Re: 'My Map' Reporting of recorded sightings via 'Submit Sightings'
My Map Reporting
1 Is it possible to show those 'tear drop' shaped blobs (I've seen them on other google maps to represent the position of something and they come up with a white box with a few details typed in) where people have recorded by ticking a species record (or an orchard, pond or field). These would be an alternative to the single click data entry records shown.
2 Is it possible to make these 'tear drops' a specific colour according to either the 'species' (orchard or pond) or alternatively according to one of the other data field (attribute) entries fulfilling a specific value (yes/no or a check box)
3 For the 'white' boxes that appear when you click on a polygon or record shown on the map reporting - presuming it is possible to specify what information is shown in the white box e.g. if you didn't want the grid ref, but wanted it to show selected attribute/datafield values only? How easy is this to achieve?
The SOLL (Sevenoaks Living Landscape, part of Kent Wildlife Trust) group have a range of ideas on what they are aiming for with the 'interactive mapping' - mainly to get the community engage with the project by being able to 'connect' good wildlife habitats e.g. a pond, hedgerow. It is important that people can easily enter their 'orchard'. However, it is also to link someone with an apple press with someone who has an orchard (don't know if you've seen the landshare website, but that was mentioned at todays sub-group meeting on the mapping). I hope at next Weds Steering group meet to be able to clarify what is reasonably achievable using Indicia (even if we might not be using it an entirely conventional 'species recording' way. It will be very helpful for me to be able to demonstrate to or advise the meeting some of the range of options for 'submit sightings' and the 'My Map reporting', even if I won't be able to get it working by next Weds - answers to some of the questions will help give the group realistic ideas of what might be possible.
Thank you for all of your help so far and your endless patience!
Anne