Field Maps Tutorial

Now that you've set up the essential elements of your field map, you can edit and change its components. For this example, I've created a map called Rio Limpio JS Trial as you can see here.

Make sure you are in map viewer classic. The button to switch is located on the top right of the page.

On the left-hand side of the map, your previously created layers should be visible.

Now that you've located the layers, you can edit features from the layers, such as changing the name of the feature as well as its symbol, size, and shape.

First, let's say you wanted to change the names and symbols of some of the features in the "Places Layer." Hover your mouse over the circle/square/triangle icon under places.

As you can see, your list of previously created features will appear on the left hand side of your screen. When hovering your mouse over each line, a number of elements can be edited. First, the three dot line to the left of the word 'bench' allow you to change the order of the features. Instead of bench showing up first, you could move it down if it is less common or relevant.

If you hover over the red dot, you'll see that you can "Change Symbol" by clicking the red dot. Finally, if you click any feature in the LABEL column, you can immediately edit the text. Now we will go through those 3 options.

Most importantly, anytime you make these changes, make sure to go to the bottom of the drop down menu and hit OK to make sure your changes are saved. To change the symbol, click the symbol (the red circle in this case), and a new box will pop up. This box will allow you to change the symbol itself, its color, and its size.

When it opens, it will appear like this. Because I want the coffee tree to be represented by a tree shape instead of a red dot, I click SHAPE and the following options appear.

Under SHAPE, a drop-down menu of different symbol options appears. I will showcase the government section as it contains many generic symbols for features in a given environment. I will select a tree symbol to represent the CoffeeTree and I will increase the size of the symbol from the standard 8pt to 28pt so that it will be easily visible within the map.

Now I've selected the green tree symbol and increased its size to 28pt. Once I click OK, the changes will be complete and will register under the Layers heading.

These steps can be repeated and tweaked to the "Paths" and "Areas" layers in the Contents drop-down menu to the left of the map. With this process, you can continue to effectively edit features of your layers and adapt to the constantly evolving fieldwork scenarios. You are one step closer to effectively using Field Maps in the field.