Map

Here you'll learn how to read the team's map, find yourself with GPS, add a marker (e.g., a stand or feeding place), and draw areas and lines. GPX import and fetching property boundaries still require the administrator role.

What does the map show?

The map shows all markers (points) and areas (polygons) the team has placed. You can pick between eight map styles: Liberty, Bright, Positron, Satellite, Aerial (Sweden), Terrain, Terrain downtoned, and Terrain (world). Terrain and Terrain downtoned use Lantmäteriet's (the Swedish mapping authority) topographic map of Sweden — Terrain in full colour and Terrain downtoned in a muted greyscale (good as a backdrop under markers). Terrain (world) is an international topographic map. Aerial (Sweden) uses Lantmäteriet's aerial photos of Sweden. Terrain is the default until you pick another style.

The detailed aerial photos in Aerial (Sweden) cover your own hunting ground and are fetched in the background. Until they are ready, and when you are zoomed far out, ordinary satellite imagery is shown instead. An information box on the map tells you what you are seeing: whether the photos are being fetched, have not been prepared yet, or whether you need to zoom in to see them. Press Show in the box to jump straight to your hunting ground. Administrators also get an Update imagery button in the box when the photos need refreshing, for example after the boundary was redrawn or when Lantmäteriet has newer photos.

Hillshade

The map style picker also offers Hillshade. Turning it on drapes a shading layer over the map that reveals the terrain's highs and lows — ridges, ravines and steep slopes stand out clearly, even on the aerial photo. The shading is built from Lantmäteriet's elevation data for Sweden. On the web you can additionally enable 3D terrain, which tilts the map and shows the landscape in three dimensions. If you don't see the options yet, the feature isn't enabled for your environment.

Wind speed and direction appear as a layer on the map, and if a hunt is currently in progress a warning indicator is shown. The map also feeds Weather: the forecast is based on the centre of the team's markers and areas.

The phone's compass is used to draw a heading indicator on your own position. It only appears once the compass is calibrated. Trace a figure-eight in the air with your phone if you do not see it. The same compass powers the wind and shot cones in Live hunt.

Markers

Each marker has a name, type, description (max 500 characters), optional image, and coordinates. The icon shown on the map follows from the type, so you don't choose it separately. There are twelve marker types:

• Stand
• Tower
• Parking
• Trail Camera
• Salt Lick
• Food Place
• Bait
• Burrow
• Gate
• Bridge
• Gathering Place
• Other

An orange dot appears next to markers that have open tasks linked to them. Tap the marker to see the tasks and tick them off in place, or create a new task linked to that location.

If you pick the Trail Camera type, you can link the marker to one of the team's game cameras. From the camera view you can then tap View on map to jump straight here. Each camera can be linked to one marker.

Areas

Areas are drawn as polygons (a shape with at least three points). There are three types:

• Hunting Area Border
• Sub-area
• Forbidden Area

Lines

Lines are paths drawn on the map: a trail, a hunting area boundary, or a forest road, for example. A line needs at least two points. There are five types:

• Trail
• Boundary
• Road
• Stream
• Custom

Lines also appear in the web view of a live hunt, so a person watching from home sees the same map as the people in the field.

Use the map

All members can:

1. Pan and pinch-zoom the map
2. Tap a marker or area to see details. If several markers sit close together, you get a list to pick from
3. Filter markers by type via the filter button
4. Search for markers, areas, or lines via the search icon
5. Switch map style via the menu icon

The buttons on the left side of the map:

• Zoom in and zoom out
• Fit all visible markers in view (hidden types are excluded)
• Locate me: centres the map on your position (allow location access the first time)

TIP

You can hide individual marker types in the filter if the map feels cluttered. The filter is grouped by kind, and both your choices and which groups you have expanded are remembered between sessions.

Measure distance

Want to know how far it is to a spot? Use the ruler button on the left side of the map.

1. Tap the ruler button
2. Pan the map so the crosshair sits on the place you want to measure to
3. A line is drawn from your own position to the crosshair, and the distance is written along the line
4. Tap the cross to close the measurement

The distance updates continuously as you pan the map. You need location access turned on so the app knows where you are. The tool also works during a live hunt, for example to see how far it is to a stand or a downed animal.

Navigate to a marker

Need to find your way to a stand, a tower or a downed animal? The map can guide you as the crow flies.

1. Tap the marker or observation on the map
2. Tap Navigate in the panel that opens
3. A dashed line is drawn from your position to the target, and at the bottom you see the distance and an arrow pointing toward the target
4. Walk toward the target. The distance counts down as you go
5. Tap the cross if you want to stop

When you arrive, within about 25 meters, navigation ends by itself and the phone confirms with a small vibration.

The line shows the direction as the crow flies, not a trail or road. You need location access turned on so the app knows where you are. The tool also works during a live hunt, for example when tracking to a marked shot site.

Open in your phone's maps app

Want full turn-by-turn directions? Tap Maps app next to the Navigate button. The location opens in your phone's regular maps app, such as Apple Maps or Google Maps, with voice guidance available.

On iPhone you can choose between Apple Maps and Google Maps if both are installed. On Android the phone picks a maps app for you, or asks which one to use.

Add a marker

All members can add markers:

1. Tap the + button and pick Add marker
2. Move the map so the centre crosshair sits where the marker should go
3. Tap Place marker
4. Fill in the name and choose a type (the icon follows the type)
5. Add a description and optional image
6. Tap Save

Example

Out in the field and you spot a great new stand? Open the map, tap + → Add marker, move the map so the crosshair is on your position, tap Place marker, pick the type Stand, and save. The rest of the team sees the marker right away.

Add text

Want to write something straight on the map, such as the name of a field or a short note? Add a text. It shows as plain text on the map, with no icon. All members can add text:

1. Tap the + button and pick Add text
2. Move the map so the centre crosshair sits where the text should go
3. Tap Place marker
4. Type the text
5. Tap Save

You can tap the text at any time to change it or remove it.

Add an observation

You can mark what you have seen, shot, wounded or tracked on the map, even when no live hunt is running. All members can add observations:

1. Tap the + button and pick Add observation
2. Move the map so the crosshair sits where you made the observation, then tap Place marker
3. Choose a type: Sighting (an animal you saw), Downed, Wounded or Track (prints, blood, droppings)
4. Pick the species and fill in the count plus sex and age if you know them
5. Choose the Observed date — if the animal was in front of you yesterday, enter that date
6. Add a note and an optional photo, then tap Save

Observations stay on the team map and count towards your statistics. A downed observation also lands in the harvest log automatically, just like animals shot during a live hunt.

Good to know

Want to log something you saw earlier in the season? Change the Observed date so it lands in the right month in your statistics.

Tap an observation on the map to open it. The member who added it, along with hunt leaders and secretaries, can edit or delete it.

Draw an area

Any team member can draw, edit, and delete areas.

1. Tap the + button and pick Add area
2. Tap the map to lay down corners (at least three)
3. Use the undo button if you make a mistake
4. Tap the first (green) corner to close the polygon
5. Enter a name, pick an area type, and save

If you create a sub-area, it can later be linked to a hunt event in the calendar so every participant automatically sees the right area when the live hunt starts.

Draw a line

Any team member can draw, edit, and delete lines.

1. Tap the + button and pick Add line
2. Tap the map to place the points along the line (at least two)
3. Use the undo button if you make a mistake
4. Tap Done when the line is complete
5. Enter a name, pick a type (trail, boundary, road, stream, or custom), and save

Edit and delete

Any team member can edit, move, and delete markers, areas, and lines, no matter who created them.

You can:

• Change a marker's name, type, description, and image
• Move a marker to a new position
• Redraw an area's borders
• Redraw a line or change its type
• Delete markers, areas, and lines entirely

Active and inactive markers

A stand, tower or bait site is sometimes out of use for a while. The tower may be taken down, or the bait is no longer filled. You can then mark the marker as inactive instead of deleting it. The position is kept, but the marker is hidden from the map.

Any member of the team can do this, and everyone sees the same thing. A marker that is inactive for you is inactive for the whole team.

Here is how:

1. Tap the marker on the map
2. Tap Deactivate in the panel that opens

Want to see the inactive markers again?

1. Open the map Filter
2. Turn on Show inactive

The inactive markers are then shown dimmed on the map. Tap one of them and choose Activate to bring it back into use.

Good to know:

• You can also find an inactive marker with the map search, even while it is hidden
• An inactive tower or stand is not included when the map shows visible areas from all towers
• When you save the map as a file, inactive markers are included, marked as inactive
• On the web page Manage map features, an administrator can activate or deactivate many markers at once
• When you print the map, inactive markers are left out unless you tick Include inactive

Your own style for an area

Is an area hard to make out on the map? You can give it your own colour, a fill and a thicker border. Every member can do it, and it works both in the app and on the web.

The style is yours alone. Nobody else on the team sees it, and their map does not change. So you can paint your own parcel red without disturbing anyone.

1. Open the map
2. Tap the area on the map
3. Find Style in the panel that opens. In the app, tap the Style row to unfold it; on the web it is shown straight away
4. Pick a colour from the coloured squares
5. Set the Fill, meaning how much colour is laid inside the area, from 0 to 80 per cent
6. Set the Line thickness, meaning how thick the border around the area is

The change appears on the map at once and saves by itself. You do not need to tap Save.

Want the team's usual look back? Tap Team colour to remove only your colour, or Reset style to remove everything you have set on that area.

Good to know

If the team imported areas from a GPX file, the colours come along from the file. Those colours belong to the team and are used until you pick a colour of your own.

The style follows your account. Log in on another phone, or on a computer, and the area looks the same. If you print the map on the web, your own colours are used, since it is your view that gets printed. If you save the map as a file, or the team exports its data, the team's colours are included instead of yours.

Manage map features (web)

Requires administrator role

Managing map features requires you to be a secretary or team lead.

On the web there is a page that lists all of the team's map features. It is a quick way to tidy the map, for example after a GPX import.

1. Open the map on the web
2. Press Import and choose Manage features

The list shows markers, areas, and lines, grouped by type. On each row you can:

• Change the name
• Change the type
• Press Save to save the row

You can also delete several features at once:

1. Tick the box on the rows you want to delete. You can tick a whole group with the box in the group heading.
2. Press Delete selected
3. Confirm

Deletion cannot be undone

Deleted map features disappear permanently for the whole team.

Import GPX

If the team already has markers or tracks in a GPS device or another hunting app the file can be imported directly. The app reads GPX, GeoJSON and KML files. You can import both in the app and on the web.

Requires administrator role

Importing requires you to be a secretary or team lead.

Easiest on the web

We recommend importing on the web at jaktli.se. Right after the import you can open Manage features and go through all markers and areas in a list, fix names and types, and delete anything you don't want. See Manage map features.

1. Open the map. On the web press Import, in the app tap the + button
2. Pick the right kind of import:
   • Import WeHunt GPX for an export from WeHunt
   • Import Easyhunt GPX for an export from Easyhunt (hunt-area borders become areas on the map)
   • Import GPX file for a standard file from any other app or GPS device
   • Import GeoJSON for a GeoJSON file from another map program
   • Import KML for a KML file, for example from Google Earth
3. Choose the file. On the web from your computer, in the app from your phone
4. Decide whether existing markers and areas should be replaced
5. Confirm the import

Replacing can't be undone

Choosing to replace existing markers permanently deletes the old ones. Keep them if you're unsure.

Export the map as a file

On the web you can save the whole map as a file. Choose between three formats: GPX, GeoJSON and KML. Everyone in the team can export.

1. Open the map on the web
2. Press Export at the top right
3. Choose GPX file, GeoJSON file or KML file
4. The file is saved to your computer

The file contains all markers, texts, areas and lines. Observations are not included.

Which format should you choose? GPX suits GPS receivers and other hunting apps. GeoJSON and KML suit map programs, for example Google Earth. In GPX, areas are saved as closed tracks since the format has no areas. In GeoJSON and KML, areas are saved as real areas.

Print the map

On the web you can print the map on paper. You decide how the printout looks: what is shown, how thick the lines are, how big the markers are and what title sits at the top.

1. Open the map on the web
2. Press Export at the top right and choose Print map
3. A preview opens that looks like the paper page
4. Zoom and move the map in the preview until it shows what you want to print
5. Adjust the printout with the controls on the left
6. Press Print. The print dialog opens

You can adjust:

• Paper orientation: portrait or landscape
• Title and subtitle: turn on or off with a checkbox. The team name and today's date are filled in, but you can write anything
• Image: place the team logo or your own image on the map. Drag it where you want it and resize with the corner handle
• Map style: the same map types as on the regular map
• Line thickness: thin, normal or thick lines
• Markers: icons or simple dots, in three sizes
• Names: show or hide marker names
• Legend, scale bar and north arrow: shown on the printout if you want
• Content: untick the marker types, areas and lines you want to leave out

The preview shows exactly what will be printed. Your settings are kept for the next time you print. Everyone in the team can print.

3D print your hunting ground

Do you or someone on the team have a 3D printer? Then you can print your hunting ground as a physical model, with hills, valleys and the team's boundaries etched into the surface. It works when the team has elevation data, the same data that powers the hillshade. Everyone in the team can use the tool, and it is free.

1. Open the map on the web
2. Press Export at the top right and choose 3D terrain model
3. Drag a box on the map over the area you want to print. You can rotate the map first to fit a slanted area
4. Choose what to etch into the surface: hunting areas and trails
5. Pick the height scale and map scale, and enter the size of your printer's build plate
6. Press Create model, check the preview, and press Download STL

The file opens in your printer's own software. If the model is bigger than the printer's plate, it is split into several parts printed one by one. The parts are held together with small magnets: pockets for the magnets are hidden under the seams, so the model snaps together without glue. You can also add a compass rose showing north.

The heights come from Lantmäteriet's elevation data, the same as the map's hillshade. Swedish terrain is fairly flat, so the height scale starts exaggerated at 2 times. You can change it.

Fetch property boundaries

You can fetch the boundaries of a property directly from Lantmäteriet (the Swedish mapping authority) and save them as areas on the map. All you need is the property designation, for example GÄVLE OLSBACKA 11:1.

Requires administrator role

Fetching property boundaries requires you to be a secretary or team lead.

1. Tap the + button
2. Pick Fetch property boundary
3. Enter the property designation, for example OLSBACKA 11:1. The municipality can usually be left out
4. Tap Search property
5. Choose which type of area the boundaries should be saved as
6. Tap Save as areas

If the same designation exists in several municipalities, the app asks you to include the municipality name, for example GÄVLE OLSBACKA 11:1. If the property consists of several separate parcels, each parcel is saved as its own area on the map. The boundaries come from Lantmäteriet's property register.

Pick a property by pointing at the map

Don't know the designation? You can point out the property directly on the map instead.

1. Tap the + button
2. Pick Pick property on map
3. Move the map so the crosshair sits inside the property
4. Tap Use this point

The property's boundary then appears on the map. Choose which type of area to save it as and tap Save as areas. This only works for properties in Sweden.

Reading the terrain: line of sight and visible area

If your team has elevation data for its area, you get two tools that work from the height of the ground. They only appear when elevation data is available. The tools look at the bare ground, not forest, brush or buildings. Treat the answer as a guide, not an exact truth.

Line of sight between two points

Want to know whether you have a clear view from one spot to another, for example from a tower to a pass?

1. Tap the terrain button in the button column on the left of the map
2. Move the map so the crosshair sits on the first point and tap Set observer
3. Move the map to the second point and tap Set target

A line is drawn between the points. The green part has a clear line of sight. The red part is blocked by the terrain.

Visible area from a tower

Want to see roughly which ground you can see from a hunting tower or a pass?

1. Tap the marker on the map
2. Tap Show visible area

The ground visible from that point is shaded on the map, with a clear line around the outer edge. You can change the eye height (how high you sit) and the radius (how far the app calculates). The higher you sit, the more ground you see.

The eye height belongs to each tower or pass, since it differs from place to place. You set it when you create or edit the marker (the default is 1.7 metres). The visible area and the team's combined coverage are both worked out using that height.

You can drag the point on the map. Move it to try other spots, and the visible area recalculates as you drag. Found a better position? A secretary or team lead can tap Move here to move the tower there.

See your whole team's coverage

Want to see the ground your team covers from every tower and pass at once? Open the map settings and turn on All towers' visible area. It shades every piece of ground visible from any tower or pass, so you can spot the gaps. It starts off.

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See also: Weather, Game Cameras, Calendar, Tasks, Live hunt