MapMate is a species recording database. I've been using it extensively since about 2001, for my own wildlife records, in my role as Berkshire county moth recorder, and in my work for Wildlife Trusts and records centres.

Many people have volunteered their time to help develop the system, alongside its commercial owners, and there is an excellent MapMate user group (to request an invitation to join the user group contact me).

Here is a presentation introducing MapMate and what you can use it for.

NEW: I've been working with BSBI to produce some training videos showing how to do lots of things in MapMate: BSBI MapMate support

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MapMate resources I've produced:

Guidance

• NEW - a summary of the issues that have arisen with Windows Vista/Windows 7, and the various things that you need to do to keep MapMate running happily (pdf document, version 2, updated 1 February 2011)
• general guidance for MapMate users (Word document, updated 16 November 2010)
  
• example of data exchange guidelines (Word document, updated 16 November 2010)
• a worksheet to help get familiar with setting up maps (revised November 2009)
  

• What to do if there is a problem with sending records via sync files (the "Reset Sync" process)
• How to back-up your copy of MapMate
  
• notes on formatting text files for importing into MapMate
• how to import site details into MapMate

(See also additional materials developed for BSBI county plant recorders.)

SQL for user queries

SQL for custom user queries is now available here, in a new and more convenient table format. Lots of different queries for record validation, exporting to NBN, and many more. New queries last added 30 January 2011.

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Some of the above were developed for use with moth recorders in Berkshire, but feel free to download them and adapt them for your own use - I'd be grateful for any feedback to improve them.

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence (by-sa).