oneguy - 1:37 am on Mar 12, 2002 (gmt 0)

Robert,

I have some custom made php scripts (using MySQL) for the purpose you are looking for. (Or close to it, I think.)

I had a customer who needed to have non-techie (a *big* understatement) employees take pictures on-site and get the info back to the office.

We took care of the sizing and compression issues by setting up the cameras properly and training the employees regarding what they could and couldn't do with camera settings. The cameras were simple enough that an email could fix difficulties even if they did accidently change the settings.

Images are uploaded via an html interface. At the same time, we also had the employees input other information through text boxes, drop down boxes, and searchable fields where they could type notes. The hard part was teaching the employees to remain organized while they visited 6-8 sites per day.

We had store numbers, drop down boxes, easily edited in a config file, and an upload for as many images as needed for the particular store number.

We also had an admin area where the admin could add and subtract users and give them different priveledges. (very few options there, but it did allow some control. I can create users to edit or just view, but I think all users can see everything.) We had a few clients with many locations each. We set up a new system for each one. If you have many clients with a few locations each, you might be able to modify the scripts and it would be better than starting from scratch.

Stickymail me to take a look. If you can use them, I'll donate them for a particular use. (and maybe you can help me sometime with something else.) Depending on needs, nell might be on the right track for modification.