RouteShoot Users Guide Android Background The RouteShoot Android application draws together 3 phone features ( Video, GPS and Maps ) to provide you with a tool that will let you capture your videos, synchronised with location data and telemetry. Once captured you can then share your experiences with your friends letting them see what you saw, and where you saw it, through the RouteShoot website. Basics for the RouteShoot Android Application On downloading the RouteShoot application the following icon will appear on your menu. Starting the application in the usual way, you will be presented with the main RouteShoot data recording screen. 1. The statistics box displays distance, speed, bearing and altitude telemetry as recorded using the Global Positioning System (GPS) integral to the phone as you create your video. This box can be toggled on or off in the RouteShoot settings page. The speed telemetry can also be toggled between miles per hour or kilometres per hour. 2. The map window displays the integral map at the bottom right hand side of the window. The amount of space on the main recording screen devoted to displaying the map can be adjusted in the settings page.
3. As with the standard map application, the map in RouteShoot can be panned and zoomed by interacting with the screen. The re-centre to current location button will reset the map display, centred to your current location, if you have panned the map away from this position. 4. The info and settings icon will open a quick menu of camera settings and an option to take you to the RouteShoot settings page where recording, display and map option settings can be changed. You will need to visit this page to set up the account details to let you share your files with your friends on the RouteShoot website. Further details of the settings are shown below. 5. The File list icon will take you to the file management page. From here you can view, share, copy or delete the videos you have captured. Details of these functions are also shown below. The icon will update to a thumbnail of the last video or photo taken automatically. 6. The mode indicator highlights the mode that RouteShoot is currently operating in and by simply swiping left or right on the screen you can swap between the modes. The modes available are Camera (for taking photo's), Video (for videos, classic RouteShoot function) and Dash cam(continual recording with selective save). These modes are discussed further below.
RouteShoot uses the YouTube application to store your videos. In order to share your videos, you will therefore need 2 accounts set up; one with YouTube to store the video and one with RouteShoot to store the route (mapping) and let you share your experience. It is recommended that you set up both accounts before you start recording with the RouteShoot app.
Accounts 7. On entering the accounts page on the first time you will be presented with the following screen. 8. Here you need to enter your YouTube User ID and password. If you do not already have a YouTube (or Google) account you can set one up from your own PC or MAC through the YouTube web site. Go to www.youtube.com and click on one of the sign in icons or buttons. This will take you to a Sign in screen where you can create an account. Since YouTube is owned by Google, you will first need to create a Google user account. Once this is set up, you will be directed back to the YouTube web site. At that point, click on the picture you uploaded for your Google account profile, or click on the button that looks like this if you did not add a profile picture Select the My Channel option and create your own channel. This is where your video files will be stored. Once you have started using RouteShoot you can return to YouTube at any time and review or delete your videos through the Video Manager option. 9. Here you need to enter your RouteShoot User ID and password. To create a RouteShoot account from your own PC or MAC, go to www.routeshoot.com. Click on the register button and you will be asked to
supply an email address, a display name (this can be your real name or an alias if you prefer) and a password. When you have filled in the form click on register. This will set you up instantly. For the user id enter the email address you used to register at the RouteShoot website.
When you enter each set of account details use the validate button and RouteShoot will check that these have been entered correctly.
Account settings should only need to be entered once, however you can return to the account settings at any point to change or verify the details later if you need to. Settings Video Recording The following pictures guide you through all the available settings options for the RouteShoot Android application. 10. Image quality can be set to any video quality that is available to the phone. 11. RouteShoot uses the YouTube application to store your videos for display in our file sharing and management website (www.routeshoot.com). YouTube sets a general maximum file length limit of 15 minutes for new, and what they term untrusted, users. By setting the YouTube 15 min limit to ON, RouteShoot will automatically stop the standard definition video recording after 15 minutes thus ensuring your video can be uploaded to YouTube. Exceeding this limit may cause YouTube to reject your file and your video may not be available to share. If you become a trusted user of YouTube, file size limits may be increased for you. If this is the case, or if you just want to record longer videos, which you can view on your phone or copy to other devices, then you can turn this limit off.
Since all high definition recording is restricted to 5 minutes, this is not an issue for high definition videos. 12. If your device has multiple storage options, such as an SD card, then you can choose where you would like RouteShoot to save your files. 13. This option will enable the use of the RouteShoot remote (available separately). Settings Display 14. Setting the Pan with video playback to ON will automatically recentre the map to the current video frame location during playback if the position of the video frame lies outside of the current map window. This may occur if you have manually resized or re-centred the map yourself during playback. 15. Enabling bookmarks will allow you to identify both static locations and entire lengths of your route as points of interest. (only available to commercial users)
Settings Bookmarks (commercial users only) The toggle to enable or disable all the bookmarks will override the settings lower down and will control if the selected bookmarks are useable or not Enabling the individual bookmarks means that the buttons to activate them will appear on the screen while recording Changing the colour of the bookmark will cycle through the available colours and allow you to easily identify which button relates to which bookmark and will also control the colour of the pin in the map. The name of the bookmark allows you to assign a name to the bookmark which is stored in the kml.
Settings Map Overlay 16. The map types available are the standard Google map types supported by your device. Settings Info Finally, there is some app info at the bottom of the settings screen. You may be asked for the version number if you are logging a support call.
Recording Once you have customised the application with the settings options, you are now ready to record your video. Before recording you are advised to wait until the map application has acquired a reasonably accurate GPS location for your starting point. This should only take a few seconds. The blue dot on the map should centre to your current location and the size of the halo around the blue dot indicates the likely accuracy. Pressing the record button will start the video recording and the route capturing processes. The red light in the middle of the record button will turn grey, you will get a sound alert (beep) and a timing counter will appear. 17. Using the static bookmark will save the current location as a point of interest. 18. Using the linear bookmark will toggle recording of the current location as a point of interest until the button is pressed again. This will result in a highlighted section of the route.
Recording will continue either until you press the button again or you reach the 15 minute YouTube limit if you have this option set. When you stop recording (or when recording is automatically stopped by the time limit settings) the grey square will be replaced by a red circle, you will get a sound alert (beep) and timing counter will disappear. Note 1: In order for RouteShoot to determine your location, you will need to have your phone GPS turned on, and RouteShoot must be allowed to access those services. Note 2: Unless your phone hardware and software can be correctly configured to handle phone calls as notifications, receiving a phone call will cause RouteShoot to stop recording. This can be prevented by setting up call forwarding. Note 3: GPS accuracy is determined by the built-in phone location service. Please refer to your user guide for more information about maps, location and navigation services. Note 4: The free RouteShoot app is designed as an application for general entertainment and non-commercial use; it is not designed to be a precision instrument for obtaining exact measures of location or other telemetry. RouteShoot do offer a number of packages for commercial users. Please visit http://www.routeshoot.com for more information. Remember: If you have panned your map away from your current position you can use the re-centre to current location button to reset the map display, centred to your current position. Safety: Do not use RouteShoot while undertaking tasks that require your full attention. If you are the driver of a vehicle or riding a bicycle you should pull over and park safely before operating or interacting with this software. If you are on foot make sure you are in an area safe for pedestrians before operating or interacting with this software. Handling: If using RouteShoot on any sort of vehicle we strongly recommend the use of a secure, hands-free phone mounting device. The phone should be mounted away from any moving parts of the vehicle or any safety features (such as seat belts or airbags) and such that the display does not distract the driver or operator. Temperature: During testing it has been noted that the phone may become quite warm when recording (HD in particular). Some of the temperature issues may result from the type of mounting being used. Please refer to your user guide for more information regarding how your handset may respond in respect to operating temperature and any temperature warnings. Laws and regulations:
Check and obey all laws and regulations for the activities you are undertaking. Be aware that laws will be different in other countries and the recording of video may be forbidden in certain areas.
Files RouteShoot manages your video, photos and route files in its own file store. The following screenshots guide you through the file management options for the RouteShoot application; this includes playing back the video or viewing the photo on your phone, uploading the files for sharing and deleting files. Selecting the files button from the main RouteShoot data recording screen will take you to the following screen. (This screen will take a few seconds to load as the application builds the file list). Playing the Video on Your phone Selecting one of the files from your file list will take you to the playback screen.
Your video is played back at the top of the screen with the map and your route displayed at the bottom. 19. Your route is displayed as a blue line overlaying the map. The red circle indicates the end of the route whilst the blue circle indicates the nearest GPS position recorded that corresponds to the current image in the video. At the start of playback the entire route is usually displayed, however the map can be resized and panned manually. As described in the settings section;
setting the Pan with video playback option to ON will automatically recentre the map to the current video frame location during playback if the position of the video frame lies outside of the current map window. 20. Controls are provided that will allow you to manage the video playback. The video playback control bar will automatically disappear after several seconds if not used to allow more of the video to be displayed on the screen. The control bar will reappear following a single tap on the video part of the screen. Sharing or Copying Your Video 21. Selecting the Upload video for sharing button will take you to the following screen.
Uploading files to YouTube and RouteShoot will take some time. While files can be uploaded over poor internet connections there is more risk of interruption to the connection, time taken is longer and more of the remaining battery power is consumed. It is therefore recommended that you use a Wi-Fi connection to upload the files. High definition video in particular will perform much better using Wi-Fi. 22. The privacy option allows you to choose whether the file you upload to YouTube is Public available to all YouTube users to find and view in YouTube s public spaces, or Unlisted. Unlisted videos will not appear in YouTube s public spaces and are only available to those who know the link to the video. By using RouteShoot, you are effectively giving the RouteShoot file sharing and management website (www.routeshoot.com) the link to your file so that the video can be shared. Once mandatory fields are completed, you can transfer your video and route using the upload button. 23. On pressing the upload button RouteShoot will feedback the progress and confirm when the transfer is complete. You can also cancel the upload at any time.
Deleting Files In order to delete the video and route files you have created, simply press and hold over the video and route file you wish to delete in the file list. Pressing and holding will bring up the standard Android file management menu.
Camera Settings Camera settings are accessible without going into the main settings menu these allow you to adjust camera specific settings as long as they are supported by the device. These include the use of a flash, the focus mode and the exposure.
24. Focus 25. Auto The camera automatically chooses what to focus on and constantly adapts to maintain a sharp focus. 26. Infinity Focuses at the maximum, attempting to make everything in focus. 27. Touch to Focus The camera will focus on the area tapped by the user. 28. Exposure 29. Auto The camera automatically adjusts the exposure to try to maintain the best level. 30. Manual The camera is locked from automatically changing the exposure level meaning that the it will remain the same no matter the light levels of the picture 31. Compensation Allows the user to manually set the Exposure compensation. When the focus mode is set to Auto this setting is considered on top of the automatic level. When the focus mode is set to Manual this setting is used as the exposure level.
Camera This mode allows you to take geo-referenced photographs and manage them in the same way you would a RouteShoot video 32. When the shutter is pressed the phone takes a picture and saves a KML with the current location provided a location is available. If a location is not available then the photo is still saved but the KML won't contain the users current location. When pressed the button fills with white to show that a photo is being taken, when the phone has finished processing the photo it will return to clear and be ready to take another. Dash Cam In dash cam mode the phone continuously records while only keeping the amount of time specified by the user.
33. When this button is pressed the device saves the footage captured over the period set by the user in the settings. 34. This controls whether you can switch to dash cam mode and whether it appears in the mode list on the main screen. 35. This is the minimum length of time you want RouteShoot to keep to be saved when the button is pressed 36. This is the amount of files the video is broken into while recording. When the save button is pressed all the files are merged into one video and KML. Setting a large amount of segments means that the final video length will always be closer to the minimum set above, but means that the end video may stutter more. Smaller numbers of segments mean that the final video length has the potential to be longer but there will be less stuttering resulting in a better quality end video. We suggest a smaller number of segments as this will improve the video quality. If the minimum video length is fairly long it may be advisable to use more segments. Credits YouTube and Google are trademarks of Google Inc.