Point me there: a live arrow between outdoor photos

On a big site — a campus, a kibbutz, a hospital with several buildings — some stretches between two photos are a long walk outside. Point me there keeps the visitor inside the guide on those stretches: a slim bar shows an arrow that turns with their phone, how far is left to the next step, and a map when they want one.

Where the locations come from

• Photos you take in the app save where you stood, if you let the browser use your location.
• Photos you upload use the location saved inside the photo, when there is one.
• Placed by hand — always possible, and always wins (see below).

The location is copied into the guide and removed from the photo file itself, so nobody who downloads a photo can read a location out of it.

Placing photos on the map

On the guide home, open Point me there. Every photo with a location is a numbered pin. Pick a photo from the strip under the map, then:

1. 1Tap Use my location while you stand at that spot, or
2. 2Tap Place at map centre, then drag the pin to the exact spot.

Drag any pin to move it. Switch between Map and Satellite at the top of the map — rooftops and paths are often easier to recognise from above. Tap the photo next to its name (or tap it again in the strip) to see it full size. Parking, starting points and the guide's address are shown in grey for reference — they are edited in the Starting points step.

If a photo sits far from the photos before and after it, you will see a warning — usually a wrong location saved in the photo.

When the card shows up

Between two photos that are both placed, at least about 40 metres apart, and with a precise location. Indoors and on short hops the guide stays photo-only. For each photo you can choose Auto, Always or Never for the stretch that starts there (tap ? beside them on the map for a reminder):

• Auto — on when both photos are on the map, at least 40 metres apart, and placed precisely (within about 25 metres). A pin you place or drag by hand always counts as precise.
• Always — on whenever both photos are on the map, even when they are close or the location is rough.
• Never — that stretch stays photo-only.

Under the switch, the map tells you whether the stretch gets the arrow and, if not, why — for example, that the next photo is not on the map yet.

Auto goes by where your photos were taken, not by the visitor's location. A visitor does not need to share their location to see the Point me there button; their phone asks only when they tap it.

💡Location blocked on your phone? Then photos you take are not placed on the map by themselves, and Auto cannot give them an arrow. The map shows a notice when this happens, and an Allow location button if your phone has not been asked yet. Allow location for the site in your browser settings, or place the photos by hand.

What the visitor sees

The photo stays full-screen. Low on the photo sits a small Point me there button with a location symbol; one tap asks for their location (and, on iPhone, Motion & Orientation for the compass). It then opens into a slim bar: once their location comes in, an arrow appears, pointing at the next step and turning with their phone, and the distance left. A map button shows both points on a map when they want it. When they reach the next step, the guide moves on to it by itself. If they are still far away the bar says so, and starts by itself as they get closer. If they closed the location or compass prompt, the bar offers to ask again. Not now? They can swipe the button aside (or tap its small arrow): it waits at the edge of the screen as a little tab, and one tap brings it back. Closing the bar once it is pointing keeps it working: the tab shows the live arrow, still turning toward the next step, and one tap opens the bar again.

💡Their location stays on their phone — it is never sent to you or saved.