Sun, Oct 15
|Unity Library
Avenza Maps Workshop
Learn how to use the free, downloadable Avenza Maps app to mark trails, navigate woodlands, follow and track boundaries - there are many ways to use this app to help with land stewardship or for recreational trail use!
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2023, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Unity Library, 38 School St, Unity, ME 04988, USA
About The Event
1 hour in-classroom with a presentation to gain a basic knowledge of the application and its uses for Land Stewardship activities (please bring an iPhone, iPad, or Android device to download the app). 2 hours - Travel to Richardson Preserve and field usage of the application, including
- Basic orienteering uses with navigating and utilizing digital map interface
- Measure Feature uses
- Drawing a Line feature or tracking
- Trail marking utilizing GPS Feature
- Delineating an area utilizing polygon feature
- A portion of the harvest area
- Placing and labeling placemarks and adding photographs
- Marking invasive plant locations
Workshop led by Dan Hill, a biologist and licensed forester in the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Land Management Program. Please be at the Unity Library before 9 am as the workshop will start promptly at 9! Bring snacks, water, and footwear suitable for trail use and the weather.