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Initial Use of CoMapeo Mobile

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CoMapeo will start in the Map view after selecting app-icon-comapeo-coordinator Map On Your Own.

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

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Features and Resources to Explore Next

✔️ Go to 🔗 Creating a New Observation

✔️ 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

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💡 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:

  • Decimal Degrees
  • Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
  • Universal Transverse Mercator.

💡 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.

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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