I write all documentation in OneNote and then I have to drop the picture of the completed work on a SharePoint folder. Once it is in the folder, I copy the link to the photo and paste it into OneNote with my notes so it can be looked at by the auditors.
Since the pictures start on my phone, I use the Synology Photo app to automatically upload them to my NAS. Synology Photos keeps track of the pictures by year, geographic location, and Tags which I update with additional information, namely project number. When I am doing the documentation, I go into my NAS via a network drive. I find the pics, download them to a thumb drive, put the thumb drive in my work machine, and drag them over to the Sharepoint folder
What I would like to be able to do is access the photos like it was on an external hard drive on my company computer. I have software on my work machine that allows me to edit the picture, add the tag, etc. This is where the RP comes in, if I could view the photos and the the directory like a thumb drive, drag them directly into the SharePoint folder (like I currently do from the thumb drive), edit them if necessary, save the edits, and of course, refer to them in the event I need to talk to a contractor about something I saw, that would be perfect.
As I said it is a lot of photos, I am guessing a minimum of 20 and some jobs as much as 300. I have all of the Southeast US (6 states) and about 40 projects a year.
I hope that provides a good picture of my process.
Since the pictures start on my phone, I use the Synology Photo app to automatically upload them to my NAS. Synology Photos keeps track of the pictures by year, geographic location, and Tags which I update with additional information, namely project number. When I am doing the documentation, I go into my NAS via a network drive. I find the pics, download them to a thumb drive, put the thumb drive in my work machine, and drag them over to the Sharepoint folder
What I would like to be able to do is access the photos like it was on an external hard drive on my company computer. I have software on my work machine that allows me to edit the picture, add the tag, etc. This is where the RP comes in, if I could view the photos and the the directory like a thumb drive, drag them directly into the SharePoint folder (like I currently do from the thumb drive), edit them if necessary, save the edits, and of course, refer to them in the event I need to talk to a contractor about something I saw, that would be perfect.
As I said it is a lot of photos, I am guessing a minimum of 20 and some jobs as much as 300. I have all of the Southeast US (6 states) and about 40 projects a year.
I hope that provides a good picture of my process.
Statistics: Posted by farrissf — Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:51 am