GeoInspector: Transform Your Photos into Interactive Maps
GeoInspector is a professional mobile application that converts ordinary images into powerful geospatial data. Focusing on simplicity and precision, it automatically captures georeferenced photos (with GPS coordinates, altitude, azimuth, and date/time) and generates KMZ files ready for immediate use in Google Earth, QGIS, ArcGIS, and other GIS platforms.
Key Features:
Georeferenced Capture: Uses the device's GPS to tag each photo with precise location metadata. Allows adding voice or text annotations at the time of capture.
Automatic KMZ Generation: Converts one or multiple photos into a KMZ file with one click. In Google Earth, each photo becomes a clickable marker that displays the image, creating a virtual inspection tour.
Project Management: Organize captures into projects (e.g., "Construction X", "Survey Y"). View photos on an internal map and edit metadata.
Export and Sharing: Share KMZ via email, cloud, or other apps. Export coordinates to CSV for spreadsheet analysis.
Suitable for:
Engineering & Construction: Site inspection, non-conformity recording, asset documentation.
Agriculture: Crop monitoring, pest recording, area demarcation.
Environment: Field surveys, data collection points, area documentation.
Topography: Collection of control points, boundary verification.
Public Services: Inspection of power, water, and gas networks.
Tourism & Education: Creation of interactive itineraries with points of interest.
Technology:
Developed in React Native with Expo, ensuring native performance and a single codebase for Android and iOS. Accesses native sensors (GPS, camera) and uses specialized libraries to generate the KMZ file (a ZIP package containing the images and a KML file with coordinates and descriptions).
Advantages:
Increases Productivity: Eliminates the manual and error-prone method of writing coordinates on paper.
Ensures Accuracy: Coordinates captured instantly, increasing reliability.
Makes GIS Accessible: Professional tool in your pocket, without the need for expensive equipment.
Facilitates Communication: Immediate visualization in Google Earth for sharing with teams and clients.
GeoInspector is the ultimate bridge between the field and the map, optimizing the workflow of any professional who depends on accurate location data.