Calf Trail Thoroughfare

Geotagalog 1.5, and beyond

2009 October 22

Geotagalog 1.5, with its signficantly improved tracklog handling, is here!

The skinny

• Better handling of photos outside of tracklog range
• Waypoint marker display
• Even more sophisticated interpolation algorithms
• Better looking help documentation
• Various bug fixes
• Direct support for FAI Gliding Commission flight recordings (.igc)
• Price increased to $25

The long

Nate had been hard at work on Geotagalog 2.0 already, when Geotagalog 1.4 was featured on MUPromo. With that opportunity came some fresh feedback and our own renewed critique of the existing product. Now Geotagalog rose from the ashes of Mercatalog; while Mercatalog's geolocation algorithms were sophisticated, they were designed for different circumstances.

Geotagalog is designed to geotag one camera full of photos, but it was sometimes frustrating to have Geotagalog assign locations to shots that were grabbed before or after trips with a GPS logger. We wanted to get a fix for this issue as well as a handful of other new features into your hands sooner rather than later. Thus this release.

What about the price increase? We've added a ton of features since Geotagalog 1.0, but the price has stayed 5¢ below $20 since its March release. By this version Geotagalog is a relatively mature product, with many many features already added. So we've raised the price for new purchases to an even $25. Geotagalog 1.5 is a free upgrade for existing customers. Repeat: If you already purchased Geotagalog at the old price, you have a valid license for this upgrade.

The future

And Geotagalog 2.0? More workflow options? A better map? Yes! We've heard your requests and have been eager for these features ourselves. We intend for you to start hearing more about this major upgrade now that Geotagalog 1.5 is out. (Some great progress was made on 2.0 even while 1.5 was in beta.)

"Wait, I see what you're doing," you might say. "Get everyone to buy 1.5 for $25, and then make them pay again as soon as 2.0 is out!"

How's this sound? We can't promise when or if Geotagalog 2.0 will ever be finished, or what features it will have, or how much it will cost. But here's the deal: we will offer a free upgrade to Geotagalog 2.0 for purchases from now until it is released. If you buy Geotalog 1.5 at this new price, you will be eligible for an upgrade to 2.0 with no extra charge.

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Geotagalog 1.5 nears release

2009 October 20

This checkbox will come in handy for those times you take pictures without your GPS tracker:

Besides better handling of photos outside of tracklog range, Geotagalog 1.5 adds waypoint marker display and advanced-er geolocation algorithms. And did we mention direct support for the IGC flight record format for glider pilots?

In short: even better tracklog handling is coming soon. If you're eager to get your hands on these new features, download the beta and test it out early. Please report any suspicious behaviour, or photographs larger than three ounces.

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Step 3: Profit!

2009 October 8

Sixty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents profit to be exact, if Nate's calculations are correct.

Today, Calf Trail Software outpaced various fees of the legal, accountant, web hosting, payment processing, and developer program sort (also a Windows XP Pro license; don't ask) to finally yield a return on Nate and Hjon's initial investment. This was accomplished through a clever 3-fold strategy of selling software licenses, billing for consulting work, and not paying ourselves for over a year and a half.

We'd like to thank you, our customers and clients, for your patronage. We've been blessed with the opportunity to serve you while doing work that we love. Now...go tell your friends about our software, so that next year we can buy our instant ramen from a small salary instead of our savings.

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