iLands How To
Learn iLands.
One step at a time.
Clear guides for the tools you use to observe, map and understand the land. Watch an app example, then follow the steps at your own pace.
GIS files
Import and export Shapefiles
Keep geometry, attributes and coordinate context together when exchanging a Shapefile dataset.
Watch & follow →Import and export GeoPackage
Choose supported feature collections, inspect the imported dataset and export a complete package for the next handoff.
Watch & follow →Import and export Vector GeoPDF
Vector GeoPDF combines drawn map features with geographic context. Review supported candidates before importing.
Watch & follow →Import and export Raster GeoPDF
Use a geographically positioned map image as a reference. Its pixels do not automatically become editable features.
Watch & follow →Save and open an iLands Map File
An .ilmap is a read-only snapshot of selected map content. Save it, inspect it in iLands or open it locally in a browser.
Watch & follow →Export Forms data for GIS
Preserve response geometry, historical question context and original attachment evidence.
Watch & follow →Environmental layers
Turn on Fire Weather Index
Fire Weather Index describes weather-related fire conditions. It is a different signal from an agency-reported active fire.
Watch & follow →Check weather near monitored lands
The weather at a remote field site may differ from the weather beside your phone. Start with the saved site coordinates.
Watch & follow →Review environmental hazards
Read an alert with its monitored place, time and source. A saved alert is a record to interpret, rather than proof of current conditions.
Watch & follow →Explore Species at Risk map context
Use the Critical Habitat (SARA Status) layer for published species and habitat context. The app does not have a separate SARA-only toggle.
Watch & follow →Explore Critical Habitat
Compare a recorded site with the published Critical Habitat layer, then consult the corresponding official recovery documents.
Watch & follow →Explore Boreal Caribou Range
The range layer supplies landscape context. It does not track individual animals or establish current occupancy.
Watch & follow →View Active Wildfires
Show agency-reported fire points and inspect their source and timing. A point is different from a complete fire perimeter.
Watch & follow →Explore the national wetlands layer
Compare your own field records with publicly supplied wetlands map context.
Watch & follow →Land records
Record Traditional Knowledge responsibly
Begin with community authority and the agreed purpose. iLands provides recording tools; the people and communities concerned determine what may be documented and shared.
Watch & follow →Create and maintain a wetland record
Keep field observations, geometry and permitted media together, then review the context behind any app-generated indicators.
Watch & follow →Create and maintain an Other Land record
Other Land provides a flexible named field record with geometry, notes, custom field values and supporting media.
Watch & follow →Add custom field values
Use explicit field names to preserve observations that need a flexible record.
Watch & follow →Forms
Build and share a mapped form
Create your questions, choose which map belongs with each response and invite existing iLands users to answer.
Watch & follow →Choose and configure form questions
Use the answer control that fits the information needed, with clear labels and guidance.
Watch & follow →Choose the map for each response
Choose between a respondent GPS point and an author-defined static shape.
Watch & follow →Close a form or manage access
Pause future collection while retaining saved responses.
Watch & follow →Delete a form and its responses
Read the permanent-removal explanation before confirming deletion.
Watch & follow →Field cameras
Add and maintain field cameras
Register the exact camera, record its deployment and separate inventory, image delivery and shared viewing.
Watch & follow →Filter camera images and export evidence
Choose a date range, inspect AI coverage and encounter estimates, then export reviewable evidence with its settings.
Watch & follow →Set camera direction
A deployment facing supplies context for the map and approximate lateral movement suggestions.
Watch & follow →Set and interpret recount intervals
Group repeated detections by timing while preserving the original images for review.
Watch & follow →Show or hide detection overlays
Control visual overlays independently without changing counts or original image bytes.
Watch & follow →Collaboration
Reports
Maps and stories
Settings
Account care
Review environmental hazards
Read an alert with its monitored place, time and source. A saved alert is a record to interpret, rather than proof of current conditions.
Explore Boreal Caribou Range
The range layer supplies landscape context. It does not track individual animals or establish current occupancy.
Explore Species at Risk map context
Use the Critical Habitat (SARA Status) layer for published species and habitat context. The app does not have a separate SARA-only toggle.
Explore Critical Habitat
Compare a recorded site with the published Critical Habitat layer, then consult the corresponding official recovery documents.
Explore the national wetlands layer
Compare your own field records with publicly supplied wetlands map context.
View Active Wildfires
Show agency-reported fire points and inspect their source and timing. A point is different from a complete fire perimeter.
Check weather near monitored lands
The weather at a remote field site may differ from the weather beside your phone. Start with the saved site coordinates.