Awesome idea, Philip, thanks for this! I will test it as soon as I can Jane
2012/9/11 Philip Chang <pch...@wikimedia.org> > Greetings WLM Members, > > Version 1.2.3 of the WLM Android App is on Google > Play<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm>and > here <http://dumps.wikimedia.org/android/WLM-v1.2.3.apk>. We have made > some improvements and in particular, there is an important enhancement > related to camera photos. > > Yes, camera photos. Please let me explain. > > The app is a great way to find monuments, but many participants in WLM use > cameras to take the photos they will submit to the contest. > > It is great to submit mobile photos to the contest as well, but cameras > generally offer better quality and control. So why not upload mobile photos > as placeholders, to make camera submissions easier? > > The following blog post, which will be published tomorrow, explains how > this works. > > > Using the Wiki Loves Monuments App as a travel > log<http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=17406> > Posted by Philip Chang <http://blog.wikimedia.org/author/pchang/> on > September 10th, 2012 > > The Wiki Loves Monuments Android > App<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm> is > a great way to take photos and upload them to Wikimedia Commons during the > world’s largest photo > contest<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/08/29/kicking-off-wiki-loves-monuments-2012/> > throughout > September. But what if you are shooting with a camera and don’t see > yourself taking too many photos with your mobile phone? You can now use the > app as a convenient travel log and make it much easier to organize your > photos when processing and uploading them at home. > > Here’s how you use the app as a travel log. As you walk around finding > monuments nearby to shoot with your camera, use the app on your phone to > find the monuments and take a picture of them to upload, either on the road > or when you get home. Back on your computer, your uploaded mobile photos > will be a convenient record of all the monuments you visited, sitting on > Commons under “My uploads.” > > As an added bonus, every mobile upload you add to Commons will include a > link to the Special Upload Wizard that automatically allows you to upload > and categorize more photos of that monument based on its campaign and > reference number. This is similar to clicking the “upload photo” button on > the monument lists in Wikipedia, but it is right there in your travel log. > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upload_more_photos.png> > > A screenshot of the new travel log feature associated with WLM app photos > uploaded to Commons. > > To see your travel log and use this feature, you must login at > commons.wikimedia.org <http://blog.wikimedia.org/commons.wikimedia.org> and > click on “My uploads” at the top. Click on the name of any uploaded photo > and the file page of that photo will open. Scroll down and below the > description you will see the link, “Upload more photos of this monument.” > > The travel log can help you in two ways: > > 1. you will see a sequential list of the monuments you visited, which > helps in identifying the monuments taken on your camera > 2. you can submit the photos from your camera for each monument > directly from the travel log > > The latest app, version 1.2.3, has been published in the Google > Play<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm> store > and that version has this new feature. Please update the app if you > downloaded it before and do not have auto-updates turned on. If you have > good ideas about photo uploads in general, or improvements next year, feel > free to post > feedback<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Feedback> > or > send email <mobile-feedbac...@lists.wikimedia.org>. > > You may also download the app > here<http://dumps.wikimedia.org/android/WLM-v1.2.3.apk>, > or on the F-Droid > market<http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=wiki%20loves%20monuments&fdid=org.wikipedia.wlm&fdpage=1> > . > > We appreciate your support. Happy uploading! > > *Phil Chang, Product Manager, Mobile* > > - Copyright notes: "Upload more > photos"<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upload_more_photos.png> > by Philinje <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Philinje>, under > CC-BY-SA > 3.0 Unported <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode>, > from Wikimedia Commons > > > -- > Phil Inje Chang > Product Manager, Mobile > Wikimedia Foundation > 415-812-0854 m > 415-882-7982 x 6810 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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