Introduction
Welcome to CoMapeo Help Pages!
This is for people using CoMapeo or considering how their community mapping team might use CoMapeo. We hope you find it practical and easy to navigate. The CoMapeo Help Pages provide an introduction to CoMapeo, They are intended to be used as training resources for CoMapeo Mobile, as well as the tools used in different CoMapeo workflows.
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Main Menu at any time. Each page contains detailed information and 👣 step by step instructions for each CoMapeo feature. There is also an interactive table of contents, called On this page, to jump to different content in the same page.
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How CoMapeo Help Pages are Organized
The pages have been divided into common stages of using CoMapeo. Each stage may be a combination of planning, technical reference and practical instruction. Some pages have been grouped by workflow. All page titles in each group can be viewed by opening the 
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Preparing to use CoMapeo
Understanding CoMapeo’s Core Concepts & Functions helps clarify what to expect and look forward to when using CoMapeo.
Getting Started - Essentials include practical recommendations and instructions for gearing up to CoMapeo, based on common technical accompaniment inquiries and training modules.
Customizing CoMapeo is for teams needing a more customized mapping experience. There are detailed guides that are essential for the technical specialists on the team responsible for creating custom category sets, and bespoke offline maps.
Observations & Tracks
Gathering Observations & Tracks provides overviews and walkthroughs of all features related to gathering GIS information and add details and media files that can be collected with CoMapeo.
Reviewing Observations explains in detail ways to review and edit Observations and Tracks.
Data Privacy & Security Encryption & Security addresses common data security concerns people have when considering use of new application.
Managing Data Privacy & Security details the features available in CoMapeo to control data privacy and app access for security considerations.
Mapping with Collaborators
Managing Projects covers a broad set of considerations and options and instructions for giving a mapping project the shape and functionality most suitable for the team, context and purpose.
Exchanging Observations is for people working in a team . The details about this signature feature and and step by step instructions help makeollaborative work easy and effective
Sharing Observations and tracks Outside of CoMapeo
Using Observations outside of CoMapeo offers options for consideration in different mapping and monitoring workflows. This is recommended for decision makers and team technical leads.
Exporting all Observations describes options and detailed steps about how to export observations and tracks for use within other applications.
Sharing a Single Observation & Metadata gives an easy option for sharing an individual observation plus offers an additional options for sharing proof of data validation
Miscellaneous FAQ, lossary, Troubleshooting provide easy to browse information to get to answers and solutions quickly.
Having Problems?
🔗 Go to Troubleshooting to see available solutions to known problems.
📩 Email [email protected] to get further support from the Awana Digital team.
Use of this guide
Awana Digital would like all tools and resources we develop to help communities find ways to support autonomy, accessibility and collaboration in their projects. We know that people accessing this online resource will have diverse interests, goals, needs, and technical literacy. For this reason, there are a variety of paths to access the information and different levels of detail users may be looking for.
Feel free to make use of these resources under the creative commons license terms: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
Prior Versions
If you are intentionally not updating CoMapeo, you will be able access archived help pages for the version you are using in this platform.
Open Source Development
CoMapeo is a project of Awana Digital, a non-profit organization that partners with earth defenders to co-develop technology for social justice. For more information on Awana Digital, and how to support our user-centered co-development process visit awana.digital
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