GPS Camera 55

GPS Camera 55 helps you capture photos stamped with location, direction, time, notes, and other field data directly on iPhone and iPad.

It is especially useful if you need to:

• document site work, inspections, trips, or evidence with location-stamped photos
• record, replay, and export location-aware video with data overlays
• add notes, direction, altitude, and custom overlays to each image
• export photos and points to PDF, KMZ, KML, or shareable reports
• keep field photos organized for later review, navigation, or reporting

New:

Version 5.4 (September 2026)

Also new in version 5.3 (September 2026)

Everything in 5.3 →

Explore the History of Recent Releases for earlier additions.

Soon:

Queued for implementation:

• Batch updates for photos/points.
• Lapse capture timer (the delay timer shipped in 5.3 — see Shutter timer ).

Taking the photo

The camera screen, and everything that decides how the shot is taken.

• Photo capture settings — what happens the moment you press the shutter: preview or save straight away, which copies are kept in the app, the photo library and iCloud Files, and how the camera trades speed against quality.
• Camera lenses — which lens the app is using and where its controls live.
• Focus — the AF button, locking focus, a saved focus, and setting the lens by hand.
• Lenses and zoom — the zoom chip, the lens strip, AUTO or a single fixed lens.
• Shutter timer — 1, 3, 5 or 10 seconds between the tap and the shot, so a phone on a pole is still by the time it fires.
• Viewfinder controls — tap, double-tap and long-press gestures, a black screen while recording, and the video light.
• Camera buttons and Bluetooth remotes — volume buttons, the Action button and Camera Control, Bluetooth remotes, the Apple Watch remote, and voice options.
• Coordinates lock — hold a position when you are photographing something from a distance, or when the fix is drifting.
• Importing photos from the photo library — bring existing photos in; the app reads their TIFF/EXIF/GPS/IPTC data to restore location, direction and notes.

What ends up on the photo

Everything about how the stamped image looks has its own screen.

• Review photos: original and stamped — the two copies, and how to switch between them.

• Notes overlay — the text block at the bottom: up to three lines built from six fields, in the order you choose, plus alignment and size.

• Notes editor — where the title, note, tags/folder and address are typed. The address can fill itself from the location or be set by hand.

• Notes editor settings — automatic titles, automatic addresses, and what the editor offers.

• Notes fields scanner — read a QR code, a barcode or printed text straight into a note field.

• Timestamp, notes overlay, and file-name dates — the visible timestamp, its language and format, automatic titles, and capture dates in file names. Deliberately separate, so a file name can change without touching the stamp.

• Photo title pattern — build a title that suits the job instead of the default date.

• Watermark — your own image and text, colours and transparency, and which corner it sits in.

• QR-code stamp — what the scannable code on the photo carries, including navigation links.

• Drawing tools — arrow, circle, rectangle, cross pointer, text and dimension, with freehand and line width. Annotations stay editable afterwards.

• Crop and rotate — straighten, rotate, crop and resize the photo itself, with aspect ratios from square to 9:16.

• Grid and cross — the 3x3 composition grid and the centre cross, and whether the cross stays on the stamped photo.

Video

• Video recording, replay, and data overlays — location-aware video for inspections, surveys and fieldwork: photos while recording, Loop recording, the data overlays you choose, replay, and export of the Full video or a Selected range as Original or Stamped.
• Video transcripts and captions — turn what was said on camera into text you can read, search, edit and show as captions, with SRT import and export. Everything runs on the device.
• Video file name pattern — how exported and shared video files are named.

Points, photos and collections

• Point editor — the record behind every photo: its title, note, address, coordinates, altitude, direction, audio note and attached photos.
• Point editor: Advanced — see where each value came from — the GPS, the terrain, what you typed, the photo itself — and pick the one you trust, or type your own.
• Point map snapshots — keep a picture of the map around a point, saved with it.
• Photo gallery — browse and swipe through every photo in the points list.
• Collections and folders — organise photos into collections, and move existing points between them.
• Delete a collection — remove a whole folder of photo-points.
• Trash and deletion options — deleted photos and points are recoverable and purge themselves later.

MENU > POINTS searches notes, address and tags, filters by month, sorts by proximity, and can show one collection at a time. The Navigate button in the point editor takes you to a point; the Map button shows where it is.

Getting the work out

• Photo and point sharing options — share with or without the location and notes text, and with or without the overlay.
• PDF report and email/social export settings — how the report is built.
• Point ordering in PDF reports — the order photos appear in.
• Navigation and map links in the PDF — tap a location in the report to view or navigate to it.
• Photo file name pattern — how saved, exported and shared photo files are named.
• CSV export fields — every field, for photos and points.
• Sharing with a Windows PC via iCloud — also Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and OneDrive.
• Saving to an external drive — straight to a USB flash drive.
• Google Earth tweaks — the extra fields the app writes into KMZ, and how to customise a balloon.
• Working with raw KML/KMZ — examples and automation scripts.

KMZ is the format to use when points and photos must move to another device intact: it carries images, notes, annotations and audio notes together. Several collections can go in one file.

Setting up the app

• Units of measurement — general , distance and altitude , plus switching between small and big units .

• Coordinates converter — convert and paste coordinates, including OSGB and SK 42.

• Compass calibration in System settings — what to enable so headings behave.

• Backup and share the app settings — keep a profile per job, restore it, or hand it to someone else.

• Lock access with PIN and biometrics — including alternative PIN codes.

• Siri and Shortcuts commands — external control and automation.

• Button colours — make the controls readable in bright sunlight, or easier to pick out.

• Power & Display — when the app keeps the screen awake instead of following Auto-Lock.

Working with the app

Preview on YouTube

One note on the video — I forgot to mention that you can tap on the camera screen to show the focus square, plus you can change the exposure by moving your finger up/down on the camera screen, of course.

Troubleshooting

• Compass readings are odd — they stay at North and then jump to South
• Where is that stamp on the photo?
• My Bluetooth remote no longer takes photos
• Location accuracy is low — what can I do?
• How do I delete a whole collection of photo-points?

If the camera ever goes overexposed, tap anywhere on the camera screen to recalculate the exposure.

You can always reach us at geocamera@blocoware.com . If there is no reply within 24 hours, please check your spam folder since we reply to every support email. Our phone number is +420 724 730 447 (also Whatsapp and iMessage), but we’d prefer you contact us via MENU > FEEDBACK & SUPPORT > “There is a problem”, as the support email will then contain information on your device model and iOS version.

PRO PACK upgrade

You can do a lot with the basic functions in the app. Here is what the PRO PACK one-time purchase adds on top of it:

• Removes the basic version watermark and allows you to apply a custom watermark with your image, text, and colors .
• Adds the ability to create additional point/image collections.
• Enables sharing of more than 5 points/images at once.
• Adds export/import capabilities. In particular, KMZ export/import enables you to transfer collections or selected waypoints between devices.
• Enables batch import of multiple photos from the photo library.
• Adds the ability to save hand-drawn annotations for the image.
• Options to lock access to the app with PIN code and biometrics

You can always restore this purchase on a different device with the same Apple ID.

More information on PRO pack upgrade

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