How to Add Your Maps from Your Android Device

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Last updated: Oct 25, 2017
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This step-by-step guide describes how to add your maps to the system from your Android phone or tablet. 

Step-by-step guide

  1. Login to the Croptracker app on your Android device and select the Farm Manager option from the dashboard.
    1. Here you will see the list of all of the farms under your organisation. 
    2. If this is your first visit to the Farm Manager then your list may just contain your default farm to get you started.
  2. To add a block to a farm, start by tapping on the farm.
  3. Now on the Farm screen, you'll see a summary card with more farm information and some action buttons (edit, delete, and +), as well as a list of all blocks that are under this farm.
    1. Note: These action buttons are also accessible from the blue drop down arrow next to a farm on the previous screen.
  4. To add a new block, tap the +. 

  5. Enter your Block Name - we recommend including the planting date in the block name if you have more than one planting of the same variety elsewhere in your organisation.

  6. Enter the Growing Area
  7. Select your Crop / Variety from the drop-down.
  8. The Parent Farm field will auto-populate to whichever farm you were just looking at - changing this will put the block under a different farm.
  9. Define the Planting Date and Plant Count. These values are used to calculate spray rates and predict yields.
  10. Click Save to save your block.
    1. Note: If you're planning on creating lots of blocks at once, try checking the Create another box. This will clear the form and stay on the Add Block screen after tapping Save.

  11. You should now see your new block in the farm's block list. Repeat the above steps to add the rest of your blocks under this farm.

  12. Create additional farms as necessary by going back to the main Farm list tapping the +. Repeat the same steps above for adding blocks under those farms.


If you grow more than one variety in the same Block, you can add Rows as described in the Map Multiple Mixed Varieties in a Single Block Guide.

To add rows from your Android device:

  1. From the main Farm list under the Farm Manager, tap on the farm that contains the block to which you'd like to add a row.
  2. Tap on the block in the farm's block list
    1. Note: Use the Filter to search by name, crop, variety, and planting date.
  3. Now on the Block screen, you'll see a summary card with more block information and some action buttons (edit, replant, delete, and +), as well as a list of all rows that are under this block.
    1. Note: These action buttons are also accessible from the blue drop down arrow next to a block on the previous screen.
  4. To add a new row, tap the +.

  5. Enter your Row Name and Growing Area

  6. Select your Crop / Variety from the drop-down.
  7. The Parent Block field will auto-populate to whichever block you were just looking at - changing this will put the row under a different block.
  8. Define the Planting Date and Plant Count. These values are used to calculate spray rates and predict yields.
  9. Click Save to save your row.
    1. Note: If you're planning on creating lots of rows at once, try checking the Create another box. This will clear the form and stay on the Add Row screen after tapping Save.

  10. You should now see your new row in the block's row list. Repeat the above steps to add the rest of your rows under this block.



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