Upload Photos

Follow this workflow:

• Upload a GPX Track (to uploads/tracks using the gis_track model)
  • @ToDo consider moving this to gis_layer_gpx (no need for the extra complication of 2 tables)
• Upload a Folder-full of Photos ( to uploads/images using the doc_image model )
  • Uses ​http://valums.com/ajax-upload
    • Alternate options would be Flash or Java since JS can't access filesystem:
      • ​http://www.uploadify.com
  • ? UI to preview images in low-res to select which ones to upload
  • Facebook is a good design model to look at - uses Java

• For each photo uploaded:
  • Read the timestamp from the EXIF header
  • Create a record in the database with the filename & timestamp
  • Read the GPX track to find the lat/lon associated with the timestamp
  • Add the lat/lon to the database record

This is done already within ​JOSM, the ​OpenStreetMap editor.

• ​AgPifoJ is a plugin which extends native functionality

Current Status

There is code for this already, but it is unfinished (& refers to an old media_metadata table which no longer exists):

• bulk_upload() in controllers/doc.py
• views/docs/bulk_upload.html

There is a multiple file uploader widget which currently depends on Ext-2.2.1 (this should be made to work with the main Ext: currently 3.2.1)

• static/scripts/ext-community-extensions/Ext.ux.UploadDialog.js

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