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Maps

Mapping in Covram

Learn what you can show on the Covram map, and how to draw your own boundaries and layers

The map is where you see your sites and photopoints in context. You can change what it shows in three ways:

  • Basemap. The background of the map: satellite imagery, a topographic map or a street map.
  • Overlays. Reference maps from government and other sources, such as vegetation, fire history and property boundaries, drawn on top of the basemap.
  • Your own boundaries and layers. Areas that you draw yourself.

The Covram Dashboard and the Covram Field App show the same basemaps and almost all of the same overlays, and your choices are saved to your account, so the map looks the same wherever you sign in.

Basemaps and overlays

Use basemaps and overlays to understand the landscape around your sites. For example, you could check the vegetation type mapped at a site, see where a fire has burnt before, or see where property boundaries and public land lie.

To learn how to change the basemap and switch overlays on click here.
To learn how to see the details behind an overlay click here.

Sites, photopoints and filters

Your sites and photopoints appear on the map as markers. You can change how they look, and colour them by their data.

To learn about sites and photopoints on the map, including overlapping markers, click here.
To learn how to colour the map by VAST rating, species and more click here.
To change how markers look click here.

Tracked locations

A track is a line showing a route you walked or drove, recorded with the Covram Field App.

To learn how to record and manage tracks click here.

Boundaries and Layers

Boundaries and layers are the maps you draw yourself. They can be used for a number of purposes in Covram. At the simplest level, they can be used to indicate the size or extent a visit relates to. More advanced uses may for example include indicating an area impacted by weeds, or the extent of spraying undertaken to manage a particular weed species identified. There is really no limit to the range of potential use cases. We have attempted to develop a solution which is simple to pick up and use, while having the flexibility to cater to more advanced uses. We will continue to add functionality and update this documentation based on feedback.

In these docs, Layers means the layers you draw yourself. The reference maps from other sources are called Overlays.

Boundaries

A boundary represents an area of a map. This could range in size from a small stand of trees, to a paddock to an entire property or national park.

For more information on boundaries click here.

Layers

A layer can be thought of as one or more boundaries, plotted on top of the satellite image in Covram.

For more information on layers click here.

Reading the log

Learn how to read an audit log entry, and what to expect from the names, times and people shown

Basemaps and overlays

Learn how to change the basemap and show reference overlays such as vegetation, fire history and property boundaries