Practical guides for getting the most out of mobile GIS in the field.
What's in a shapefile, GeoPackage, KML or GeoJSON file: shapes on a map, and a table about them. Features, attributes and the attribute table in plain language.
Shapefiles, GeoPackage, KML, GeoJSON: three walkthroughs with free public data you can load and follow along: acres of almonds in Kern County, property tax in a Wisconsin town, and earthquakes near Tokyo.
Combine layers by location: parcels within a mile of a mine, soils under a field, the ground left outside a wetland, and shapes merged by type.
Import shapefiles, GeoJSON, KML, and GeoPackage files onto your iPhone or iPad. Color-code your data, add labels, and search the full attribute table.
Step-by-step guide to opening .shp files on iPhone and iPad with full attribute and layer support.
View KML and KMZ files on iOS with preserved styling, placemarks, and multi-layer overlay — no Google Earth required.
Open multi-layer GeoPackage files, view attributes, and work with the modern OGC standard on iOS.
Browse large parcel and infrastructure layers, inspect their attributes, and prepare data for fieldwork.
How GoGIS works without internet — GPS, data collection, and downloaded basemaps, all fully offline.
Turn your iPhone into a GPS data collector. Create custom forms, collect points, scan barcodes, and export your data.
Build field data entry forms with pick lists, barcode scanning, photo capture, and signature fields for consistent, structured data.
Attach inspections, maintenance logs, meter readings, samples, and other repeatable records to the same GIS feature.
See how Related Form exports stay connected to the parent GIS feature with GoGIS_ID.
Generate sample grids, navigate to points with GPS, scan bag barcodes, and export results — all from your iPhone or iPad.
Each state's cadastre, Queensland's satellite-mapped crops, land use, soils and Geoscience Australia's mineral occurrences.
LINZ's primary parcels and property titles, updated daily, and the LUCAS land use map.
IDECOR's soil map, 1:50,000 where it reaches, with land capability and productivity, in English or Spanish.
INCRA's certified rural parcels (SIGEF), with farm names and status, and ANM's mining rights, in English or Portuguese.
IGAC's national cadastre, with each parcel's economic use, and the Colombian Geological Survey's mineral deposits, in English or Spanish.
ALKIS parcels from every state but Bavaria, and declared crop fields from six states, in English or German.
The Kadaster's parcels and RVO's crop parcels from PDOK, colored by crop group, flower bulbs included.
Jordbruksverket's farm fields with their crops, and SGU's soil map, in English or Swedish.
The cadastral parcels and the 2025 RPG crop parcels, colored by crop group, in English or French.
MAFF's fude polygons for every farm field in Japan, paddy or upland, with areas, in English or Japanese.
Download OpenStreetMap data for any area in the world as layers you can edit, then export to Shapefile, GeoPackage or KML.
Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and BC soil surveys, plus the Soil Landscapes of Canada, colored by farmland class.
Pull in SSURGO soil survey data, FEMA flood zones, rivers, and wetlands directly on your phone — no desktop GIS required.
Quick answers about mobile GIS on iPhone and iPad, offline maps, shapefiles, GeoPackage, field forms, exports, and reference data.