Finding solutions to improve our photo processes from the old way of digital camera to computer upload are much easier to come by if industry professionals utilize the mobile apps created for this purpose specifically.

One app, FotoIn Mobile, allows employees on the jobsite take project progress photos and sync them back to your server automatically. After taking the photos, they can be tagged by construction trade, categorized by type such as safety, or annotate it with notes. The app embeds the photo metadata into the photo file, then automatically syncs it to your Cloud account into the appropriate project folder and finally syncs the files back to your server. You can choose from Box, Egnyte, or Sharepoint to move the photo files from your device to your server.

Another capability of FotoIn is that their mobile website is searchable for recent photos. The website offers many filter options such as date, device, and location to search for project-specific pictures. The website also lets you create grant permission, register devices and create custom tags.

This photo solution helps companies address the work flow issue of finding a way to take multiple project photos, tag and annotate them with site specific details, and automatically sync them to a company server. 

To read the full blog post and learn more about how FotoIn can help your bottom line, visit The Construction App Guru blog.


This post is a part of a series by The Construction App Guru who runs a blog which offers mobile technology advice for the construction industry. The author is a Risk Manager for a construction firm based out of Georgia who is on a mission to educate the construction industry about the uses for new technology on projects.