Using Geosnap! - Robrowski/GeoSnap GitHub Wiki

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Tables of Contents Stuff
DISCLAIMER You ought to know this...
How to Discover Snaps Walk before you can run
Taking Pictures Thief
Planting Photos From seeds to tomato plant
Discovered Snaps Like how Christopher Columbus did it
Viewing Snaps Literally art
FAQ Fairly Abrasive Quacks
BUGS SQUISH THEM

DISCLAIMER

All photos shared via this app are anonymously shared publicly on imgur.com. Location data is managed by our private server.

How to Discover Snaps

Turn on your mobile data and location services AND GO FOR A WALK!!! In order to optimize power efficiency, we actually stop polling your GPS when you aren't moving! If you are having a hard time discovering snaps, open up the settings and either turn off activity recognition (and melt your battery) or change the GPS mode to HIGH_POWER (and melt your battery).

The whole point of this app is snap DISCOVERY!!!

Taking Pictures

The button on the bottom takes the picture, make sure you hold still! The button in the top left switches between selfie-mode and back-facing mode.

Planting Photos

Planting a photo uploads your picture anonymously and publicly to Imgur (where it is basically hidden in the obscurity of the internet). Others using this app can now discover your snap!

Pressing the back arrow will trash the picture.

Those yellow buttons in the bottom left set the "discoverability". Basically, big circle means easy to find, small circle means secret. How many secret snaps can you find?

Discovered Snaps

These are the snaps you discovered. Make sure you check them out soon, because they will disappear after a day!

If you are bored, you can pull down to refresh this list.

Viewing Snaps

This is where the snap was planted and later discovered. The circle is how big an area the snap could be discovered in. The blue marker is your location, if you are still in the area.

FAQ

Why does the app crash when I refresh the discovered snaps view?

You need to install/update this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms

Why am I not discovering any snaps?

  • Not connected to the internet
  • Location services disabled on your phone
  • You aren't moving :dancers:
  • Nobody in your area has planted any snaps recently :-1: You should be the first!

Where are the best snaps taken?

We don't know! That's why we made this app!

Can I still do the Post Survey?

SURE

What do I do if I discovered too many snaps!?!?

If you open the menu in the top left from the discovered snaps view, there is an option to test delete your database. This will remove all pictures from your phone after you completely close the app and re-open it.

BUGS

Please feel free to report bugs to our issue tracker.