Mergin Maps Documentation

• Store and track changes to your geo-data with Mergin Maps 💿
• Capture geo-info easily through your mobile or tablet with Mergin Maps mobile app 📱
• Setup and analyse the project on desktop with QGIS 💻
• All open-source and easily integrated to your existing toolset 💡

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The ecosystem consist of various components:

• QGIS > Powerful GIS Desktop application
• Mergin Maps QGIS plugin > QGIS plugin
• Mergin Maps Cloud > SaaS Cloud Service (available also as Mergin Maps EE or Mergin Maps CE)
• Mergin Maps mobile app > iOS and Android mobile app

Get started

• Capturing Your First Field Data
• Opening Surveyed Data on Your Computer
• Creating a Project in QGIS
• Using Mergin Maps mobile app
• Further Project Customisation
• Working Collaboratively

Install & Sign Up

• How to Install Mergin Maps mobile app
• How to Sign Up to Mergin Maps
• How to Install QGIS
• How to Install Mergin Maps QGIS plugin

Manage Account & Project

• User Account
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Workspaces
• Subscriptions and Invoicing
• Member Roles and Permissions
• Synchronisation
• Mergin Maps Project
• Webmaps
  • Sharing and Embedding
  • Troubleshooting
• How to Create a New Project
• How to Share, Transfer or Delete Projects
• How to Delete Files
• How to Deploy Revised Projects
• How to Recover Missing Data
• Mergin Maps QGIS plugin Overview
• Mergin Maps Dashboard
• Project History and Versions
• Selective Synchronisation

Setup GIS Project

• QGIS Project Preparation
• Sorting and Search Setup
• Background Maps
• Map Themes
• How to Set Photo Names Format
• How to Enable Digitising
• How to Set Up Snapping for Mergin Maps mobile app
• How to Avoid Polygons Overlap
• Custom Projections
• Supported Formats

Configure Forms

• Overview
• Widgets
  • Available Widgets
  • Text
  • Date and time
  • Relations
  • Numbers
  • Checkbox
  • QR code
  • Selecting Single or Multiple Values
  • Photos
  • Informational Widgets
• Default Values
  • Default Values Setup
  • Geotagging
  • Variables
• Constraints
• Layout
  • Form Layout
  • Tabs and Groups
  • Conditional Visibility
• Use Cases
  • Use Cases Overview
  • How to Open a File
  • How to Use Hyperlinks
  • How to Open a Link to a Navigation App
  • How to Use a Phone Call Link
  • How to Link Multiple Records to One Feature
  • How to Embed an Image
  • How to Use Image Guides in Form
  • How to Display Photo Location and Direction

Fieldwork Tips

• Mergin Maps mobile app Interface
• Offline Use of Mergin Maps mobile app
• External GPS
• GPS Accuracy
• Position Tracking
• Synchronisation in Mergin Maps mobile app
• Measurement Tools
• Layers in Mergin Maps mobile app
• Filtering Features in Mergin Maps mobile app
• Map Sketching in Mergin Maps mobile app
• Photo Sketching in Mergin Maps mobile app
• How to Add, Edit, Delete Features
• How to Reuse Last Entered Values
• How to Stake Out Points
• How to Fix a Broken Project

For Developers

• Custom Mobile App
• Python Client Module Integration
• C++ Standalone Client Integration
• PostgreSQL DB Sync
• Media Sync
• Work Packages
• Geodiff Library

Custom Server

• Overview
• Install
• Security
• Upgrade
• Administer
• Administration Panel
• Troubleshoot Custom Servers
• Using Mergin Maps Mobile App and QGIS Plugin with a Custom Server

Migrate to Mergin Maps

• From QField
• From ArcGIS
• From Fulcrum

Support & Legal

• Licensing
• Get Involved
• Troubleshoot
• Write Documentation