Learn how to use Landfiles in just a few minutes. Find all the guides to create your group, understand entities, publish your observations and interact with your community.
Start a group, invite members, manage permissions and administer the entities in your network.
An entity groups observations together. It can represent an experimental site or an observer.
Publish your observations, use forms, manage your data and duplicate your posts.
Like, comment and exchange directly with members of your group or other users.
4-step guide: create your group, set up your facilitator entity, publish a welcome message and invite your colleagues.
Name your group, describe the exchange framework and finalize the creation in a few clicks.
Access the group address book, add members and set their permission level (owner, administrator or guest).
Identify inactive members (greyed-out addresses) and resend an invitation by SMS or email.
Check the invitation email, click the link, create your account or sign in, then access your new group.
View, add or remove entities linked to your group from the group settings.
From the mobile app, access the observation programme displayed at the top of the home page to log your seasonal observations.
An entity groups your observations by plot. It is your main workspace on Landfiles.
Useful for technical advisors who need multiple entities. Restricted to administrators.
Useful when an entity was created by mistake. Only available on the web application.
Invite members or contacts to your entity with different permission levels: Administrator, Publisher, Contributor, Reader.
| Permission | Admin | Publisher | Contributor | Reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View private posts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comment on private posts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Publish on the entity | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Add / Edit plots | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Edit entity and private network | ✓ | — | — | — |
Restricted to entity administrators. Edit general information, specialisations, descriptions and context.
Customise your entity by adding a profile picture from the web or mobile app.
Create your plots and position them on the map using automatic or manual geolocation.
Edit plot information or delete plots from the mobile app or computer.
Import multiple observations at once using the bulk data import feature on the web application.
Publish your field observations with photos, text, date and geolocation from mobile or web.
Use forms configured by your group administrator to structure your observations with precise data.
Simple observation (images + text), plot tracking with forms, or seasonal observation programme monitoring.
Uncheck all groups and tick "publish privately" so only members of your entity can see the post.
Find your post via your entity, click the three dots then "Edit" to make corrections.
Requires a form configured on the group. Fill in the structured data when creating your post.
Duplicate an existing post to avoid re-entering your data. Ideal for recurring tracking with forms.
Click the heart icon below a post to show your appreciation to the entire community.
Click the comment icon, write your text and publish. The author and commenters will receive a notification.
Like, comment, browse an entity's history, or start a private conversation via the Conversations tab.
Our team supports you in getting started with Landfiles. Request a personalised demo or contact our support.
Request a demo →