Is there a difference between adding photos and videos?

Processing photos and videos will be exactly the same. You can add media (photos and videos) by using the drag 'n drop feature or by using the "add images" button. On the left, you have a large pane where you can drag 'n drop JPG images and videos in a variety of formats. On the right you will see the track and along the bottom, you will find a number of buttons:

Add media
You can use this as an alternative to the drag 'n drop feature to add images to the trip. The image is copied to the track 'n share directory and a thumbnail and webimage format is created for each photo. These are very small in filesize and are used by the program, so don't delete them!

Delete media
Select one or more images in the pane that you would like to delete and press delete. The images will be removed from the track 'n share directories.

Rotate left/right
Rotate the image from portrait to landscape or vice versa. For videos, this is not supported.

Timeshift media
If the GPS time and the time of the camera are not exactly aligned, you can use this function to correct the time of of the pictures. The time is used to position the photos automatically along the track, so accurate time is very important. When you use this function you are presented with the following screen:

In the first textbox, you can chose wheter to add or substract a time period. In the next fields, you can specify by how much you want the time to be shifted. The photos are adjusted automatically when you press ok.

Update media
When you choose "Update Image" you will be presented a screen similar to the one below:

You can choose whether to process all photos at once or whether to process only the currently selected photo. When you choose to process all photos at once, you can also choose to omit the photos already tagged. Use this is you have manually repositioned some photos. When you first load photos, they are all "not tagged", meaning that their location is not saved yet. Using the "Update image" or "Timeshift" functions will tag the images. A tagged image will have its coordinates stored in the photo, compatible with JPEG EXIF formats.

Here you will see a tagged and untagged example.

Manually positioning a photo or video
The "Add media" screen also offers you the option to manually position a photo or video. To do this, use the following steps:

• Select a photo. You will now see a marker in Google maps.
• Optionally zoom in and select a more detailed display detail
• Move the marker to the new position
• Press the "Update media" button to save the new location

Controlling the display detail

A new feature in the 1.1 client is the display detail. A GPS track can built by thousands of points. The track 'n share client now features an option to reduce the number of points used to draw the track. Fewer points means faster drawing. You will have four options from low to all. In the low settings, the track is quite coarse, but you can quickly see whether the photo is positioned roughly in the right position. If you require more detail (for instance, you want to position a photo better) just select a more detailed setting. The track is redrawn without changing the viewpoint or zoom level. You can switch any time.

Using the "Drag Zoom"

Another new feature in the 1.1 client is the dragzoom control . To activate the drag zoom control, click on the button. You will notice the button is colored yellow and the cursor changes to a cross-hair. You can now draw a square on the map and the map is automatically zoomed to the area you selected. You can repeat drawing square until you have reached the zoomlevel you need. When you are done, press the button again. When you have deactivated the zoom control, notice there is another button . When you click this button, the map is restored to a previous zoom position.

Manually positioning a photo

The track 'n share application also offers a simple way to manually position a photo:

• Open the "Add Media" screen
  
• Click on the photo you want to edit
  
• One loaded you will see the marker on the map showing the position of the photo
  
• Move your mouse cursor over the marker and drag it (by pressing and holding the left mouse button) to a new location
  
• Press the "Update Media" button once done and process the selected photo only
  

Save
Save the photos within the database.