Comments on: Earthscape Errors http://perusse.net/2008/11/06/earthscape-errors/ Perusing the net for at least a week and a half... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Earthscape 2.0 — Perusse Dot Net http://perusse.net/2008/11/06/earthscape-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Earthscape 2.0 — Perusse Dot Net Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:37:21 +0000 http://perusse.net/?p=187#comment-96 [...] couple of weeks ago, I took a look at the iPhone application earthscape, and since then they have upgraded to version 2.0 available on [...] [...] couple of weeks ago, I took a look at the iPhone application earthscape, and since then they have upgraded to version 2.0 available on [...]

]]> By: Tom Churchill http://perusse.net/2008/11/06/earthscape-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Tom Churchill Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:36:44 +0000 http://perusse.net/?p=187#comment-51 Hi! I've seen your photos, but just discovered your blog -- glad to have found it. Your observations are entirely correct, and consistent with my own as well. The source of the location errors you've seen basically boil down to a couple of factors: 1) The Apple provided interface for 3rd part apps doesn't give developers quite as much control over it's behavior as we might like, and 2) We introduced a much longer delay between taking a photo and recording it's position than we should have into the program. The former effects all programs, and is what it is. The latter, however, is something we can (and have) fixed -- in the next version of our software (should hit the App Store in a couple of weeks or less) you will find the delay to be much (much) shorter. In case you are curious, in version 1.2 of Earthscape we reduced the size of the image in order to make photo uploads faster -- but this extra process slowed down our capturing the location, which in a moving vehicle could wind up placing it at some distance away from where the photo was taken. Best Wishes, --Tom Churchill CEO, Earthscape Hi!

I’ve seen your photos, but just discovered your blog — glad to have found it. Your observations are entirely correct, and consistent with my own as well. The source of the location errors you’ve seen basically boil down to a couple of factors:

1) The Apple provided interface for 3rd part apps doesn’t give developers quite as much control over it’s behavior as we might like, and

2) We introduced a much longer delay between taking a photo and recording it’s position than we should have into the program.

The former effects all programs, and is what it is. The latter, however, is something we can (and have) fixed — in the next version of our software (should hit the App Store in a couple of weeks or less) you will find the delay to be much (much) shorter. In case you are curious, in version 1.2 of Earthscape we reduced the size of the image in order to make photo uploads faster — but this extra process slowed down our capturing the location, which in a moving vehicle could wind up placing it at some distance away from where the photo was taken.

Best Wishes,

–Tom Churchill
CEO, Earthscape

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