Hi
Thanks for welcoming me to airport-data.com.
Well, normally you can't really compare two software that are completely different - Picasa is a general purpose software for all types of photos whereas mine has been designed only for aviation photos. But anyway i will try to make some comparison.
1. As you said above your database is getting large and Picasa is showing the strain. Thats a common thing that happens with software thats accompanied with a database. Sometimes your computer can even freeze due to software crash. Normally this happens due to codes that are good but have not been written in a proper way so as to cope with memory space avialable. Since my software includes a database, i should have got this problem but NO. My codes are written in such a way that the software is virtually crash-proof. I have a good friend on mine who is an expert in crashing softwares and he was unable to crash it. Moreover, more than 100 photographers have used my software and no one has got this problem. My software is very very stable and you won't have any problems even if you have lots of information in the database or thousands of photos. You won't have the same problem as in Picasa.
2. My software does not use Tags. Almost all photo software uses tags but mine does not so as to make the search results using the search engine more accurate. You will see a screenshot at the above links where i'm adding a photo to the database. You don't enter any tags. You just enter the following information for a photo:
Aircraft Type
Airline
Airport/Location
Country
Registration Number
Any remarks
Category (military aircrafts, cockpit photos etc...)
Date taken
Rating (you rate your photos)
PS: if one of the information above is not applicable for a photo you can just enter "---" or if you want 'Not applicable'
Using the above information enables my software to produce very accurate results. You just use the powerful search engine to get the photo you are looking for. Just enter the search criteria and the software will look for photos that matches EXACTLY with that search criteria. Software that uses tags don't produce that accurate resuts.
Have you ever used leading aviation websites such as Airliners.net and so on? My software works almost like these sites work except that my software works on your PC and not on the internet.
3. The software comes with an existing list of more than 1300 aircraft types, 900 airlines, 297 airports, 198 countries and 15 categories plus you can add more if you want.
So each time you add a photo to the database you don't have to type all the information. Just select it from the list.
4.My software has a very powerful search engine which provides 100% accurate results. Its very fast and will look for any photos for you in less than 10 seconds even if your database is very very large and you have thousands of photos. (You must have a good graphic card though so that photos are loaded very quickly. Thats normal)
5. Concerning backup yeah you can backup your photos to another Hard Drive (HDD). You can also move your photos as you want on your PC without running the risk of having a broken link in the database or whatever like in other photo management software. The software automatically manages your photos!!
So here are some advantages of my software. I have more than a 100 photographers who uses my software and so far i've got only positive responses from all of them and everyone like the software. Its a very useful tool for aviation spotters.
Thanks
Best Regards
Krishley
