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Training session on Mapeo Desktop

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AGENDA

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Session overview

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  • Getting to know each other - interactive
  • About Mapeo
  • Basics of Mapeo Desktop
  • Customization of Mapeo

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First, some questions…

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First, some questions…

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[Here you can add a link to an interactive Jamboard, or can ask audience to answer questions such as these ones on the chat:

  • Have you ever used Mapeo?
  • Do you already have Mapeo installed?
  • Are you already engaged in territory monitoring or mapping?
  • If so, what kinds of things are you monitoring/mapping? ]

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Mapeo is a free digital toolset for smartphones and computers. It was built with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental & human rights information and to collect data about their land.

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Works offline

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Free & open-source

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Intuitive and easy to use

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Highly customizable to use new categories, icons and local languages, and a customized background map

�Data sovereignty for communities

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Does not use a server or cloud

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Supports collaborative work processes

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Mapeo Mobile

To collect data in the field

  • Smartphone’s GPS
  • Take images and enter text
  • Interactive map
  • Share alerts via WhatsApp and email
  • Sync with other devices offline

Mapeo Desktop

To manage collected data or create territory information

  • Visualize and filter data
  • Create and edit reports
  • Export information to various formats
  • Create basic geographic features

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PDF

CSV

GEOJSON

Mapa web

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Mapeo Desktop�overview

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Observations mode

Territory mode

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Managing Mapeo Mobile data with

Mapeo Desktop

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Observations mode

Territory mode

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Synchronize phone with computer using portable router

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Synchronize data from Mapeo Mobile to Desktop

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See observations on the map

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View observation details

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View images

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Filter data and create report

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PDF

CSV

GEOJSON

Web maps

Export data and create outputs

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Sync options �in Mapeo Desktop�[Observation mode]

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Requires devices to be in the same place

Sync via Wi-Fi

Requires internet connection

Requires devices to be connected �to the same Wi-Fi network

Is a straightforward process

Can allow unidirectional synchronization

Sync with a file

Option A

Option B

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Sync with a sync file

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Create a sync file

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Sync with a sync file

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Send a sync file via e-mail

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Share a sync file with a USB stick

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Gdrive

Dropbox

Wetransfer

Telegram

MAPEO ecosystem

Sync file

PDF digital report

Export as CSV

Export as GeoJSON

Export as web map

Internet

G-Drive

Database

G-Drive

Base de datos

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Mapeo Desktop�Territory mode

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Observations mode

Territory mode

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Navigate through the map

  • +/- : Zoom in and Zoom out
  • : Show your current location on the map.
  • “View > Zoom to coordinates”: To enter coordinates manually
  • “View > Zoom to data”: To show your territory data on the map
  • : Change background map

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Create and edit territory data

  1. Zoom in to edit, if necessary
  2. Select type of element (Point, Line, Area)
  3. Draw on the map
  4. Select category and include details
  5. Save your edits

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Import and export data

  1. “File > Import Territory data”: To import external GeoJSON or shapefile files.
  2. Export map data: To export data to a GeoJSON file.

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Customization of Mapeo

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Customizations

  • Change the language of the app
  • Add a customized background map
  • Customize the configuration used
    • Categories
    • Icons
    • Questions and forms

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To learn more about how to create your own customized map and configuration, check out the Mapeo Support Materials site: docs.mapeo.app

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Available in many languages

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Fully translated into:

  • Dutch
  • German
  • Khmer
  • Nepali
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
  • Sranan Tongo

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And others...

You can translate Mapeo to any other language on Crowdin!

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MAPEO DESKTOP Change the app language

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MAPEO DESKTOP Import a configuration

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Thank you !

Contact

  • Name�email address

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  • Organization�website

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  • Mapeo�http://mapeo.world/

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  • Materiales de Mapeo�https://docs.mapeo.app/

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