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How to use TagCommenter

Launching TagCommenter
The main window of TagCommenter
The menu of the main window
Post comment
Show text of comments nearby
Show map with comment places nearby
Settings




Launching TagCommenter

To launch the TagCommenter App tap MENU to get a list with all apps, scroll to TagCommenter and tap the TagCommenter entry. If TagCommenter is started the first time, the terms and end-user license agreement is shown. You must accept the agreement once, to continue. If you refuse the agreement, TagCommenter is terminated.

Since the TagCommenter app and the services are sponsored by ads, you are asked for your acceptance of displaying ads. If you agree, ads are displayed and you are not asked anymore. If you disagree, you are asked again when TagCommenter is started next time.


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The main window of TagCommenter

Main window After launch and acceptance of terms etc. the main window of TagCommenter is shown:

Show text of comments nearby
Show map with comment places nearby
Post comment

By pressing the MENU key, the menu of the main window is displayed to call the settings window for changes of the options for the selection of comments.


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The menu of the main window

Menu of the main window Here, you can call the settings for the selection of the comments to be shown.


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Post comment

Post comment Describe in the upper edit area the place, building etc. you mean, with at most 100 chars. Leaving this area empty inhibits the upload of the comment.
Enter in the next edit area underneath your comment text with at most 1000 chars. It's up to you to enter your name or contact informations. Leaving this area empty inhibits the upload of the comment.
Tapping "Make photo" activates the camera to take a photo.
By tapping "Photo from gallery" you can choose a stored photo.
The photo of the last activity "Make photo" or "Photo from gallery" respectively is shown in a preview in the lower left area and by checking "Post photo" this photo will be uploaded and stored with your comment to TagCommenter.

Together with the comment, your location, date/time of comment's creation and the selected language are uploaded and stored automatically.
By tapping "Post" all is uploaded in the background and the dialog is closed. The menu item "Post comment" keeps deactivated until the upload is - successfully or with error - finished.

IMPORTANT: In case your location cannot be determined, perhaps GPS and network localization are switched off or the current environment prevents localization, the upload is cancelled and terminated with a corresponding error message!



Notification about upload You are informed about success or failer of the upload with an icon in the status bar of the smartphone: Open it to read the message with the result of the most recent upload.


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Show text of comments nearby

Show text of comments nearby Depending on the settings for the display of comments, a list with the comments nearby is shown. Thereby, the comments' creation date/time, the description of the place and the first few words of the comment are displayed and - if existing - the preview of the correspondig photo.

The download of the list may take a long time, the download of the corresponding photos is delayed, thus the photos appear one by one.



Comment-texts expanded Tapping the date/time, place desription or text of a comment expands/collapses the text to display it fully or only the first few words.



Comment photo Tapping the preview photo, if existing, shows the photo in full screen mode. Pressing the BACK key of the smartphone returns to the list of comments.



Comment-text context menu Tapping and keeping tapped a list entry opens the context menu to show the location of the comment as pin on the map, your current location is drawn as a blue flag.



Comment-text position on map By tapping the context menu item "Comment place on map" the location of the comment is displayed as red pin on the map. Your current location (or the manually chosen location) is drawn as a blue flag.

With the plus and minus controls the map can be zoomed. These controls disappear after a few seconds automatically but can be reactivated by tapping the map. The map may be scrolled also by tapping and dragging.

Pressing the BACK key of the smartphone returns to the list of comments.



Comment-text menu Pressing the MENU key of the smartphone pops up the options, available for the comment list:

Post new calls the menu item "Post comment"
Map calls the menu item "Show map with comment places nearby"
Settinge calls the menu item "Settings"
Pic loc from map calls the menu item "Choose location from map", which must be called, if the location cannot be determined automatically or if you are interested in the comments of another location outside of your current location.


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Choose location from map

Choose location from map If in one of the menus of the comment display the item "Pic loc from map" is selected, or if the location cannot be fixed automatically, you are asked to determine the location automatically. If you agree, the map is displayed with the most recently fixed location in the center. Scroll the map by tapping and dragging or zoom it with the plus and minus controls (they disappear after a few seconds automatically but can be reactivated by tapping the map) to your current location or to the location you are interested in comments. Tap shortly twice the location on the map and the coordinates of the selected location are shown:



Location coordinates Choosing "Yes" adopts this location and the comments are selected accordingly. By choosing "No", you can select another location on the map. Pressing the BACK key of the smartphone leaves the map without selecting any location. You will return to the main window or you remain in the comment display with the recently valid location, depending on a already automatically or manually selected location.


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Show map with comment places nearby

Show map with comment places nearby Depending on the settings for the display of comments, the map with the locations of the comments nearby is shown. The locations are marked with red pins. Your location is drawn with a blue flag. If more comments exist for the same location or if the locations are proximate, more than one comment can belong to one pin or the pins are overlapping.

You can scroll the map by tapping and dragging or zoom it with the plus and minus controls (they disappear after a few seconds automatically but can be reactivated by tapping the map).

The download of the comments may take a long time.

When more than 20 comments are to be drawn, you can scroll forward and backward in the menu, to display the next/previous comments. At most 20 pins are visible on the map.



Comments to a pin Tapping a pin shows the corresponding comment (or a list with the comments belonging to the pin or to overlapping pins) as displayed in Show text of comments nearby.



Menu of Show map with comment places nearby Pressing the MENU key of the smartphone pops up the options, available for the comment locations map:

Selecting "Backward" or "Forward" displays the previous/next maximal 20 comments on the map, if more than 20 comments are available for the location.
Post new calls the menu item "Post comment"
Comments-list calls the menu item "Show text of comments nearby" auf
Settinge calls the menu item "Settings"
Pic loc from map calls the menu item "Choose location from map", which must be called, if the location cannot be determined automatically or if you are interested in the comments of another location outside of your current location.


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Settings

Settings The settings determine the selection of comments to be downloaded for a location. With the plus and minus controls of "Radius" you can set the distance from your location within which the comments must be to be displayed. You can vary the radius between 50 and 10000 meter. Remember the inaccuracy of the localization! Default are 100 meter.

With the creation date you can limit the maximal age of the comments to be displayed. Open the drop-down list and choose the period you want. Default is "anytime", all comments are displayed independent of their creation date.

With comment language you can specify the creation language of the comments to be displayed. Open the drop-down list and choose the language you want. Default is "All languages", all comments are displayed independent of their creation language.

The sort order determines sequence, the comments are listed or displayed on the map: Descending by date (the most recent first), or acending by distance (the nearest first). Default is "distance".

Tapping "Clear all" resets all settings to their default.


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