can be laid out, for later editing on a computer.

Ianatlarge:

I like the idea of a waymarking app, for finding waymarks, and also for creating new waymarks, but ... I do not believe that even the iphone 4 is fully up to the task of creating a full fledged waymark in the field.

a. typing on a small screen is no fun.
b. the pics, while good with the iphone 4, are not as good as a standalone camera. (I may seem to be contradicting myself, I have said elsewhere that the iphone4 pics are good enough, true, but it is always better to use a dedicated camera where possible.)
c. little scope for research for those waymarks which require research.

What I would like to see is a 'place holder' option, where a draft waymark can be laid out, for later editing on a computer.

You mean like "Field Notes"?

You mean like "Field Notes"?

Yes, sure. If you want to be all concise and accurate!

Does anyone have more updates about the iPhone App? Is Groundspeak working on one? This can be read-only for a start to search for waymarkings nearby.

I want a simple Android app. Something where you could see the nearest waymarks based on the GPS. Maybe you could even visit them. Nothing too fancy.

I'm using Geosphere for geocaching. I can search by groups, by type, size and others. I can add field notes, mark as found, etc. I didn't test it with Waymarking yet. Anobody did?

I use geocaching geosphere for geocaching, waymarking, and benchmark hunting.  I think it works great.  However, I don't use it to log finds or visits.  I do all of that from my computer.