Run a visit

Start a visit, pick what to record, go plot by plot, check the live result, and finish — all offline.

For

Field crew

Time

5 minutes to read

Where

Field app — a stand

Updated

2026-10-03

Start the visit

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1. Check what is planned for the stand (from the plan register on the web).
2. Tap Start visit.
3. The sync chip shows what is still only on this phone.
4. Keep the recommended topics — the stand’s chosen methods and objectives — ticked. Each tile says what it records and informs.
5. Add other topics if you will record them today (health, deadwood…).
6. Tap Start visit · 3 topics. Where a method has levels (e.g. WHIA Lite), you choose the level here.

Go plot by plot

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7. Progress — 1 of 4 done.
8. Tap Go to P02 · 240 m N for the next point: it opens navigation (Find your plots).
9. Stand-wide holds records for the whole stand (an IBP walk, a WHIA area summary); Live result shows the stand so far.
10. Each point has Navigate and Record (or Add / edit), with its relocation note and how many records it has.

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11. Fill the plot tab, then the item tab. For stand data: Plot visit (marker found, Big BAF count…), then Tree for each tree. Required fields say so; units and diameter or girth are switches, so a girth is never mistaken for a diameter.
12. Tap a species chip, type a code, or use Speak. Guide opens the method’s own instructions.
13. When every point is done, Finish visit becomes the main button on the stand screen.
14. Watch the live result strip — the result at this place, computed on the phone by the same engine as the server.
15. Tap Save & next for the next tree (Save & clear keeps you on the form empty).

The live result

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1. The verdict against the stand’s target.
2. Key numbers — basal area, stems, quadratic mean diameter, diversity…
3. The marking quota per size band, for stand data with BDq.
4. The tool proposes the quota; you choose which trees. Warnings (e.g. no sample heights for volume) are listed separately.

Finish

Tap Finish visit, then sync when you have signal. On the web, the visit appears in Results; anything assisted (voice, camera, instrument) or imported waits under Review incoming.