iPhone App Review: GPS MapCard

GPS MapCard from developer Imagebakery is a new and imaginative photo app for the iPhone that mixes maps with photos.

Launch the app and you are presented with a basic screen with a big blue button in the middle with a camera icon and the words "Take Photo". Tap this button and the iPhones camera app interfaces with GPS MapCard for you to take a photo. After you have taken your photo you're offered the now customary option of "Use Photo" or "Retake". Use the photo and the words "Preparing MapCard" appear and with in a few seconds you are presented with a map and a pin marking the spot the photo was taken.

Across the bottom of the screen are 3 options, Cancel, Save and Current Location. The first 2 options are obvious, but the Current Location option is there just in case the location is wrong, allowing you to try and get more accurate coordinates.

Across the top of this screen you will see the location, date and time, and if you tap on this area you can also enter a comment.

When you have done and tapped on the save option you get a preview of your MapCard, which is then automatically saved to your Camera Roll.

Above: The Apple store WestQuay, Southampton.So what do I think of GPS MapCard?

The app could not be any simpler to use, although accuracy of your location varies, and is a great way to share your photos and location on sites like facebook, or for taking the first shot at each location where you are taking photos.

All-in-all this is a great app, and one that will sit on my iPhone's first page of photo apps, however I do have 2 problems that stops it from getting the iPhoneography recommended award, which are:

1. The accuracy of the map pin drops, which may be more to do with the iPhones GPS accuracy than the app itself, although being able to move the pin drop for more accuracy would have provided a solution for this issue.
2. When emailing photos taken with GPS MapCard using the iPhone's email app, the received photos are blurry, something not caused by third party email apps like MailPhotos, again an iPhone issue, but something the developer should try and address.

 AppStore Link: GPS MapCard - Price £0.59 ($.99)

New iPhone Photo App: GPS MapCard

It’s the easiest way to remember where you took the photos.

The most distinctive feature of GPS MapCard is that it can display a photo and a map on the same screen and shows an address based on its coordinates. Additionally, it displays date & time and a user comment as well on the map.

Features:

• Display a photo and a map on the same screen.
• Static maps are fetched directly from Google Maps.
• Automatically displaying the location’s address on a card by using GPS, cellular network or Wi-Fi.
• Show up the date and time of photo shooting.
• Add short comment.
• Preview the card by rotating the iPhone to landscape mode.
• Save the card to your Camera Roll and use the Photos application for send a e-mail.
• Gorgeous zoom in/out animation.
• Place a pin on the map of place where a photo was taken.

AppStore Link: GPS MapCard - Price £0.59 ($.99)