Make it possible for the respondent to see what places others have marked on the map, read their comments and up- or downvote them. The responses can be moderated either manually or with the help of AI.
Set up
Goal: Respondent sees other people's responses on the mapping page and can read the associated comments.
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Choose a background map for the page and add a map question.
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In the map question's Extra settings tab, tick Make responses public.
Goal: Respondent sees other people's responses on the last page of the survey instead of on the mapping page.
Choose a background map for the page and add a map question.
- In the map question's Extra settings tab, tick Make responses public.
- Add a map background to the last page of the survey.
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Go to Settings > Publication. Turn on "Show public responses by others on the last page".
Goal: Respondents can not only see and read what others marked on the map, but also vote/like them.
- Set up the mapping pages and configure the sharing settings following the steps listed above.
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Go to Settings > Publication. Turn on "Allow respondents to vote for responses of others (thumbs up or down)".
Comment moderation (manual and AI-assisted)
'Manual' way of moderating comments
When using this feature, it's important to moderate submissions in case a respondent posts something inappropriate.
To access moderation, go to Export > Moderate public responses. Here you can browse responses and hide individual ones using the Hidden toggle. A hidden response is no longer visible to other respondents, but it is still available internally (in the analysis tool and data exports).
To hide an entry, switch on Hide from data
AI-assisted comment moderation (recommended)
You can also enable AI to automatically moderate potentially inappropriate responses.
To enable AI moderation, go to the survey's Settings > Publication and turn on Enable AI moderation of public responses.
How it works:
- Responses to questions marked as public are sent to AWS, where an AI model reviews them for inappropriate content.
- Flagged responses are automatically hidden from public view.
- You can review the reason a response was flagged — and manually unhide it if needed — in Export > Moderate public responses section.
Scope and limitations:
- AI moderation only applies to open questions and uploaded files or images. Other question types are not reviewed.
- If a response is flagged, any associated map question response will not be automatically hidden — you must hide it manually.
Where can I see the upvotes and downvotes in total per map comment?
Analysis tool
Go to Map responses and select the map questions from the panel. Click on any pin/line/area on the map. You'll see a tally of the total upvotes and downvotes for this response in the pop-up.
Use Filters to find out which comments received the most votes.
The tallied votes are also shown in the geoJSON (Export GeoJSON) output look like this: