The Settings page allows you to configure your experience for EarthRanger Mobile.
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User: This is the logged in EarthRanger user in the app. When the logged in user has a PIN and profiles with PINs associated there will be a Switch User button allowing the ability to switch to any user that has a pin associated with the logged in user. This user is the data collector in the app so any patrols, tracking, and events created will be associated with this user |
Data Collection
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Patrol Info: By enabling this option and selecting an event type, that event type will be displayed when starting a patrol. Merge Report Categories: By enabling this option, the Report categories will merge, so you will able to see all the report types from every category. |
Tracking
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Switch Tracked By Subject: This setting allows users to select another subject they have access to for the subject that is used to track and be the patrol leader. The subjects list has to be configured in the admin under the default patrol configuration. Track Sensitivity: This setting allows users to set the tracking distance to use when tracking. The default value is 25M, users can set as low as 10M or as high as 999M. |
Media
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Photo Quality: This option allows you to select the quality of the photos to upload. Based on the quality of the internet connection you get you can make the uploads faster when selecting a lower quality. This only applies to photos taken with the camera on your phone. Save to Camera Roll: You can select this option to save automatically the photos with the camera for a report created. Upload Photos with Wifi: By selecting this option, you will only be able to upload Photos if you have Wifi internet connection. |
Display
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Basemap: This functionality allows you to change how to see the basemap. It can be Topo, Satellite or Street. Coordinates: This functionality allows you to change the way you see the coordinates. It can be
Map Center on Open: Allows you to enter coordinates to center the map to every time the app is opened.
Shared Events: See Shared Events
Subjects on Device: Configure how many days of Subject data are stored on the device |
About
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The About view provides information of the software and links to the Privacy Policy and the End User License Agreement. You can Report an issue from this page. When reporting an issue you will be asked to fill the Message field where you will be able to describe the issue (This field is mandatory since we want detail of the issue). You can also include device logs for the support team to simplify the assistance. |
Important: Ensure your device has an email account configured
In order to be able to send logs and reports, you will need to have configured the native Mail application in your iOS device. Gmail, Outlook and other mail applications are not compatible with EarthRanger Mobile.
For more information visit: Email Configuration
Account
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Here the information of the Site Name will appear. Log Out: Tapping on Log Out will log you out of the app. If there are no pending syncs, you will receive an alert announcing that you will need a connection in order to log in after logging out. If there are pending syncs, you will get notified that the data will be lost.
You will also be able to see which is the EarthRanger version you have installed in your device, always try to have the latest version in order to be able to use the latest features. |
EarthRanger version 2.9.3
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