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[babou29]

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📸 Photobooth Enhancements – GPS, Stability & Admin Tools

Author: TchatGpt->Babou29

Hello,
Here are some ideas I had, but I got help from ChatGpt because I don't have programming knowledge.

I wanted to suggest these ideas for inclusion in future versions.

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This package documents enhancements made to the open‑source Photobooth project to improve:

• 📍 GPS tagging of photos
• 📷 EXIF metadata automation
• 🔢 Camera shutter counter
• 🖥 Mobile admin interface
• 🛠 Camera watchdog (anti‑freeze)
• 🌐 Local HTTPS access
• ⚡ Performance improvements (RAM preview)

These features are designed for event photobooths running on Debian/Linux with DSLR cameras (e.g. Nikon D3300).

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🚀 Features

GPS tagging from smartphone

Guests or operators can send their GPS location from a smartphone.
The system automatically embeds coordinates into photo EXIF metadata.

Automatic EXIF metadata

Each photo receives:

• GPS coordinates
• Creator name
• Software name
• Event name

Mobile Admin Interface

File:

web/admin2.html

Features:

• send GPS coordinates
• display camera shutter count
• display photo counter
• display disk usage

Deployment location:

/var/www/html/admin2.html

Camera watchdog

A background service monitors the camera and resets USB if the device freezes.

Mobile admin panel

A lightweight page allows:

• sending GPS position
• reading camera shutter count
• counting photos taken
• checking disk usage

Local HTTPS

Secure connection via:

https://photobooth.local

Works without internet using mDNS (Avahi).

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📂 Repository structure

docs/
scripts/
systemd/
apache/
api_examples/
screenshots/

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📊 System architecture

flowchart TD

Camera[Nikon DSLR]
USB --> Gphoto[gphoto2 / cameracontrol.py]

Gphoto --> Photobooth[Photobooth Software]
Photobooth --> Images[/data/images]

Images --> GPSWatcher[gps_watcher.sh]
GPSWatcher --> EXIF[EXIF Metadata]

Smartphone --> AdminPage[admin2.html]
AdminPage --> SaveGPS[save_gps.php]
SaveGPS --> gps.txt

Images --> ShutterAPI[shutter.php]
Images --> PhotoCount[photo_count.php]

Watchdog[camera_watchdog.sh] --> USB

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⚙️ Requirements

Debian 12 or compatible.

Required packages:

exiftool
inotify-tools
avahi-daemon
usbutils
apache2
php

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📜 License

MIT License (recommended for integration into open source projects).

See LICENSE file.

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🤝 Pull Request

If integrating upstream:

1. Add scripts and documentation
2. Integrate optional GPS module
3. Add admin interface extension

A ready PR template is included.

photobooth_github_ready_package.zip

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