Trap.NZ Comprehensive User Guide

To use Trap.NZ you must first create an account. You can do this on our website by fo...

  What is a pre-authenticated member?   This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but...

If you've forgotten your password, you can reset your password.  Enter your Trap.NZ username...

You can update your Trap.NZ account details, such as your email address, password, username and c...

Hopefully, there is an existing project close to the area you are interested in trapping. In this...

A project allows a group of people to collaborate on managing installations within a geographical...

If there isn't a nearby project for you to join, or you'd like to create your one, you can create...

Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. As an Administrator...

There are many different reasons you may need to edit your project boundaries, and if you are the...

Administrators only   Often when you have projects side by side it makes sense for maintenance ...

You must be a project Administrator have access to the "Project categories" section. Project cat...

This helps with projects that need terms that are not offered under the default terms on trap.NZ ...

If you no longer wish to participate in a project you have joined, you can leave at any time. ...

Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. As an Administrator...

  trap.nz is always looking for ways to help the usability of our product, to aid this the new t...

The Traps, Bait Stations, Monitoring Stations and Points of interest sections of your project all...

  Monitoring​ Traps Camera monitoring   Standard trap Track...

Glossary of terms for each field for each installation Traps Fields for adding a trap. Required...

Traps, bait stations, monitoring stations, and points of interest are all managed in roughly ...

After undertaking pest eradication in an area, you will see a decline in catches and bait take, h...

In order to add a record to an installation, you need to have the correct permissions.  Addi...

  This is helpful to projects wanting a visual reference of installations or their surrounds Pr...

Projects using motion-triggered cameras (‘camera traps’) can use the Trap.NZ’s camera trap functi...

View all of the relevant installations by going to "Traps", "Bait stations", "Monitoring"...

Note: It is likely that all supplementary traps will be converted to collocated traps in the futu...

The instructions below describe how to edit a single installation. Installations can also be edit...

Retiring an installation Retiring an installation is used when you are no longer wanting an inst...

  There could be many reasons you would want to unretire an installation, a member may have acci...

For traps that require an open or closed status trap.nz has created the disabled condition. 1. Op...

Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. The instruction...

Installation data (including name, type, location etc.) can be downloaded to a CSV or KML file. C...

On the Traps, Bait Stations, or Monitoring Stations section of your project, you can sort the ord...

See also: Moving installations using the app In order to move an installation you mu...

The instructions below outline how to move traps between projects. The process is basical...

An installation can only be deleted if there are no records associated with it. If you wish to d...

Supplementary traps are essentially double traps, therefore when making the decision to delete a ...

Trap.nz enables trappers to remotely monitor devices (traps, bait stations etc) using sensors fro...

How to add a line to your project Select your project from your My Projects list. Cli...

Start from the Lines section of your project (If you have more than one project, ch...

Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. Note: The line need...

Line information (line name, colour, and a wkt string describing the line path) can be downloaded...

This is an effective method to create an exact line for your project. Generally it is better to u...

There are four roles which project members can have within a Trap.NZ project: Trapper, Advanced t...

What is a pre-authenticated member?   This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but ha...

As the Administrator of a project, you are able to add, invite and remove people from the proje...

Assign members to installations By default, members with the Trapper or Advanced trapper role ca...

Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. By default, members...

This is helpful for externally funded projects that are required to provide evidence of results a...

The static project hex map is useful for projects to show an audience your project/projects catch...

Projects using motion-triggered cameras (‘camera traps’) can use the Trap.NZ’s camera trap functi...

The bait-taken calculations can be a bit confusing to begin with, however, once you understand th...

Trap.NZ organisations are used by groups who trap in multiple geographic regions but want easier ...

The tech team at Trap.NZ can create an Organisation for you. There's no way of a user doing this ...

Only users with the Org Admin role are able to edit access these tools. As an Org Admin, you can...

In addition to the four project roles, organisations provide an additional two roles: Org member ...

Adding members to your organisation, and removing members from your organisation works the same a...

Trap.NZ Organisations are used by groups who trap in multiple geographic regions but want easier ...

In order to add or remove projects to an Organisation, you must be both the project's Administrat...

The Trap.NZ app works with the TrapNZ website and allows you to record trapping data on your ...

To use the app you need an account on the Trap.NZ website which is a member of an exi...

Map Icons   Serviced today Within service period Outside service period / no record...

To access the app menu, click on the "hamburger" menu (the three horizontal lines in the top ...

The app's Project Settings menu can be accessed from the app menu. Synchronise Project  N...

When you first open the Settings menu, you will see each of the categories listed. Tap on the cat...

To view your app logs, select Logs from the app menu. When the Trap.NZ app is used offline...

  To add an installation to your project Locate where you want to add the installation on t...

To add a collocated installation Collocated installations are installations located in the same ...

Sensor traps allow the trapper to service the traps when they have been sprung. This removes the ...

By default, only the Filters list is shown.  This allows you to select which kind of stations are...

Using the map, tap on the icon for any installation to add a record to it.  If the installation ...

    Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Species caught  Selec...

Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Target species  Selec...

Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Target species  Select a sp...

After undertaking pest eradication in an area, you will see a decline in catches and bait take, h...

Settings Tap the cog icon  to set the type of observations (seen, or seen and heard) a...

  Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Title This could be anyt...

Open any installation record form and expand the Installation Details panel. Use the Move locatio...

  Retiring an installation is used when you are no longer wanting an installation in its current...

Using the Trap.NZ app, you can automatically record trap checks along a line using your phone’s G...

Adding default settings Setting default settings in your trap.NZ App is an easy process that c...

  Occasionally, there are glitches that occur in programmes, Here are the steps to take to help ...

  When using the trap.nz phone app, you will need to follow these steps to minimise GPS location...

Note: The phone needs to have location services set to Always On (Android, iOS) AND have battery ...

The detection zone for automated installation servicing based on proximity can be adjusted to sui...

This setting allows for the option to collect more data that the standard settings while also ena...

Contractor mode allows you to add property owners’ details into an installation’s details. This ...

  This is helpful to projects wanting a visual reference of installations or their surrounds Pr...

Occasionally, there will be an issue when out checking or installing your installations.   Thes...

In the My account section of Trap.NZ, you can generate an API key that’s associated with your use...

Map feed addresses are in the format:https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id...

Fields returned Field Description record_id the trap record UID ...

The map server allows access to WGS 84 and NZTM projections and can also output in many different...

Accessing layers You can add a WFS Layers Layer > Add Layer > Add WFS Layer   Create a new...

Accessing layers You can add a new WFS Server via Connections > Server > New WFS Server: Ente...

The trap.nz map feeds and APIs are provided on the condition that you provide a data source attri...

Three species of rats are present in New Zealand and all of them were introduced here. Ship and ...

  Occasionally, there are glitches that occur in programmes, Here are the steps to take to help ...

When a new member is added to a project without any permissions, they have limited ac...

In the event that a pest is killed by something other than a trap (e.g. roadkill, killed by cat/d...

If you are finding the proximity function alerts are not loud enough try these steps   1. Selec...

Moving around the map You can pan around the map by clicking and dragging anywhere on the map....

The project stats on the main project are are updated daily, not in realtime. If you have just ad...

None of your project data is shared without your permission (please see our privacy p...

When you're logged in to the app It is much easier to find the app version if you can log in to ...

Trap.NZ uses WGS84 (EPSG 4326) projection Helpful links https://epsg.io/4326 https://www.geo...

Rodney Bethel, a Senior GIS Analyst at Palmerston North City Council, has kindly provided u...

If you have GPS coordinates, you can enter them into the Manual Coordinates box when adding an in...

What is a pre-authenticated member?   This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but ha...

If you do get stuck or have a curly one, send us a message via the contact form. Please include a...

If your CSV file is not being accepted and it says “Source file is not in UTF-8 encoding”, you ma...

a) Create a trap.nz account  https://trap.nz/user/register (it's a good idea to note down your ...

Trap.NZ supports the remote monitoring of devices (traps, bait stations etc) equipped with sensor...

This is a blueprint for projects to use to affordably configure sensors to submit data to Trap.NZ...

Overview This document describes how to take an off-the-shelf gateway device and set it up to pr...