Registration opens September 14 – https://extension.oregonstate.edu/benton/events/your-land-your-hands-digital-mapping-google-earth-pro-caltopo-avenza

Registration Required ~ Space is limited

Get the most out of digital mapping apps on your smartphone or tablet. This interactive workshop highlights the capabilities of three commonly available digital mapping applications, Google Earth Pro, Avenza and CalTopo. The instructors will lead you through detailed tutorials and demonstrate how to integrate these digital tools into daily forest and land management activities.

You will learn how to use your smartphone or tablet to calculate acres and distances of property features, monitor road problems, insect damage, invasive plants, and more! The outdoor practice sessions will be within walking distance of the classroom.

This class is designed for those who have little to no experience with digital mapping apps. Participants are asked to bring their own smartphone or tablet and a laptop device. Some computers will be available for use during the workshop, but participants are encouraged to bring their own.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Create a property boundary, calculate distance and area in Google Earth Pro
• Create a basemap for their property in Caltopo
• Make annotations to the basemap in real-time via the CalTopo smartphone app
• Add photos to their basemap in Avenza