Mapboard GIS 4+

Draw your field maps into GIS

Daven Quinn

Designed for iPad

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

iPad Screenshots

Description

Mapboard GIS is an iPad app for drawing maps with an Apple Pencil. Mapboard combines the intuitive workflow of pen-and-paper mapping with the precision, flexibility, and scale-independence of geospatial information systems (GIS). Its forward-looking design helps beginner and expert mappers produce multiscale, topologically consistent geologic maps.

MOTIVATION AND DESIGN

Mapboard GIS was born out of frustration with both paper– and GIS-based mapping workflows. It is primarily designed for geologists but is potentially useful in many situations demanding interpretive mapping. Mapboard attempts to bring digital mapping closer to the intuitive experience provided by paper. A sophisticated open-source spatial engine drives simple tools for drawing, erasing, and reshaping features. Outputs are natively compatible with common GIS software. Mapboard allows mapping time to be spent refining interpretations
instead of fighting with technical tools.

KEY FEATURES

- Editing tools geared towards pen-based mapping
- Powerful and intuitive reshaping, snapping, and erasing
- Iterative topology solver to fill map units
- Sophisticated onboard Spatialite GIS engine
- Project files natively readable by standard GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.)
- User-configurable data types for line and polygon features
- Tether to remote PostGIS for work across large datasets and real-time collaboration
- Interoperable with standard formats (mbtiles, Spatialite, PostGIS) and open-source + commercial software

OTHER FEATURES

- Load MBTiles basemaps
- Satellite, streets, and topographic basemaps
- Dark mode support
- Geologic line types

TERMS OF USE: https://mapboard-gis.app/terms-of-service
PRIVACY POLICY: https://mapboard-gis.app/privacy
CHANGELOG: https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases

What’s New

Version 4.2.1

- Fix a high-im­pact bug in cre­at­ing new pro­jects

- A new sys­tem for work­ing with re­mote (Post­GIS) pro­jects housed in the Map­board Plat­form ap­pli­ca­tion.
- User in­ter­face im­prove­ments for more stan­dard­ized com­po­nents and nav­i­ga­tion pat­terns.
- Stream­lined of­fline pur­chase han­dling
- Much quicker topol­ogy pro­cess­ing
- More ef­fec­tive pri­or­i­ti­za­tion of edit­ing op­er­a­tions over topol­ogy main­te­nance tasks
- More con­trol over how map lay­ers are dis­played

App Privacy

The developer, Daven Quinn, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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