Area Estimation and Navigation Using Map Plus October 2015 Center for Agricultural Statistics Lao PDR R-CDTA 8369: Innovative Data Collection Methods for Agricultural and Rural Statistics Training on Crop Cutting

Map Plus Used for locating sample meshes during the field validation in Savannakhet Has geotagging features for photos taken on the mesh Tracks can be recorded and exported to another software as KML file Internet connection is important in updating the maps

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Tap the location button to start locating. Wait for few seconds, until the current position icon is shown on the map and your location seems stable.

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Tap the record button on the operation bar

Tracking the Plot Boundaries Walk around the boundaries of the plot. During the recording, the current track is displayed and there is an annotation for the start point.

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Tap save button to stop and save the track to your root folder

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Change the filename of your track by tapping the detail icon

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Select Edit

Tracking of Plot Boundaries Edit the filename using the plot naming convention accordingly p07

Area Estimation Tap the Tools icon to pop the menu and select Edit. 1

Area Estimation Tap the Edit icon to pop the edit menu and Create Shape. 4 3

Area Estimation Long press and drag to move the point of the polygon to the corners of the plot.

Area Estimation Long press and drag to move the point

Area Estimation Tap the save button in the menu.

Area Estimation Edit the filename using the plot naming convention accordingly p07 polygon

Area Estimation p07 polygon Area: 6,770 m 2

GPS Location Fix Tap the location icon on the map and get the coordinates of your location.

Record the coordinates and the accuracy of the map