Phototrackr Pro Upgrade Project

Due to popular demand by professional photographers, the Phototrackr software needs to support RAW image formats.  Because of the additional licensing requirement, the RAW image format support is packaged as an upgrade purchase for Phototrackr customers.

Technical Features

  • Receives notifications via Paypal’s Instant Payment Notification (IPN)
  • If the payment status is verified, an activation code is generated and emailed to the customer
  • Email notification will be sent to company administrator when a new purchase has been made
  • Customer will be able to use the activation code to activate the RAW image support features via the product activation application (coded in C# with ASP.Net WebService backend)

GiSTEQ Phototrackr

This is my very first commercial work project – and it’s being sold worldwide.  The main program was designed and coded from scratch using C++/CLR and C#; there is also a product activation module done using ASP.Net WebService.

Screen Shots:

Technical Features:

  • Geotag JPEG images by examing the image’s Exif properties and compare it against GPS positions collected by a dedicated hardware
  • Embed Google Map with Google Map API in the Windows application host
  • Interact between Google Map javascript and the host Windows application through custom events & delegates
  • Inter-op between native Windows API and .Net framework for communicating with GPS data logger hardware, including retrieve GPS data points collected by the device, and configure various recording settings on the hardware
  • Analyze GPS location points to determine discontinuity between GPS tracks
  • Reduce route drawing complexity and google map javascript loading time by using various line simplification and points reduction algorithm
  • Integrates various web services API for additional functions including reverse-geocode and photo upload with location data
  • Product activation modules coded using ASP.Net WebService
  • Pro version features RAW image format reading

Media & Press Coverage

  • Coverage by engadget Link
  • News Report by ABC7 San Francisco Link
  • Radio coverage by cnet Leo Laporte Link
  • Review by GPS Passion Link
  • Review by Pocket PC World Link