Forms

Data Collection forms

Form Designer — build a schema, share it with your team as JSON, collect offline, and export to open GIS formats. No server-side database required.

Form Designer

Flexible Form designer and adhoc in-app form building, or via mapdata.xyz form generator.

Supports saving data in GeoJSON and GeoPackage vector features
Works completely offline
Does not require any server-side database / FeatureServer / API
No proprietary formats
Adhoc records for new data collection requirements

Data can be collected via GNSS/GPS or drawing/digitizing (Manual Mode) — see Vector Data Digitizing and Editing.

Convert collected data to

GeoJSON · GPKG Vector Features · CSV · KML · MBTILES Vector Tiles

Pricing Digitizing & Editing →

Build in-app or on the web

Design the form. Share the schema.

Create custom form designs on-device or on the website, then switch Active Data Set so every operator on the team collects against the same JSON Schema — Observer Name, species, dates, selects, file upload, and more.

Create custom form design in-app
Create custom form design on website
Import schema from URL, device files, or directory
Switch between multiple form designs in Active Data Set

Photos & attributes

Attach camera or library photos to the record.

Forms support photo fields — pick Camera or Photos when you fill a record in the field. Keep evidence tied to the same GeoJSON / GPKG feature you just digitized.

Properties · Photo · Info tabs on the record
Camera or Photos library as source
Stays with the collected feature package

Open formats

Share collected data without a proprietary lock-in.

From User Data, convert and share packages as GPKG, CSV, KML, or MBTILES — or hand off GeoJSON through the system share sheet to Files, Dropbox, Mail, and other apps.