Sharing data

Skill Units

Understanding cultural protocols for creating maps

Check the right people are involved in deciding what can or cannot be used to make decisions about their Country.

Workshop and agree on protocols for creating maps and what can be mapped to make decisions on Country.

Understand cultural and consent protocols about sharing information.

Create a new project or open an existing project

Find the app on the iPad & open.

Get familiar with TouchGIS, how to open a project or create a new project.

Understand how to turn the GPS on and off and how to change the information you want to display.

Zoom into an area of interest

Touch the Basemap icon (bottom right).

Tick on the basemap you want e.g. Mapbox Street or Mapbox Satellite Street.

Close the window by clicking the base map icon again.

Using your fingers on the screen – move to the left and right or up and down by dragging the screen opposite the way you want to go. Zoom in by spreading two fingers apart. Zoom out by bringing two fingers closer together.

Add a point

Click on the add icon on bottom right. Choose ‘Basic’ by tapping it.

Tap the ‘Observation’ (red dot).

Drag the map around with your finger and zoom in to the place you want to add the point.

When you are happy with the location, tap on the ‘Place Point’ at the bottom of the screen.

Alternatively, if you want to make a point where you are currently, tap the ‘Locate Me’ icon in the top right next to the magnifying glass. The map will position itself where you are. Tap the ‘Place Point’ at the bottom of the screen.

Once you place the point, an edit widow will appear on left of the screen. Here you can name your point, change the colour, add a description and some attributes.

You can also move the point by tapping edit at the bottom of the screen or tap delete if you want to remove the point.

Add a line

Click on the add icon on bottom right. Choose ‘Basic’ by tapping it.

Tap on a ‘Red Line’ or a ‘dashed Line’.

Move screen around until the crosshairs are where you want to start the line. Tap on ‘Add point’.

Move the screen with fingers so the crosshairs move to your next point. Tap on ‘Add point’.

Keep adding points until you are finished. Then tap on Save’ at the bottom of the screen.

You can edit or delete by tapping on the relevant button at bottom of the screen.

In the Edit window, tapping on the line, you can change the colour and style. You can also rename it by tapping on the current name and replacing it. You can also add a description and attributes.

Add a polygon

Click on the add icon on bottom right. Choose ‘Basic’ by tapping it.

Tap on ‘Blue polygon’ or the ‘Yellow polygon’.

Zoom in with fingers and place crosshairs where you want to start the polygon. Tap ‘Add point’.

Keep moving the crosshairs and adding points as you map out your polygon.

Once you are finished, tap on ‘Save’.

You can edit the polygon by changing the outline and fill colour You can change the name, add a description and add attributes as you have done in the previous skill units.

Export a map

Tap out of Edit window by tapping on the back arrow at the top of the window on left.

To export map, tap on the share icon.

Choose the format you would like to use.

Import map layers

Click on the 'Layers' button on bottom left of screen.

Tap on the ‘Import’ icon. Shapefiles and tifs can be imported.

Shapefiles need to be a zip file.