FieldOps
Open a project and swipe to Satellite. The map can show satellite imagery, OpenStreetMap or topographic tiles, and everything you draw belongs to the project, visible to its members.
Draw features
- Choose what to draw: a point, a line or an area.
- Tap the map to place each vertex, or type coordinates by hand (decimal degrees, degrees-minutes-seconds, or UTM with the zone).
- Vertices snap to features already on the map. Bearings and distances are shown on every leg as you go.
- Finish, then give the feature a name, a group, a colour and any attributes (text, numbers, yes/no, dates or photos).
Corner beacons are labelled automatically, with the angle and length of each leg. Move a vertex and every measurement updates.
The toolkit
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Subdivide | Cut an area into plots by count, by exact area (the remainder is flagged) or as a grid, or divide a line by count or distance. |
| Split | Divide parcels along a line you draw or an existing line, for excisions and mergers. |
| Add points | Peg a line or boundary at a chainage interval that carries round corners. |
| Offset | Set a parallel line out either side of a centreline, for road reserves and setbacks. |
| Reorganise | Rename, recolour and re-file whole groups of features at once. |
| Navigate | Walk to a point or along a line with live bearing and chainage. See Trips and navigation. |
Import and export
Import CSV, TXT, DXF, Shapefile (or a zipped set), KML, KMZ and GeoJSON, or the responses of a project form. Choose the coordinate system the file is in, check the preview, then save.
Export Shapefile, CAD/DXF (one layer per group), KML (colours kept) or coordinate lists, in WGS84, UTM, a Minna belt or a projection you name.
Print plans
- Open the layout for a group of features.
- Choose the paper size, orientation, frame and coordinate system.
- Place the scale bar, north arrow, title and text. Leg tables are generated from the drawing.
- Export the plan as a PDF. Plans are kept with the project to be reprinted later.
Going somewhere without signal?Open the area on the
map while you are online so the imagery is kept on the phone. See
Working offline.