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Using mobile phone to insert pictures to tracks.

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Created by Tibor > 9 months ago, 16 Apr 2022
Tibor
NSW, 64 posts
16 Apr 2022 12:42PM
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Used to be able to till 6 months ago but now l cant insert pictures to the gps team site off my mobile phone. I travel a lot and so, l prefer not to take my pc on my trips. I have tried a few mobile browsers and reduced the picture size to no avail.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

sailquik
VIC, 6094 posts
16 Apr 2022 11:43PM
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Check if the picture is in JPEG format. I got this issue with my mac when I tried to upload pictures in the mac default .png image format, which may be what an iPhone makes as well?

John340
QLD, 3165 posts
17 Apr 2022 7:53PM
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I tried a JPEG file, it didn't work.

Tibor
NSW, 64 posts
19 Apr 2022 7:22AM
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So, you have found this problem too John.
With all the smart gurus we should find someone who has a solution. I ll be at Burrum heads next week. Would love to have solved it by then.
Thank you .

Tibor
NSW, 64 posts
24 Apr 2022 11:42AM
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I think I have found the solution. I have been cropping the pictures too square and the gpsteamchallenge site didn't like that. Once l made it more rectangular it went fine.
There's a huge difference between taking a pc or just a mobile phone on a trip.
Forgot to mention I use the mini motion off which l can download onto my phone via wifi in seconds then another minute and upload to the teamchallenge.
Very convenient.

tbwonder
NSW, 655 posts
24 Apr 2022 12:27PM
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It this something to do with the size of the file. When I take screen shots on my phone it produces quite large files. The images for GPSTC need to be less than 2MB (I think).

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8045 posts
24 Apr 2022 1:07PM
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Yes I reduce the size of images if I'm posting photos. Sometimes it won't upload properly and it's usually because are too big.
It just comes up with a cracked image logo..



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