Presentation given by Addy Pope, EDINA, as part of the EDINA Digimap Geoforum 2014 on Thursday 19th June 2014 at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh
1. Fieldtrip GB
High quality background
maps offering
rich data in both urban
and rural environments
Cache maps
to allow off-
network
usage
Design your
own data
capture
Manage your data through
the Authoring tool
Export data to
csv/KML/GeoJSON
Great Maps ManageCustomiseOffline
iPhone/iPad and Android
Compatible
Free in iStore and PlayStore
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
2. Citizen Science
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
•Get a new Dropbox account to share with your team
•Download Fieldtrip GB to your devices1.Before you start
•Log into the Authoring Tool
•Create a custom form and save it2. Design your form
•Get the team to log into the Dropbox account
•Use Sync to get the form on their devices3. Share the form
•Collect data using the form
•Manually correct remote points or in urban canyons4. In the field
•Connect to WiFi
•Get the team Sync to upload the data5. Back indoors
•Log into Authoring Tool
•Filter by form name and edit points if needed6. Manage your data
•Export to a KML file, GeoJSON, CSV or WMS
•Map the points in Google Earth, OpenLayers or a GIS7. View the results
3. What’s coming?
• Fieldtrip Open
– Based on WGS84 and OSM data
– Use it beyond GB
• Overlays
– Upload geotiff/geojpg to have access to satellite
images, historic maps, geology maps, landcover
• Better integration with Digimap
• Additional cloud service integration
• GitHUB – it’s already there as an open source
project
http://fieldtripgb.blogs.edina.ac.uk/