Monthly Archive: December 2015

EagleEye vs. PhotoMap

A lot of users have asked me what the difference is between EagleEye and PhotoMap. The apps are built on the same source code. EagleEye is supposed to be a replacement of the default gallery app. It’s made...

Translation and Localization

Please report translation errors and suggestions here. Are you missing your native language or do you want to revise a whole translation? Please send me an eMail to photomap@bischofs.eu or just add a comment...

Capturing Moments… Documenting Your Life!

Photos are very important to remember great moments of your life, people you love, countries you’ve visited, right? I’ve written something about adding captions and geotags to photos in this blog before. Moreover you...

Country, State, City, Landmark, …

Wouldn’t it be nice to have the name of a place where a photo was taken? Wouldn’t it be nice to have these names stored within the photos’ metadata forever? How can we achieve...

Export GPX and KML Files

The file formats GPX (GPS Exchange Format) and KML (Keyhole Markup Language) can be used to describe tracks and routes. Both formats can be exported by PhotoMap‘s geo logger. The exported files contain all...

Want to Cross Your Camera with a Compass?

What do you think about direction tags in your photos? Is knowing the direction of the camera important to you when you capture a photo, e.g. 124°? If so, there is an Exif tag...

Taking Photos in Bright Sunlight

The sun is important for photographs if natural light is needed. Sunshine Compass is a free app that calculates the sun positions of today and visualizes them in an amazing Augmented Reality view. It helps you finding...

Favorite Viewing Modes

Most photo galleries support the following viewing modes for photos: Tile views are good to get an overview about lots of photos. List views are mostly used to show more details than tiles can...

Before You Start Using Cloud Storages…

Cloud storages can be used to store all your photos. You can reach them from all your devices no matter where you are. That sounds like a great idea, but there are a few...