Write guide to time-lapse photo management

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Outline of possible topics:

• Track which camera, took which image, from where
  • Notes in the field: camera and lens make, model, serial number, camera position
  • Assign unique codes to camera positions ('station') versus camera systems ('camera')
• Directory structure and file names (e.g. {station code}/{service date}/{camera directory}/{camera filename})
  • Group images taken with the same camera and settings
  • Ensure chronological sorting
  • Robust to frame counter reset (e.g. 1023 to 1000) or recycling (e.g. 9999 to 0001)
  • Independent of image capture time, since this may need to be revised in the future (e.g. wrong timezone)
• Check the integrity of an existing image archive using image filenames and metadata
  • Check for monotonic increasing filenames and capture times
  • Find discontinuities in camera, lens, and image attributes