PhotoArchive

Description

The PhotoArchive project was proposed as a Senior Design Project by the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering. This project allows the Bureau of Engineering to upload images with specific tags into a Microsoft Azure database.

Table of Contents

• Special Note
• Key Features
• Installation
• Functionality
  • Login
  • Dashboard Page
  • Tagging Page
  • Camera Page
  • History Page
  • Settings Page
  • Theme Selection
• Support

Special Note

The link to the repo will issue a 404 error because it leads to my private repository due to the project being closed source.

Key Features

• Image storage
• Thumbnail storage
  • In addition to uploading an image, thumbnails will also be uploaded to increase network efficiency when searching through uploaded images
• Context and Attribute Associations
  • Allows for a tagging system to be as specific or general as needed
  • Context - General purpose of the image
  • Attribute - Specific characteristics of the image, can have multiple attributes per context
  • General Example:
    • Context = Pasadena Rose Bowl Concert
    • Attribute 1 = Which artist is currently playing?
    • Attribute 2 = Which area are you seated in?
    • Attribute …
  • Specific Example:
    • Context = Meeting on 3/14/17 with Corporate
    • Attribute 1 = How many people are present?
    • Attribute 2 = What were the topics discussed?
    • Attribute 3 = Who is currently in this image?
    • Attribute …
• Take images within the application and store them internally
• Import images from the camera roll
• Tag multiple images with multiple context and associated attributes
• Timed automatic deletion of internal images
• Adjust time for when images are automatically deleted
• History view to see all images uploaded by current user and associated contexts
• Timed automatic login feature
• 3 different colored themes
• Privacy feature to wipe all internal application images when a new user logs in
• Microsoft Azure implementation

Installation

Unnecessary considering this is a closed source project. I decided to include this section to reiterate that the link to the repository will lead to a 404 error.

Functionality

Login

• Username and password as standard
• ‘Remember Me’ option, which is set to remember the user for 30 days
• User detection built in
  • If the current user logging in is not the previous user which was logged in, the application will purge all data from the previous user

Dashboard Page

• Checks with tags database to make sure user has the latest tags
• Permissions status
  • Will inform the user if GPS, Wifi or camera functionality has been blocked
  • If permissions are not correct, displays button to take user to their settings to change those permissions
• Displays images to be uploaded
  • Will only upload over Wifi, unless setting is changed on Settings Page
  • Clears the entire queue with single button
  • Clears individual items
  • Shows larger image if image is selected

Tagging Page

• Image selection
  • Selection from user’s personal photos
  • Selection from images taken within the application
  • Allows selection of images from either/both previously mentioned categories
• Tag selection
  • Multiple tags can be selected for bulk uploading
• Correctness check
  • Will not allow user to upload photos if tags have not been selected
  • Will not allow user to upload photos if photos have not been selected
• I wish one of those cars were mine!

In this demonstration you will see:

1. Selecting a photo from the internal library
2. Selecting photos from the user’s photo library
3. Selecting a context and adding a ‘testing’ description
4. Selecting another context and leaving it blank
5. Sending the images to the upload queue

Camera Page

• Dual functionality
  • Scenario 1: If user has not selected any tags, images taken within the application will be placed within the application photo library
  • Scenario 2: IF user has selected tags, images taken within the application will be placed within the application photo library and sent directly to the upload queue
• Opens the camera to take images
• Records GPS coordinates to send to the tags database

History Page

• Displays all images the current user has uploaded
• In the overview, the images are loaded as thumbnails for efficiency purposes both on the device and the Azure server
• When an image is selected, full image is loaded and user can view the tags the image was uploaded with

Settings Page

• Wifi only upload toggle
• Manages internal photo library by deleting images after 90 days, by default
• Allows theme selection

Theme Selection

• 3 default themes
• Themes apply automatically, no need to restart

Support

If it breaks, you can keep both pieces.