Creating photopoints

You can create a photopoint in two ways. Use the Covram Field App to take a photo at the location, or use the Covram Dashboard to import photos you already have, such as older photos taken before you started using Covram.

Create a new photopoint with the Covram Field App

To create a new photopoint:

1. Open the Covram Field App on your device. A map should appear with a blue marker indicating your current location. If you can see a list of projects, tap on any project to enter the map view.
2. Tap the Add button in the bottom right corner.
3. Tap the Photopoint button from the list which appears.
4. Tap Allow or Accept if the app requests access to your camera.
5. Take a photo using your device and accept the image when prompted. To use a photo you have already taken, tap the gallery icon on the camera screen and choose it instead.
6. Fill in the New photopoint dialog and tap Save.

In the New photopoint dialog you can:

• Enter a label. The label must be different from the other photopoints in the project.
• Choose tags. Tap the tags that describe the photo. Tags let you filter photopoints later. If the tag you need isn't listed, you can create a custom tag.
• Identify a plant. Tap Identify plant to get species suggestions from the photo.
• Add an activity. Switch on Add activity (optional) to record more detail about what you saw after saving the photo.

Add a new photo to an existing photopoint

Once a photopoint has been established, you may wish to return to the same point to take follow up monitoring photos. These will be added to the existing geotagged photopoint, allowing you to easily view change over time. To add a new photo to an existing photopoint:

1. Open the Covram Field App on your device. A map should appear with a blue marker indicating your current location. If you can see a list of projects, tap on any project to enter the map view.
2. Find the marker of the existing photopoint and tap on the marker. A popup will appear with the photopoint label.
3. Tap on the popup a second time to open the photopoint view screen. The photopoint view screen contains the photopoint label, any tags associated with the photopoint, and all previous images from the photopoint.
4. Tap the Add button in the bottom right corner of the screen, then tap Photo. The camera on your device will open. In a browser, tap Add Photo and choose a photo instead.
5. The most recent photo from the photopoint appears over the camera view to help you line up the same feature. Take the photo, and when you are happy with it, confirm to save it.
6. The photo will be added to the photopoint. Tap the back arrow to exit the photopoint view screen.

Import photos with the Covram Dashboard

You can create photopoints from photos on your computer. This is useful for older photos that show how a site has changed over time. Each photo you import becomes its own photopoint.

1. Sign in to the Covram Dashboard in your web browser using your laptop or desktop computer and your registered email and password.
2. In the sidebar, open your project and click Photopoints.
3. Click the Import button at the bottom of the page.
4. Click Select Photos and choose one or more photos. HEIC photos are converted automatically. If a photo can't be converted, Covram asks you to convert it to JPEG first.
5. Covram shows whether it found the photo's GPS location and the date it was taken. If a location is missing, click Select photo location to choose it on the map, or enter the latitude and longitude yourself. If the date is missing, click Select photo date.
6. Enter a label, or leave it blank to use the file name. Choose any tags that apply. If you need a new tag, create it first, as the import can only use tags that already exist.
7. Click Import. If you selected several photos, use Next and Back to complete each one, then click Import All.

Every photo needs a location before it can be imported. Imported photos show a Historic badge when you view the photopoint.