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Using image files (photos) files from the internet as a photo in a User Location

Submitted by Stephan  •  #602  •  6d ago  •  updated 14h ago
Some apps such as Google MyMaps and MyRouteApp, allow you to add a photo in a waypoint (MRA) or POI (Google MyMaps) to pull in an image from a web page by selecting "Copy Image Address" from the right click menu on an image displayed on a webpage. I discovered that this also works in DMD by doing the same right click/copy and then pasting that URL into the File Open dialog in a user Location in the section where you can enter photos and videos. The way that section is currently worded and shown leads you to believe that you can only insert photos from your own photo files, but if you enter the URL as mentioned, it seems to pull in the web photo to some local cache on your hard drive, and then THAT is inserted as your photo and is then also displayed on the DMD2 app on your device. Very cool since it can happen that either you forgot to take a photo of the location, or you havent been there yet but want to display a photo of it. If this was intentional, then it is not well explained anywhere and the "Choose File" dialog offers no hint that you can do this. Howvere since it works, it might be a good idea to reword this section so the user understands that they can choose a photo from their photos area, but they can ALSO enter a URL in the "File Open" dialog and as long as the URL resolves to an image file, it will work. As far as I know this would not work with a link, it has to be "Copy Image Address", and if that option is not displayed on a photo, then that photo cannot be used in this way.
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