Glossary
This page gives an overview of the terms used in PicApport
| Add-on | Add-ons are scripts created in the programming language Groovy which extend the functionality of the PicApport Server. For further details see: PicApport Add-on Guide | |
| Dynamic Collection | Dynamic collections are queries stored on the PicApport server. If new photos matching the query criteria have been added to the server since the last execution of a dynamic query, the query result will also change. The visibility (regarding users or groups) can be specified when saving a dynamic collection. | |
| Geoencoding |
| This generally refers to the possibility of recording the location (coordinates) of a photo directly in the metadata of the jpg file in order to be able to display it on a map in PicApport. The coordinates can be created automatically by the camera when the photo is taken and later with the map function of PicApport. See also the tutorial video: https://vimeo.com/280056249 |
| GeoJSON file format | GeoJSON is an open format to store geographical data of e.g. travel routes or maps. PicApport is able to display these files in the integrated map module and since version 9 it is also able to generate them. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoJSON | |
| Keyword |
| Possibility to link photos with different terms for better search ability. |
| Keywordbrowser |
| The keyword browser on the start page of the web interface can be used to query keywords, persons and mytags. See Find photos with PicApport |
| Landing page |
| The „Landing page“ is the start page of the PicApport web interface. |
| Likes | If a user is authorized to do so, it is possible to like a photo. Likes of different users are counted for each photo and can be queried with the ++ and — operators. | |
| Local collection | Especially on a cell phone it is very useful to be able to show photos even if you have no connection to the PicApport server. The „Local Collections“ serve this purpose. If the browser supports the IndexedDB technology, it is possible to save even several thousand photos in the browser of the cell phone without having to install additional apps. This is possible because PicAppport scales the photos to the required display size before sending them to the device. Since „Local Collections“ are also based on stored queries, new photos matching the query can be automatically loaded to the phone via a synchronization function. | |
| Metadata | Metadata of digital photos are, for example, date of shooting, camera model, location, etc. See also: | |
| Thumbnail view |
| The thumbnail view shows an overview of all queried photos as „thumbnails“. If the user has the appropriate permissions, further photo actions can be executed from here after selecting certain photos (selection):
See also: The thumbnail view (#thumbs) |
| MyTags |
| MyTags gives authorized PicApport users the possibility to add their own keywords to photos and search for them with their own operator (#). Unlike tags and keywords, MyTags keywords are not stored in the photo file itself, but in a file on the server that is managed separately for each user. |
| Operators |
| Operators are special functions to find photos in PicApport. See also: Full text search of photos – Supported metadata |
| Plug-in | Plug-ins are programs written in the Java programming language which extend the functionality of the PicApportServer with regard to the support of further file types. Further details see: PicApport Plug-in Guide | |
| Progressive Web App |
| PicApport is a „Progressive Web App“ and therefore, unlike a conventional website, offers the following options ( assuming SSL is enabled):
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_application |
| Slideshow | Here the photos are finally displayed in full screen mode. Various menus can be used to control whether the photos should be displayed manually or automatically one after the other. The slideshow can also be controlled remotely by several cell phones using the share function | |
| Tag |
| see Keyword above |
| Sharing photos | If the PicApport server is available on the Internet, you can select photos via the share function in the thumbnail view and generate a link for these pictures which you can then easily share with other people. This link can optionally be provided with an expiration date. | |
| Sharing the screen |
| This function allows you to remotely control a screen from several cell phones or tablets at the same time to view photos. See also the video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewAkMJXMpw&t=5s |
| Thesaurus |
| Thesaurus entries in PicApport make it possible to assign synonyms for certain (searchable) words. Example: Mother, mom, mommy, mum See also: Find photos with PicApport |
| Timeline | The timeline on the start page of the web interface provides a chronological listing of the image directories and can be used for convenient and quick navigation to current photos. See also: Find photos with PicApport | |
| Directory browser | The directory browser on the start page of the web interface is used for convenient navigation through the configured directory structure of the PicApport server. See also: | |
| Web-API | The PicApport Web API is designed for developers of HTML pages, apps or computer programs. The complete documentation as well as function reference can be found in the English documentation under the following link: PicApport Web-API. |