Using Bubbler With Spotwalla to Track Receipts
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try the group as mentioned, but a simple question, you have your ID and password for Spotwalla already set up? you have your phone set up in spotwalla as bubbler GPS? I did not have to use any smtp or ports that I recall. The email ID and password I set up in bubbler connected me to spotwalla after I got the phone set up there.
I was reviewing this thread in prep for a ride and was also playing around in Spotwalla. It is possible to add pictures to your trip after the fact. If you click on a point and look at the bottom of the pop-up box you will find an option to "add/update photo". Clicking that takes you to a screen where you can remove, update or add a new picture. Could be handy if you forgot to send a gas receipt (just make sure you select the correct point to edit).
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Did this end up being the correct way to upload pictures? Working to figuring out Bubbler and am wondering if I am doing too many steps. Most of my photos are uploading, but sometimes they don't show up.
Current process:
1. Tap New Message
2. Tap the camera icon
3. Take photo
4. Tap Accept
5. Select Category (optional)
6. Tap New Okay icon
One thing I have noticed is pictures are not uploading when I'm at a location for a while and then take the photo. This happened and other day and looks like it just did it again while writing this. I've been at my desk in my office for awhile now and took a photo to make sure I was writing my process correctly. The test trip I have generated in Spotwalla is not showing the photo I took. This might not be an issue during a ride since I'll take a photo, upload, and go but I wanted to make sure before I try my first SS1k.
Current process:
1. Tap New Message
2. Tap the camera icon
3. Take photo
4. Tap Accept
5. Select Category (optional)
6. Tap New Okay icon
One thing I have noticed is pictures are not uploading when I'm at a location for a while and then take the photo. This happened and other day and looks like it just did it again while writing this. I've been at my desk in my office for awhile now and took a photo to make sure I was writing my process correctly. The test trip I have generated in Spotwalla is not showing the photo I took. This might not be an issue during a ride since I'll take a photo, upload, and go but I wanted to make sure before I try my first SS1k.
Firt off, Eliminate Step 6. Tapping any of the 8 icons on the "Send Message" screen will send the message with that category. By doing Step 5 and Step 6, you are sending two different messages.
As for sending pictures inside a building (or anywhere else with a sketchy GPS signal)... If your phone cannot get a GPS signal in the amount of time you have selected on the "Settings - Update Frequency" screen, it will not send the picture. If it does not have a cell or WiFi signal (but knows where it is via GPS) it will hold that message, and picture, until it can send it later. However, not having a GPS signal will stop the entire process. It simply cannot send a geo-tagged picture to Spotwalla if it does not know where it is when the picture was taken. Bubbler calculates your position from scratch every time it wants to send a message. It is not like Google Maps that is always accessing the GPS. This helps to keep its batterry usage at a minimum but does come at the cost of not being able to instantly assign a position to a picture.
As for sending pictures inside a building (or anywhere else with a sketchy GPS signal)... If your phone cannot get a GPS signal in the amount of time you have selected on the "Settings - Update Frequency" screen, it will not send the picture. If it does not have a cell or WiFi signal (but knows where it is via GPS) it will hold that message, and picture, until it can send it later. However, not having a GPS signal will stop the entire process. It simply cannot send a geo-tagged picture to Spotwalla if it does not know where it is when the picture was taken. Bubbler calculates your position from scratch every time it wants to send a message. It is not like Google Maps that is always accessing the GPS. This helps to keep its batterry usage at a minimum but does come at the cost of not being able to instantly assign a position to a picture.
Thanks. I was wondering if I was sending two different messages or just one, hence the question. I hadn't had time to sit down and do a comparative test.
If I am remembering correctly, all the times I've taken a photo and it hasn't uploaded where inside buildings, so this makes sense.
Does Bubbler store the photos taken? Wondering if I should take two photos of every event, one with Bubbler and one with the phone's camera, or can I find the Bubbler photo later to upload to Spotwalla manually should the need arise.
If I am remembering correctly, all the times I've taken a photo and it hasn't uploaded where inside buildings, so this makes sense.
Does Bubbler store the photos taken? Wondering if I should take two photos of every event, one with Bubbler and one with the phone's camera, or can I find the Bubbler photo later to upload to Spotwalla manually should the need arise.
Yup... It does store the picture, but it is a very low resolution version of the picture. If you want to have a high resolution copy, it is much better to take the picture through the device's native camera then open your browser and navigate to the Spotwalla site and upload the picture directly to the correct location mark. If all you want is a quick way to get some kind of picture to Spotwalla, then using Bubbler's camera function works well.