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Hi everyone,
I'm Roland from Austria. Looking for metal detectorists to beta test ThatsLog – a finds logging app I originally built for myself
About a year ago I started developing my own finds logging software.
Originally, it was never intended to become a public app. I built it purely for my own use, with the data stored locally or on my own system.
The reason was quite simple: I couldn't find an existing solution that matched 100% of what I wanted.
One of my main requirements from the beginning was ownership and control of my data. My find locations, photos and GPS data shouldn't have to be stored on somebody else's server.
ThatsLog therefore allows the data to be stored locally on your own device or in your own Google Drive.
My second requirement was even more important while actually detecting:
Logging a find has to be quick.
I don't want to stand in a field typing information into my phone every time I find something.
So the basic idea behind ThatsLog is deliberately simple:
Find something → quickly take a photo → carry on detecting.
The photo already provides the time and GPS position.
When I get home, I can import the relevant photos into ThatsLog with one click. The location and find time are immediately available.
Everything else can be added later, when the find has been cleaned and identified or whenever I have time.
That workflow is still the basic principle behind ThatsLog today.
ThatsLog can also record the complete GPS track of a detecting session. Afterwards, the track can be edited and processed in a way specifically designed for metal detecting.
Over the last year I kept adding more and more features. Eventually my small personal tool had grown into a fairly comprehensive finds documentation system.
That's when I decided to turn it into an Android app and Windows application, so other detectorists can use it as well.
You can see an overview of the current features here:
https://thatslog.com
I'm therefore looking for Android users – preferably fellow detectorists – who would be willing to try ThatsLog and remain enrolled in the test for at least 14 days.
What would be particularly valuable to me is real-world feedback from detectorists.
Does the workflow make sense in the field?
Is anything unnecessarily complicated?
Is something important missing?
And does it actually make documenting finds easier?
How to join:
Testing is of course completely free.
I'd really appreciate anyone willing to give ThatsLog a try on an actual detecting session and let me know what you think.
Screenshots (in German) are attached. App language is German and English for now!
Regards from Austria, Roland
I'm Roland from Austria. Looking for metal detectorists to beta test ThatsLog – a finds logging app I originally built for myself
About a year ago I started developing my own finds logging software.
Originally, it was never intended to become a public app. I built it purely for my own use, with the data stored locally or on my own system.
The reason was quite simple: I couldn't find an existing solution that matched 100% of what I wanted.
One of my main requirements from the beginning was ownership and control of my data. My find locations, photos and GPS data shouldn't have to be stored on somebody else's server.
ThatsLog therefore allows the data to be stored locally on your own device or in your own Google Drive.
My second requirement was even more important while actually detecting:
Logging a find has to be quick.
I don't want to stand in a field typing information into my phone every time I find something.
So the basic idea behind ThatsLog is deliberately simple:
Find something → quickly take a photo → carry on detecting.
The photo already provides the time and GPS position.
When I get home, I can import the relevant photos into ThatsLog with one click. The location and find time are immediately available.
Everything else can be added later, when the find has been cleaned and identified or whenever I have time.
That workflow is still the basic principle behind ThatsLog today.
ThatsLog can also record the complete GPS track of a detecting session. Afterwards, the track can be edited and processed in a way specifically designed for metal detecting.
Over the last year I kept adding more and more features. Eventually my small personal tool had grown into a fairly comprehensive finds documentation system.
That's when I decided to turn it into an Android app and Windows application, so other detectorists can use it as well.
You can see an overview of the current features here:
https://thatslog.com
I'm now looking for beta testers
Before I can release the Android version publicly on Google Play, it has to complete Google's closed testing period.I'm therefore looking for Android users – preferably fellow detectorists – who would be willing to try ThatsLog and remain enrolled in the test for at least 14 days.
What would be particularly valuable to me is real-world feedback from detectorists.
Does the workflow make sense in the field?
Is anything unnecessarily complicated?
Is something important missing?
And does it actually make documenting finds easier?
How to join:
- Join the Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/thatslog-android-testers - Then join the Google Play closed test:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.edvkroiss.thatslog
Testing is of course completely free.
I'd really appreciate anyone willing to give ThatsLog a try on an actual detecting session and let me know what you think.
Screenshots (in German) are attached. App language is German and English for now!
Regards from Austria, Roland
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