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Initial Use of CoMapeo Mobile

The primary view CoMapeo is the app-icon-map Map view with access to mapping features and the main menu. This is serves as the home screen when restarting CoMapeo onboarding is complete.

The map controls include app-icon-comapeo-map-recenterrecenter, app-icon-comapeo-map-pan slide-to-pan, and pinch-to-zoom with a dynamic scale. Real time GPS sensor information can be viewed in app-icon-gps20 GPS Details.

Features to Explore first

✔️ app-icon-map Map screen

✔️ app-icon-camera Camera screen

✔️ three-line-menu-black Main Menu

✔️ app-icon-app-settings CoMapeo Settings

Features and Resources to Explore Next

✔️ Go to 🔗 Creating a New Observation

✔️ Go to 🔗 Exploring the Observations List

✔️ Go to 🔗 Creating a New Track

✔️ Go to 🔗 Organizing Key Materials for Projects

✔️ Go to 🔗 Inviting Collaborators

Included Categories Set

Categories are the primary way people identify and related to information collected when mapping and monitoring. CoMapeo Mobile v8 includes an updated Categories Set that better represents the things being documented by communities and teams in areas where environmental and territorial threats are happening. Each category includes additional details that can be filled in to improve quality of observations

💡 Tip: The easiest way is to explore the categories is in CoMapeo Mobile while creating new observations.

CoMapeo Settings

app-icon-comapeo-device-name Device Name

The only way to change a device name for use in CoMapeo is to use that same device. Device names are displayed in CoMapeo collaboration features like inviting teammates to join a project and viewing teammates in a project.

app-icon-language Language

Language options available may include languages with anywhere between 1% and 100% translations.

app-icon-coordinate-system Coordinate System

Choose one of the following options:

💡 Tip: Select the app-icon-coordinate-system Coordinate System option that is used most commonly in your context.

app-icon-data-privacy Data & Privacy

Choose to opt in or opt out of sharing diagnostic data.

Go to 🔗CoMapeo Data & Privacy to review the Privacy Policy in English

app-icon-about-info About CoMapeo

View app version number and more details that may help with diagnostics when accessing technical support from the CoMapeo Help team.

app-icon-comapeo-security Security

Security tools to aid with physical security threats.

Go to 🔗 Using an App Passcode for Security

Go to 🔗 Initial Use & CoMapeo Settings

Go to 🔗 Uninstalling CoMapeo

Having Problems?

Go to 🔗 Troubleshooting: Setup and Customization