ACE Nature's Fixed Point Photography App

Would you like to be able to automatically create timelapses to show the changes that your work is making to the landscape? Would you like to be able to involve visitors in citizen science using their phones to add photographs to these timelapses?

Our Android, iPhone and browser-based App enables you to mark fixed point photography locations and create timelapses of habitat change.

Faded versions of previous photos create a mask to enable alignment of new photos. Time-lapses are auto-created and directly submitted to your website/WildMap. Can be used by staff and/or the public

The video below shows an example of some river restoration work captured using the Fixed Point Photography App.

Contact us using the form below for more information on how to access the App.

User Guide

Android & iPhone Apps

The video below shows how to use our Android/iPhone Fixed Point Photography App:

Creating a new Fixed Point Photography Location

1. When you are at the site from which you want to do a fixed point photography timelapse, tap Add Location
2. Give the site a name, and tap Add Location again
3. Tap on the site within the list of Fixed point locations, hold the phone in a Landscape (as opposed to Portrait) orientation, and tap the white circle to take the photo. The ability to add Portrait photos is coming soon!
4. To view the photo, tap on the burger in the top left of the screen.

Adding to existing Fixed Point Photography Locations

1. Open the App to view the list of fixed point locations – your distance from the locations is shown to the right of the location name. The App will show all locations near to you (not just the ones that you have created)
2. When at the site of an existing location, tap on the location and hold your phone up to align the current view with the faded mask. If the mask is upside down, tap the curved arrow to flip it. Use the Opacity slider to alter the opacity of the mask. Use the Previous Photo slider to view older images if the latest one is not clear enough. Tap the white circle to take the photo.
3. To view the timelapse, tap on the burger in the top left of the screen and then tap the photo to start cycling through them.

Uploading photos to a website

1. Tap Share and then Collaborate – only use this feature if there is an ACE Nature server associated with your photography locations. If there is not, you can tap Save to Camera roll to save all the photos from the selected location to your phone’s camera roll
2. Check that the correct server is showing. If it isn’t, tap Change Server.
3. Tap Upload – the App will count down the photos and then display Upload complete

Using the web-based App

This App runs off specific URLs/QR codes and opens a browser with the base photo pre-loaded. Contact ACE Nature if you would like to use this option.