EXPLORE THE TOOLKIT

Field-ready, from the first form.

A connected workflow for collecting, mapping, reviewing and carrying your work forward. Explore the capabilities—and the practical conditions behind them.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

One project. A useful whole.

Every capability below is grounded in the current app source.

Ten ready-made record types

Area, Plot, Flora, Fauna, Fungi, Threat, Water, Landforms/geosites, Heritage and Photo point.

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Specialist fields include vegetation cover, species evidence and confidence, fungi substrate, visible threats, hydrology and EC, geological processes, geoheritage values, amenities and access.

Project & visit management

Multiple projects, dated field visits, saved areas/plots and links to earlier records.

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Use project and visit selectors, rename visits, resume drafts and plan a return to earlier saved GPS targets. Choose earlier visits and linked records for contextual comparisons.

Capture more than text

Take or upload up to five photos per record. Record or upload sound up to 60 seconds and video up to 30 seconds.

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Review and download media individually or as project ZIPs. Photos are resized; recording clips have a 15 MB limit and depend on browser permissions/support. Use device keyboard dictation for text where supported.

Tailor up to four criteria

Optional Text, Dropdown/choice and Yes/No fields for each form.

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Use labels up to 80 characters and up to 20 distinct choices per dropdown. Historical answers stay attached to their saved observations.

Environmental & place context

ALA name suggestions online, saved checklist CSVs offline, and administrative/tenure selectors.

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Record observer, weather, wind, regions and councils, confidence, survey effort and uncertainty. Selectors offer useful starting points; you can still record a temporary species code.

Online & prepared offline mapping

GPS or map-picked locations, project outlines, area boundaries and plot points.

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Use Australian topographic or OpenStreetMap online context. Save permitted georeferenced image views at the required extent/detail. Drawing and saved data work offline after preparation.

Open map inputs & outputs

Import GeoJSON, GPX tracks/routes/waypoints and map images with geographic edges. Export QGIS bundles and GPX waypoints.

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QGIS bundles include GeoJSON and shapefile compatibility copies. Direct .qgz/.gpkg display is not supported; export compatible layers first. QGIS offers a path into further GIS formats.

Review, compare & recover

Search and filter observations, inspect media, review visits and restore locally retained deleted items.

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Review plot measurements, threat summaries and repeat photo points. Inspect shared saves, conflict decisions and project history. These are descriptive records, not automatic scientific conclusions.

Selected-project link & QR sharing

No field-user account required; each participant keeps a local copy.

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Sharing uploads the chosen project’s data, media, maps, metadata and history to hosted services. Sync when connected; review conflicts. A link is a bearer credential and may be forwarded.

Metadata & integrity tools

Sources, licences, methods, quality limitations, history, sealed copies and receipts.

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Designed around ISO metadata/quality concepts; no certification claim. Device signatures and checksums help compare copies, not prove identity, accuracy or legal chain of custody.

Reports, tables & media bundles

Readable HTML report, CSV, Excel, photo/video/sound ZIPs and spatial outputs.

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Use the HTML report in a browser and print to PDF where supported. Keep original media separately when required and review sensitive content before sharing.

Restorable backups & continuity

A private recovery ZIP for records, visits, maps and media, with creator controls where included.

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Keep dated independent copies and verify restoration. A sharing link, a CSV and a report are different from the full restorable backup.

THE ARCHITECTURE, EXPLAINED

Local by default. Connected by choice.

Your field workflow starts on your device. Optional online services have a clear purpose—and a clear boundary.

On your device

Projects, saved observations, media and map images use browser/device storage. Prepared collection can continue offline.

When you choose to connect

Map providers and ALA support online context. Link sharing uploads the selected project for hosted syncing between devices.

Beyond the app

Independent backups, open spatial formats, media indexes and reports keep your work usable elsewhere.

Local-first collection does not require a cloud account. Optional project-link syncing uses hosted services; “zero cloud server” and “peer-to-peer” would not describe the current sharing implementation accurately.

FROM CAPABILITY TO CONFIDENCE

See exactly how it works.

The field guide walks through every workflow, with a searchable reference for the current controls.

Open NaturaNote Read the field guide