South Dakota BIT Workshop
TRIBAL RESPONSE PROGRAMS-BROWNFIELDS COMPUTER WORKSHOP
Location: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Reservation, Lower Brule, South Dakota
TUESDAY MAY 16: Mapping and Mobile Forms Workshop
NOTE: This day will be an applied workshop for tribal staff that are involved in tribal TRP data management, data entry and/or mapping (no GIS experience needed). Bring your laptops (you will need a laptop, not a tablet) to access and work on your data and/or maps, and if possible also bring an Android mobile device.
10:00-11:00 Mapping
Export data from BIT and other
databases to create custom Google My Maps
Google My Maps for Android mobiledevices and iPhones/iPads
o Access your maps for viewing offline
o Annotate your maps offline
11:30 – 1:00 Guest speakers and Working Lunch
Dr. Brian Thom, University of Victoria Ethnographic Mapping Lab
Raleigh Seamster, Google Earth Outreach team
Steven DeRoy, The Firelight Group
1:00 – 2:30 PDF Forms for Mobile Devices and Open Data Kit Forms for Android Devices
Collecting data for BIT, ACRES and other databases using offline forms for tablets and phones
Exporting data for mapping and database entry
2:30-4:00 Sharing Your Data
Putting your maps on your website
Sharing databases online
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Update on national trends on data coordination & mgt.
Demonstration and Discussion by Victoria Flowers, Oneida Nation
8:00 – 10:00 Introduction
Social and Boot up time
Overview of workshop by Mickey Hartnett
Demonstration of BIT databases by Oral Saulters
AGENDA
Note: the "clean download" from BIT option has been repaired
You can't edit a My Maps with an iPhone, but you can use the Google Maps app to view My Maps that you created on your computer or on an Android mobile device
For Android phones and tablets
ODK
Click here to preview form on your laptop
Use this URL to preview form in the browser of your mobile device
Use this QR Code to preview form on your mobile device
Google My Maps Example
This is a Google My Maps with data from the EPA EnviroFacts database that is similar to what you can create by importing the ODK form submission spreadsheet from Google Drive (see below)