Note-taking apps integration

[kamaeff]

Hi again :)

Recently I learned about Memos — simple self-hosted note-taking service.

One of their basic features is the ability to attach geolocation info to the note.

Memos has a simple straightforward API with AIP filtering making it possible to query notes by creation datetime and geolocation.

For me it looks like an opportunity to integrate notes into timeline service like GeoPulse. Like we have an option to see our photos in our trip history, memos integration would allow us to recap our thoughts and ideas linked to specific trip and places, creating more detailed and complete picture of the whole trip.

Later on I've learned that Joplin also captures geolocation for notes, and I guess it too may be suitable for such integration.

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If I have spare time I'm going to play with this idea in my fork.

[kamaeff]

Originally #496

[tess1o]

Hello,

Ok, I can get the list of memos with create time / update time and geolocation and other related fields. Where to show the memos? How to show them? We have Timeline, "Location Analytics" page with places, etc.

If you have ideas how to integrate it to GeoPulse - I can consider such implementation.

[kamaeff]

At the moment it is not well thought out feature, just a surface-level idea.
Here is my first attempt to concretise it a little.

Where do notes appear
I imagine notes appearing in the same places where immich data appears:

• Little badges in the timeline event card with "note" icon and a number of notes taken during the event
• Another layer on the timeline map and trip timeline map (show pins on the map for notes with geolocation data)
• A section in the trip plan page similar to "Trip photos" gallery
• "Notes near the place" in /app/place-details/* and /app/location-analytics/city/*.

How do they look
When a note group pin or timeline badge is clicked, there should appear a popup view. Popup view contains a scrollable list of collapsible cards. Each card is initially collapsed, showing something like X first lines of the note text or Y vh units. Card contains sanitized markdown contents of the note.
Similar to immich photo preview there should be some metadata e.g. in the bottom of the card (creation datetime, modification datetime, latitude, longitude).
"Notes near the place" and "Trip notes" views should contain the same list of cards.
Note card may probably contain a link to the original note with base public url set in the integration settings.

How to filter
I think they can be fetched with these filtering conditions (written in pseudo code):

• for trips and timeline: note.createTime IN trip.dateRange. I think that modification date is not that important with Memos and it's better to use the same logic as Memos itself uses with its calendar where only creation date matters.
• for places: not sure how it works now with immich, but something similar, examples below.
• for Point places note.location.latitude > place.latitude - THRESHOLD AND note.location.latitude < place.latitude + THRESHOLD AND note.location.longitude > place.longitude - THRESHOLD AND note.location.longitude < place.longitude + THRESHOLD
• for Rectangle favorites: note.location.latitude > place.latitude.bottom AND note.location.latitude < place.latitude.top AND note.location.longitude > place.longitude.left AND note.location.longitude < place.longitude.right
• for cities/countries: not sure. Seems like Memos have no City/Country metadata. I guess we can do something like this on the GeoPulse side first: SELECT min(latitude), max(latitude), min(longitude), max(longitude) FROM places WHERE country == 'Poland' to get approximate Country or City boundaries and then apply the same filtering conditions as with Rectangle favourites.

[tess1o]

Will be implemented in scope of #554