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In our survey the surveyors have to take one or more photos at a sample point. Currently it is not really clear to me how the filename for the photo is generated. I fear that once we pool the data from the differnt surveyors together that their might be duplicate filenames. Is it possible to change the photo file name to the key attributes in the survey? In my case I have 3 key attributes defining a sample point the district_ID, segment_ID and the sample point_ID. For each sample point one or more photos are taken. It would be great if the photos would have the key attributes as filename, if more than one photo is attached to one sample unit a count like xx-yyyyy-z-1.jpg, xx-yyyyy-z-1.jpg, ... would be great. |
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On Collect Mobile, a device-generated filename is used. Once the data is imported into Collect Desktop, universally unique identifiers (UUID) will be used as filenames, preventing the issue you describe. The reason we don’t include information about key attributes in the filenames is that those values might change. While it’s technically possible to rename files when related key attributes change values, it take some work to implement. We’ll keep that feature in mind, and will see if we find a clean way, and the time, to implement it. Something I will try to include in the next release is to make sure Collect Mobile also uses UUIDs as filenames. There is currently the possibility of filename collisions when starting to collect data from one device then continue on another. |
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Hi all, I am wondering whether you have by now implemented the possibility to rename photos according to key attributes? Best, Jan |
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Dear user, |
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Dear OF-team, Our survey requires us to collect several specimens for a given sampling site and to take multiple pictures of each of these specimens. Each specimen is assigned a collector name and unique collection number (e.g., John Doe 1247). In order to upload the images to the server, they need to have the following format: CollectorLastname-CollectionNumber-PhotographerInitials-ImageSequenceNumber.jpg (For example: "Doe-1247-JLK-001.jpg") In the survey, all three key attributes are generated for each specimen. Would it be possible to automatically generate the image file name according to this logic? |
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Dear Jan, |