Adding a placemark

A placemark marks a position on the map. At its most basic, a placemark is indicated by a default icon and stores a geographic location.

Adding a placemark

To add a placemark, pan to a location on the map centered by the crosshair and tap . Users will be shown the Placemark details screen before a placemark is actually created.  Here the user can enter their desired information such as placemark name, a description, photos, etc. To save the placemark, simply tap on at the upper right corner of the screen. 

Placemark details

Tapping on the placemark will highlight it, with a preview of its information at the bottom of the screen. If you drag this banner upward, you’ll be able to view all of its information and make edits to the placemark. On the Edit Placemark screen, you can make changes to the placemark name, edit the location coordinate, add photos, add a description, change the placemark style, make edits to and fetch the elevation, and create/edit attribute schema.

Our classic placemark symbols from previous versions of the app are now available for users to select. For more information about attribute schemas, please see this article located in the Advanced Data Collection section of the Help Centre. 

Adding photos 

Photos can be added during placemark creation, or afterwards. Tap "Add" , and tap on the Add Photo button to take a photo, or select a photo from your camera roll.

Photo Metadata

If your photos are geotagged it will be possible to view the photo metadata as an overlay, provided the photo is taken within the app. Most phones allow for geotagging, enabling this feature can be done from the camera settings. The metadata can be overlaid in basic or advanced layouts, and Pro subscribers have the option of displaying their email. Information included in the overlay is able to be exported with your data. 

Moving a placemark on a map

To move a placemark on the map, tap and hold a placemark, drag it to another position and release it.

Deleting a placemark

Tap on the placemark to show the placemark label. The label can then be tapped to see details about the placemark.

For Android users, tap in the top right corner and then select from the menu.

For iOS users, placemarks can be deleted by tapping .

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iOS

Placemark Elevation

Users are able to manually fetch elevation data for placemarks collected outside of cellular and WiFi service. Placemarks collected while connected to cellular and WiFi service will have elevation data captured by default. Users can do this for each individual placemark, by tapping on the placemark to highlight it, and then dragging the placemark screen up to view the 'Edit Placemark' page. From here, the user can tap on "fetch elevation" to generate an elevation value. Alternatively, users may also enter their own custom elevation value by tapping 'Edit'

Alternatively, the elevation data can be fetched or regenerated for an entire layer. This can be done in the Map Layers page or the general Layers tab. From either location, the user can tap beside the desired layer, and select 'Fetch elevation'. This will show the placemarks in the layer, and from here, the user can tap the curved arrow to fetch or regenerate the elevation values.