Calibrating photo direction

The Landscape mobile app automatically captures the direction you are facing when you take a photo and stores that data for presenting in reports.

If you notice that the directions that the app is capturing are incorrect on one or two photos, you can manually correct the direction from the desktop version of Landscape. From the site visit record, select the photo point. The 'Direction (Degrees)' field can be edited from there. Note that 0 is North, 90 is East, 180 is South, and 270 is West.

1. If you are using an Android device to take the photos, make sure you calibrate the compass occasionally. There are instructions for doing so found on the internet. It basically involves make several figure 8 motions with the device.
2. Make sure the rotation lock is turned off. This will usually result in directions being off by 90 degrees.
3. Some Android devices have inaccurate compass readings when the device is held up like you would while taking a photo. You can check that by looking at the reading in the Landscape camera when the device is flat and pointed at the ground vs. when it is up in the picture-taking position
4. Install a free compass app on the device and compare the readings that app gives you vs. the Landscape compass. When testing, make sure you hold the device as if you're taking a photo. If they don't generally agree, then there may be something wrong with Landscape. Reach out to support to let us know what device you're using, and please provide us with an example of some photos, the site visit, and the direction the photos should be.