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Development => Other features => Topic started by: Menion on June 17, 2022, 22:08:45

Title: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Menion on June 17, 2022, 22:08:45
Hi guys,

because this is a feature we were working on for some time and it will be very actively developed next months, I've rather created a separate topic to keep the discussion in the one place.

What is it about?
We were able to attach around 300k photos from Wikipedia to our online LoPoints. Not much for world coverage. So to improve the quality of LoPoints, we decided to create an option to upload user photos for online LoPoints.

Where to test it
- latest Locus Map Beta version 4.10.0.3+
- or public Locus Map 4.11+ (in preparation)

Implemented features
- upload a new photo taken by the camera
- upload already created photo
- report invalid photo

Features in developing or planned
- user profile page with a visible amount of uploaded photos
- gallery of own uploaded photos
- rating by "hearts / thumbs up" (or any other symbol)
- maybe some kind of "photographer of the month" or similar

FAQ
- based on your questions

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Feel free to ask anything you care about so I may improve "FAQ" section.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Tapio on June 18, 2022, 16:24:05
I searched for it for a few minutes. Didn't find. So my question would be: WHERE IS IT? I don't even know what to look for. Eg., I display geotagged photos, but there's no functionality to upload them.

EDIT: Aha I see now - Tap an online LoPoint and extend it with a photo.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 18, 2022, 17:18:19
First experience: On a smaller phone, the buttons and text of the photo enters dialog are trimmed. After choosing a photo, it overlaps its part of the panel called. The photos were sent correctly, but after two hours they still do not see at the points.
I will explain the more complicated idea below:
Některé body (viz scr. PM) mají špatný název. Zde se zobrazuje Památné místo, ale mělo by tam být Sousoší Panny Marie, stejně jako se to zobrazuje na obrazovce. Rád bych to při vkládání opravil, ale nenašel jsem žádnou možnost jak to udělat. Šlo by s tím něco udělat?
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Tapio on June 18, 2022, 19:48:25
I tried to upload a photo for the hill at 51.3012267, 8.3840631 - it said it is uploaded for review. But also there was an Android notification like  "Upload not successful"...
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Viajero Perdido on June 18, 2022, 20:04:50
Hmm.  Having my real name attached to the photo may discourage me from using the feature.  I try to be unfindable on the internet, with decent success.  (That's also why I never reviewed the app, sorry.)
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 19, 2022, 13:28:49
Overnight, the photos were loaded with points with labels, that's fine.
Some points are quite bad, see SCR.
Now: Generála Laudona. Adresa: Most úzkokolejky přes Moravu... (The bridge is about 100 meters away and deserves a separate point.)
Correctly: Socha generála Laudona, Zámecký park...

The possibility of changing texts is probably needed.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Radim V on June 21, 2022, 09:26:33
Hi, Josef. First of all, thank you for the gorgeous pictures!
In terms of editing names and possibly another properties of POIs in the Locus directly: We agree that this feature would be awesome. But, as usually this is not an easy thing to do. Why: Currently all 25M POIs worldwide come from two main open-source datasets. OSM project and Wikipedia. What you ("General Laudon") see, is exactly what some user has written 6 years ago as "name" for the memorial. No doubt any edit should not just change value for Locus, it should improve OSM database quality for everyone.
There are dedicated tools for this (Vespucci editor):/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blau.android&hl=en&gl=US, and OSM notes: /https://wiki.openstreetmap.org. OSM/wiki/Notes . OSM notes can be used from Locus already.
We agree this is not user first approach as all is too slow and complicated.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 21, 2022, 10:47:25
Hi Radime.
I understand what the problem is, because I often add and correct the data in eight OSM maps. But if I understand it correctly, then the data for lopoints come from two sources. It is quite difficult to find where to fix the data.
I will also write Czech, I'm not very good in English:
Obrázek Sousoší Panny Marie: V OSM je uveden správně, ale v Lopointech je uveden jako památné místo. Měl by se tudíž asi opravit ve Wiki.
Obrázek Laudon: ten byl špatně uveden i v OSM, ale adresa u něj tam uvedena není. Nejspíš tedy pochází z Wiki. Název jsem opravil v OSM na Pomník Generála Laudona, ale měl bych teď jít ještě opravovat data ve Wiki? Je to dost komplikované když data pocházejí z více zdrojů.

Zkuste o tom ještě pouvažovat. Některé názvy jsou opravdu hodně mimo a jaká bude mít databáze hodnotu když bude mít špatná data?
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Radim V on June 21, 2022, 11:31:59
Hi, You will be able to change displayed name to something generic and anonymous.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 21, 2022, 13:04:42
I was thinking about editing. Perhaps it would be enough to add a small button with a direct link to editing text via the eight or Wiki website. Depending on where the text is taken from.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: michaelbechtold on June 21, 2022, 14:24:19
Cool and high impact idea!

Quote from: Žajdlík Josef on June 21, 2022, 13:04:42
I was thinking about editing. Perhaps it would be enough to add a small button with a direct link to editing text via the eight or Wiki website. Depending on where the text is taken from.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Radim V on June 21, 2022, 14:31:33
Sousoší Panny Marie is fixed (Should update during next run). It was missing completely, There is "Memorial" and "Artwork"
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: freischneider on June 21, 2022, 15:58:51
Quote from: Žajdlík Josef on June 21, 2022, 13:04:42
I was thinking about editing. Perhaps it would be enough to add a small button with a direct link to editing text via the eight or Wiki website. Depending on where the text is taken from.
There is an app for editing POI in OSM. Its name is: OSMgo
Menion has recently added it to Apps in the sidebar.
https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=7975.0
With the app you can change properties of POI very easily. Also the name can be changed.
I often use it to add on the way, opening hours, website, phone number of restaurants.
This app could be added in POI to change.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: freischneider on June 21, 2022, 16:06:00
It would be even nicer if the POI is opened directly in the app.  I am thinking here of the POI ID. But for this you would have to have an Api access ? to the app.
Henk van der Spek https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?action=profile;u=1680
is a contributor to the app, maybe we would have a possibility here.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 22, 2022, 08:31:08
The OSM GO app is great, thanks.
But it's not a simple solution for ordinary users. If the database of points is to be useful, it must be easily edited. For example: opening hours, changing the name of the shop, etc. This is a big and difficult task for the Locus team.
Some data are bad and others are completely missing even though they are in OSM data. As an example, I mention the "orchestra" in the chateau park. It is a big historic building, but it is not in points.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: freischneider on June 22, 2022, 19:44:44
When opening a LoPoi, you used to be able to click on the puzzle and there was the addon: LoPOI.
With it you could also make changes in OSM. Unfortunately, the AddOn is no longer available. It only appeared there when it was installed.
Suggestion: At this point you could now place the APP OSMgo.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Henk van der Spek on June 23, 2022, 18:35:18
Quote from: Žajdlík Josef on June 22, 2022, 08:31:08
The OSM GO app is great, thanks.
But it's not a simple solution for ordinary users. If the database of points is to be useful, it must be easily edited. For example: opening hours, changing the name of the shop, etc. This is a big and difficult task for the Locus team.
Some data are bad and others are completely missing even though they are in OSM data. As an example, I mention the "orchestra" in the chateau park. It is a big historic building, but it is not in points.
Are you really suggesting that Locus users create a perfect poi dB for use in locus only? I prefer optimizing OSM because it is worldwide.

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Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 23, 2022, 20:10:00
It's alright. But if I understand it correctly, there is part of the data in the Lopoints of OSM and part of the Wiki. Therefore, for each item I would like a button with a direct link to change directly in the database OSM or in Wiki. It's definitely very complicated, but if it succeeded, it would be great. I am afraid that an ordinary user will not want to install other editing applications, so there will be not many lopoint repairs.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: michaelbechtold on June 24, 2022, 11:08:15
One caveat: changes in Wikipedia are much harder than for OSM ...

Quote from: Žajdlík Josef on June 23, 2022, 20:10:00
It's alright. But if I understand it correctly, there is part of the data in the Lopoints of OSM and part of the Wiki. Therefore, for each item I would like a button with a direct link to change directly in the database OSM or in Wiki. It's definitely very complicated, but if it succeeded, it would be great. I am afraid that an ordinary user will not want to install other editing applications, so there will be not many lopoint repairs.
Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Jan Čapek on June 27, 2022, 17:20:27
Hi guys, thanks for this discussion, all noted.  ;) We are for sure aware of benefits of making all changes in the POIs easier.  We are planning to analyse our further steps related to this topic in upcoming months as there are several possible paths for the future.

For now and in this thread, we are focusing to properly beta-test "LoMedia" attachments to LoPoints. Now mainly technical side and "intuitiveness" of the process as other updates related to user's motivation to upload their photo are on the way.  :) Feel free to use last beta of Locus Map to upload photos which will already be shown to others in public version. They already goes to final DB, so you can be one of the first to provide such media content on our platform. ;)

Title: Re: LoMedia - photos for online LoPoints
Post by: Žajdlík Josef on June 28, 2022, 08:04:13
The simple option to add a point to Lomap (or to OSM database) will also be important. Many important things are completely missing here. See SCR.