Respondent selects areas from the map (Select map)

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This feature makes it possible for respondents to choose features (points, line, areas or grid cells) from the map as a response. It's otherwise the same as a Pop-up map but does not include a pop-up with questions or additional information.

Click here for a demo of this feature

  1. Prepare your map

    To add a Select map to your survey, you need a map layer that contains the features (points, lines, areas, grid cells) that the respondent should select from. You can use any shapefile, geoJSON or WFS layer or create the map layer from scratch by using the Create a map function.

  2. Upload the layer to Materials in Maptionnaire and visualize it the way you want (colors, line width, labels...)
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  3. Under ID key, select the column (in the attribute table) that contains IDs for each map feature. If the layer has no suitable IDs, Maptionnaire adds a numeric field called mpt_id to the map layer’s file and selects it as the ID key. A message under ID key confirms this.

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  4. Go to the survey and add the Select map element from the element library.

  5. Select the map layer.

  6. Write the question and determine other element settings as needed, for example how many features respondents can select.
  7. Test in Preview.

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How do I analyze/visualize information collected with a Select map? 

See this article for details.

Not sure this is the right map question? See Which map question should I use?.

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