Trap.NZ Comprehensive User Guide Ways to contact trap.nz You may need to contact trap.nz to discuss your project, and how to use the programme or you may have an issue with your project. You can now contact trap.nz in two ways 1. Access the help section at the top of the trap.nz page on your project page of the website. Scroll to the bottom and click on contact us. This will open a page where you can write why you need to contact us. This will be sent to our help desk and they will contact you. 2. Using the phone call 0800trapnz or (0800872769) Please note the help desk is available Monday to Friday during office hours Your account Registration and logging in to your account Creating a new account To use Trap.NZ you must first create an account. You can do this on our website by following these steps: Enter your details in the Create a new account form. Click the green "Create new account" button at the bottom of the form. Check your email for an email verification message from Trap.NZ. If it doesn't show up within a few minutes, please check your Spam/Junk folder. Open the email and click the green "Verify your Trap.NZ account" button. You will be logged in to your Trap.NZ account as a verified member, where you will be able to join an existing project, or create you own project. For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wslsQpLdKgM Pre- Authenticated Member What is a pre-authenticated member? This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but has not verified their email account. To verify your account you will have to access the email address you provided when creating your account and find the email from trap.NZ, here you will find the link you will need to verify your account. If you can’t find your trap.NZ verification email. They are often in your spam folder. If you still can't find the verification email or need trap.nz to resend it, please contact us on https://trap.nz/contact The administration of a project will be unable to assign any installation to pre-authenticated member. Forgotten your password? If you've forgotten your password, you can reset your password. Enter your Trap.NZ username or email address Complete the CAPTCHA Click the "Email new password" button at the bottom of the form Check your email for a Reset password email - if it doesn't arrive within a few minutes, check your Junk/Spam folder, as it might have ended up in there. Click the link in the email for a one-time login Update your password and click "Save", so you can login again in future. For video help, click the you tube link here https://youtu.be/858a1YOK34I Editing account details You can update your Trap.NZ account details, such as your email address, password, username and contact details. Log in to Trap.NZ. Click on "My Account" on the menu bar. Your account details will load. Click on "Edit" on the submenu below your username. A form will load where you can update whatever account details you want to change. Click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the form when you're done. For video help click the you tube link here https://youtu.be/Z3aPQ0VyEBo Projects In order to start adding traps and recording catches, you need to be part of a project. Projects allow people to collaborate on predator management projects in specific geographical regions. A project can range from being small (just you in your own backyard) to large (a suburb, a farm, a region etc). You can look for an existing project in your area to join, or you can create your own. Joining an existing project Hopefully, there is an existing project close to the area you are interested in trapping. In this case, we recommend that you contact the project administrator(s) to see if you can get involved. Go to the "Find projects" page, accessible from the "Find projects" link on the menu bar along the top of the site. If you already know the name of the project you want to join you can use the "Find project by name" text box to search specifically for it. Use the map controls to zoom into your desired project area The +/- icons in the top left corner of the map can be used to zoom You can pan around the map by clicking and dragging anywhere on the map The <-> icon in the top right of the map can be used to make the map full screen You can escape fullscreen mode by pressing the X icon in the top right of the map If you find a blue marker close to your project location Click on the marker and a popup with the name of the project will appear Click on the name of the project to see details about the project If it looks like the project is close to the area you are interested in, you can click "Request to join the project" to contact the project administrator(s). Type a few words about your interest in the project and why you would like to join, then click the "Send Request" button. If a project administrator approves your request, you will receive an email welcoming you to the project, and the project will appear in your "My projects" list. For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/CxH3axNkr78 Finding a project to join A project allows a group of people to collaborate on managing installations within a geographical area. Hopefully, there is already an existing project close to the area you are interested in joining. After verifying your account you can contact the organiser of the nearby project and ask for permission to join. Or create your own by selecting an area you will be monitoring For video help, click the youtube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxH3axNkr78 Joining a project 1. Select the find projects tab 2. This will open a map of New Zealand, choose the area you are wanting your project to be located in, and This will open up the projects in that area selected. or search for the project by name if you know it. 3. Once you select an area the map will zoom into any discoverable projects in that area. If you click on the blue flag icon it will open to reveal the name of the project. 4. Once you have made your selection it will open a map of the project and give you the option “request to join project” 5. You can now add a personal message 6. After your request to join a project is accepted you will receive a message welcoming you and explaining how to get started. Creating a new project If there isn't a nearby project for you to join, or you'd like to create your one, you can create a new Trap.NZ project. Go to "My Projects" and click the "Create a new project" button near the bottom of the page. Fill out the form with the details for your project (only fields marked with an asterisk* are required): Listing your project publicly and providing as much information as possible will make it easier for others to find your project and request to join in. Sharing summary data allows information from your project (eg. trap numbers, catch counts, baits used, etc.) to be used by other websites. Making summary data available contributes to the national dataset and is invaluable for research into predator control in NZ.  You can see an example of how this information is used at Predator Free Wellington. Personal details are not shared and individual trap locations are aggregated at a 200m (4 hectare) square grid level. Use the map controls to zoom into your desired project area The +/- icons in the top left corner of the map can be used to zoom You can pan around the map by clicking and dragging anywhere on the map The <-> icon in the top right of the map can be used to make the map full screen You can escape fullscreen mode by pressing the X icon in the top right of the map Draw the area of your project on the map Make sure that the area you want your project is completely visible within the map view before you begin Click the polygon tool (the pentagon icon at the bottom of the map) then draw on the map to define the area you want to manage. There are detailed instructions available on how to use the map drawing tool. If you have WKT format data from a GIS system (eg. ArcGIS or Quantum) you can cut and paste the WKT into the Data box beneath the map instead of manually drawing a map.Note: the CRS is ESPG:4326 Fill out any parts of the "Contact details" section that you wish to (you can edit this later) Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page Once you've created your project you can start adding lines, traps and bait stations, monitoring stations, and points of interest, and you can invite others to join your project. For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNCAAqJlfU Editing project details Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. As an Administrator, you can edit the details for an existing project, including your project's name, boundary, description and contact details. To edit project details: Select the project from your My Projects list Click the "Edit" button A form will load, including a project map with your current project boundaries visible You can edit any of the fields, and edit the project boundary on the map Click the green "Save" button to save your changes For video help, click the youtube link here  https://youtu.be/HcrtWLEzMAg Editing your project's boundaries There are many different reasons you may need to edit your project boundaries, and if you are the administrator you have the permissions to undertake these changes Click the edit tab above the map window on the project’s cover page 2. This will open up the page where you can make changes to the project, Click on the edit hand,( between the polygon and the delete options at the bottom of the map), then click inside your project boundaries 3. It will turn blue making it ready for editing 4. Shift the cursor over the edge of the polygon and a black circle will appear, Click and drag the polygon into its new dimensions 5. When you are happy with the new boundaries click the edit hand again and the map polygon will turn green 6. The coordinates of the new boundary will update and autofill and  don’t forget to save the new changes For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cav-x49bzSg Merging two projects Administrators only Often when you have projects side by side it makes sense for maintenance and reporting to merge them together to create one larger project. 1. Open project A in a window and in Manage traps move all the traps in the project to Project B (you will need to repeat this process with all the different installation types) 2. In Project A, manage lines, move all lines to project B 3. In project B select all the traps you have moved and ensure they are still associated with the line, If not assign them to the line through manage traps 4. Edit the project B boundaries to include that of project A creating project C To edit your project boundaries, click inside your project polygon. It will turn blue making it ready for editing.  Now shift the cursor over the edge of the polygon and a black circle will appear, you can now click and drag the polygon into its new dimensions Project Categories You must be a project Administrator have access to the "Project categories" section. Project categories allow Administrators to customise some aspects of their project, such as: Bait station species detected Monitoring bait Monitoring protocol Monitoring species Monitoring survey event Monitoring type POI type Project record type Trap bait type Accessing the Project categories section Select the project from your My Projects list Click the "Project categories" button The Project categories section will load, with a submenu showing all the categories that can be customised Click on the section you wish to edit Project terms Each Project categories section has two parts Default terms Your terms Default terms Default terms are terms that Trap.NZ give you "out of the box". This section allows you to select which "Default terms" to show/hide in your project. The checkboxes next to each default term indicate which terms will be visible, and which terms will be hidden, to all members of your project. Your terms "Your terms" are terms that have been added by a Project Administrator, and are specific for each project. They do not need to be ticked like the Default terms above them - their mere presence means they will be visible to the members of your project. The checkbox for each custom term allows you to perform actions on them - reassign or delete. For video help click the you tube link here https://youtu.be/Zv90Q7fPGVE Adding your terms into Project categories This helps with projects that need terms that are not offered under the default terms on trap.NZ 1 On your project home page on the trap.NZ website select Project categories 2 This will open up a default terms page 3 You can now add your term needed. Write the term you would like to be added in the Add a new term section 4 Save your selection 5 The term will now show on both your trap.NZ website and trap.nz App This can also work for other categories For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/Zv90Q7fPGVE Leaving a project If you no longer wish to participate in a project you have joined, you can leave at any time. Go to the "My Projects" page. Click the "Leave project" link next to the name of the project you wish you leave. Click "Yes, get me outa here" to confirm that you want to leave. For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/SV3RbauacHkDeleting your project Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. As an Administrator, you can delete an existing project. Please note, all the project information will be lost once a project has been deleted. To delete a project: Select the project from your My Projects list Click the "Edit" button Scroll to the bottom of the form that loads, and click the red "Delete" button On the confirmation screen, click the "Delete" button Your project has been deleted! Installations (Traps, Bait Stations, Monitoring Stations and POIs) Traps, Bait Stations Monitoring Stations and POIs (Points of Interest) are all types of installations - the fundamental parts of the Trap.NZ system. trap.nz New Traps overview page trap.nz is always looking for ways to help the usability of our product, to aid this the new trap overview page has been developed For video help, click the youtube link here  https://youtu.be/AYgAnQ84W2o The first noticeable change is the filters section under the station tabs which is now collapsed by default, keeping them out of the way until you need them. When you select the filters it opens up to allow you to select the options you are wanting to change You can also switch between viewing traps as a map or table by selecting the tabs above the map The new map has a variety of options that the old map didn’t. You can now use your mouse to scroll in and out of the map. The map shows overlapping traps as clusters by default, which makes the map easier to read and aids in navigation. Clicking a cluster will expand the traps inside it and zoom in to focus on them. You can toggle clustering and labels on and off using the layer controls. The map will remember your selections in the layer controls whenever you return to the page.. You can now tilt the maps to suit your needs, this can be achieved in three ways 1 hold the ctrl key on your keyboard and use your mouse to tilt the map from various angles 2 right click and drag 3 on the trackpad of your laptop a two-finger click and drag The map also shows road names when aerial hybrid and topographic are selected The new trap icons To align with the trap.nz mobile phone app the icons have been changed to trap Sensor Trap - active Sensor trap - active & sprung Sensor trap - inactive Adding records You can now quickly add a new trap record or edit a trap by clicking on the individual trap on the map Or use the table to add records After you have entered the new trap records, you will be directed to the individual trap detail page, click the “trap” tab You will be returned to the new trap overview, you can now select to return to the old trap overview page by clicking the link. (this is a temporary link until our members become familiar with the new trap overview page) Installations overview The Traps, Bait Stations, Monitoring Stations and Points of interest sections of your project allow you to view and manage your installations. It displays them visually on a map, and as a table , underneath the map after you've clicked the "Show Results" button on the filter bar. You can view the details of an installation by clicking on its icon on the map (and then clicking the link on the popup), or by clicking its Number/Code in the table under the map. You can also filter installations by line or type, and search for them by their name. Map icons - website Monitoring​ Traps Camera monitoring Standard trap Tracking tunnel monitoring Standard trap sprung Wax block monitoring Sensor trap -Active (has an active heartbeat and is set) Chew card monitoring Sensor trap -Active sprung (has an active heartbeat and is sprung) Monitoring can also be depicted as an orange dot Sensor trap -Inactive (unable to communicate and set) Bait station Sensor trap -Inactive sprung (unable to communicate and sprung) Point of interest - as these are assigned a colour by the installer of the installation a POI can be depicted by any of the following The new trap icons To align with the trap.nz mobile phone app the icons have been changed to trap Sensor Trap - active Sensor trap - active & sprung Sensor trap - inactive Installation fields Glossary of terms for each field for each installation Traps Fields for adding a trap. Required fields are indicated by * Trap number*: a reference name for this trap (it doesn't actually have to be a number), this is what will be displayed on the map and can be whatever you wish. If you have a lot of numbered traps it is useful to add leading zeros to the number (e.g. T001, T002. etc).  This will allow you to easily sort them numerically by clicking the column header. Date installed*: defaults to today's date.   This date can be used for maintenance purposes (e.g. you may want to identify traps older than a certain date for replacement). Installed by: the name of the person who installed this trap. Trap type*: select the type of trap from the drop-down list. If your trap type is not listed select "Unspecified" and use the "Trap subtype" field to describe it. Double trap: check this box if the trap is a double set, or has another trap attached (you can also add supplementary traps later). Trap sub type: optionally enter any information such as modifications. Sensor provider: if this trap has a sensor attached, you can enter the name of the sensor make or provider (E.g. Econode, Encounter Solutions Ltd, MinkPolice, etc.).  When you start typing, the matching provider names will automatically appear. Sensor ID: the unique ID of the radio sensor from the provider (this is usually a serial number written on the sensor). Send meta data about this trap to my sensor provider: Checking this box will provide the trap location and other details to the sensor provider.  This may help them manage their networks. Trap line: optionally select the line you would like the trap associated with. This can make it easier when recording trap data in the field. Location*: There are two different ways to place your trap on the map: Map: Use the Draw Point tool to locate the trap on the map. Hold and drag to pan around the map.  Click on + or - to zoom in and out. Manual coordinates: If you have a GPS location you can enter that in the Manual coordinates field and then click the "Find using Manual Coordinates field" to add it to the map. Images: you can upload one or images of this trap        Notes: enter any other information you want to keep with this trap (access, location description, etc.). Retired: check this box if the trap is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The trap will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Tags: tags can be used by projects in whichever way is useful - there is no prescribed or suggested use. Some reports and installation views are filterable by the "tag" field. Some projects use them to track experiments or to give them a classification not included in the trap type and so forth. Bait Stations Fields for adding a bait station. Required fields are indicated by * Bait station number/code: your reference for this bait station. These numbers/codes will be displayed on the map. Date Installed: defaults to today's date. Installed by: the name of the person who installed this bait station Type: select the type of bait station from the drop-down list.  If the type is not listed select "other" and use the sub type field to describe it. Sub type: optionally enter any information such as modifications. Trap line: select from a list of lines you have set up (default is none). This can be used to filter the bait stations when entering records. Location: There are two different ways to place your bait station on the map: Map: Use the Draw Point tool to locate the bait station on the map. Hold and drag to pan around the map.  Click on + or - to zoom in and out. Manual coordinates: If you have a GPS location you can enter that in the Manual coordinates field and then click the "Find using Manual Coordinates field" to add it to the map. Notes: enter any other information you want to keep with this bait station (access, location description, etc.) Retired: check this box if the bait station is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The bait station will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Monitoring Stations Fields for adding a standard monitoring station. Required fields are indicated by * Number/code: your reference for this monitoring station. These numbers/codes will be displayed on the map. Monitoring type*: select the Monitoring type from the dropdown list. You can add your own custom Monitoring types in your Project categories section. Date Installed: defaults to today's date. Installed by: the name of the person who installed this monitoring station Line: select from a list of lines you have set up (default is none). This can be used to filter the monitoring stations when entering records. Retired: check this box if the monitoring station is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The monitoring station will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Location*: There are two different ways to place your monitoring station on the map: Map: use the Draw Point tool to locate the monitoring station on the map. Hold and drag to pan around the map.  Click on + or - to zoom in and out. Manual coordinates: If you have a GPS location you can enter that in the Manual coordinates field and then click the "Find using Manual Coordinates field" to add it to the map. Tags: Add tags to this installation Notes: Any other information you want to keep with this station (e.g. access, location description, etc.) Contact details: The contact details of a person associated with this installation (e.g. land owner) Images: Add images to this installation (e.g. showing location) Points of Interest Fields for adding a standard point of interest. Required fields are indicated by * Title: your reference for this point of interest. This will be displayed on the map. POI: select the point of interest type from the dropdown list. Start date: defaults to today's date. End date:  If the POI has a limited period. Line: optionally select the line you would like the POI associated with. Tags: Add tags to this installation Location*: There are two different ways to place your trap on the map: Map: Use the Draw Point tool to locate the trap on the map. Hold and drag to pan around the map.  Click on + or - to zoom in and out. Manual coordinates: If you have a GPS location you can enter that in the Manual coordinates field and then click the "Find using Manual Coordinates field" to add it to the map. Images: you can upload one or images of this trap        Notes: enter any other information you want to keep with this trap (access, location description, etc.). Adding installations Traps, bait stations, monitoring stations, and points of interest are all managed in roughly the same way. The instructions below describe how to add a new installation to a project. You can also bulk import multiple traps, bait stations,  monitoring stations, and points of interest from a CSV file. There are help blocks on each of those pages with what column names are required, and what the allowed values are for each field. Adding traps From the Trap menu click add a new trap. Enter the details for the trap (required fields are indicated with an asterix*). Trap number*: a reference name for this trap (it doesn't actually have to be a number), this is what will be displayed on the map and can be whatever you wish. If you have a lot of numbered traps it is useful to add leading zeros to the number (e.g. T001, T002. etc).  This will allow you to easily sort them numerically by clicking the column header. Date installed*: defaults to today's date.   This date can be used for maintenance purposes (e.g. you may want to identify traps older than a certain date for replacement). Installed by: the name of the person who installed this trap. Trap type*: select the type of trap from the drop-down list. If your trap type is not listed select "Unspecified" and uses the "Trap subtype" field to describe it. Double trap: check this box if the trap is a double set, or has another trap attached (you can also add supplementary traps later). Trap sub type: optionally enter any information such as modifications. Sensor provider: if this trap has a sensor attached, you can enter the name of the sensor make or provider (E.g. Econode, Encounter Solutions Ltd, MinkPolice, etc.).  When you start typing, the matching provider names will automatically appear. Sensor ID: the unique ID of the radio sensor from the provider (this is usually a serial number written on the sensor). Send meta data about this trap to my sensor provider: Checking this box will provide the trap location and other details to the sensor provider.  This may help them manage their networks. Trap line: optionally select the line you would like the trap associated with. This can make it easier when recording trap data in the field. Location*: There are two alternative ways to locate your trap on the map: Using the map: Click the • ("Draw a point") tool at the bottom of the map and then click on the map to place a point. Ignore the "Manual coordinates" field and button. Using manual coordinates: Enter latitude and longitude (degrees or decimal) separated by a space or comma in the "Manual coordinates" field. Click "Find using Manual coordinates field" to place a point on the map at the specified coordinates. Images: you can upload one or images of this trap        Notes: enter any other information you want to keep with this trap (access, location description, etc.). Retired: check this box if the trap is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The trap will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Adding bait stations Fields for adding a bait station. Required fields are indicated by * Bait station number/code: your reference for this bait station. These numbers/codes will be displayed on the map. Date Installed: defaults to today's date. Installed by: the name of the person who installed this bait station Type: select the type of bait station from the drop-down list.  If the type is not listed select "other" and use the sub type field to describe it. Sub type: optionally enter any information such as modifications. Trap line: select from list of lines you have set up (default is none). This can be used to filter the bait stations when entering records. Location: use the Draw Point tool to locate the bait station on the map.  Hold and drag to pan around the map.  Click on + or - to zoom in and out. If you have a GPS location you can enter that in the Manual coordinates field and then click the "Find using Manual Coordinates field" to add it to the map. Notes: enter any other information you want to keep with this bait station (access, location description, etc.) Retired: check this box if the bait station is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The bait station will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Adding Monitoring Stations Fields for adding a Monitoring station. Required fields are indicated by * Monitoring Station number/ code*: a reference name for this monitoring station  (it doesn't actually have to be a number), this is what will be displayed on the map and can be whatever you wish. If you have a lot of numbered monitoring stations it is useful to add leading zeros to the number (e.g.M001, M002. etc).  This will allow you to easily sort them numerically by clicking the column header. Date installed*: defaults to today's date.   This date can be used for maintenance purposes (e.g. you may want to identify monitoring stations older than a certain date for replacement). Installed by: the name of the person who installed this monitoring station. Monitoring station type*: select the type of monitoring station from the drop-down list. If your monitoring station type is not listed you can add another term under the project categories on your project main page. Trap line: select from a list of lines you have set up (default is none). This can be used to filter the monitoring stations when entering records. (Please note: a trapline is a historical term for a route along which a trapper sets traps, your line does not have to include traps) Retired: check this box if the monitoring station is no longer used (or moved to a different area). The monitoring station will be removed from most displays but historical data will be retained. Adding Points of Interest Fields for adding a Point of Interest. Required fields are indicated by * Title*: This is what will be displayed on the map and can be whatever you wish. POI Type: There are three main types of Points of interest, hazard, important vegetation, and signage. You can also add your own terms by selecting project categories on the project main page. Start Date: defaults to today's date. End date: In the case of a stream this would be left blank. However, in the case of poison signage, it may have an end date. Trap line: select from a list of lines you have set up (default is none). This can be used to filter the monitoring stations when entering records. (Please note: a trapline is a historical term for a route along which a trapper sets traps, your line does not have to include traps) Tags: Add tags to this installation Setting up a Bird count monitoring station After undertaking pest eradication in an area, you will see a decline in catches and bait take, however, another way to see if there has been an improvement is to complete regular bird counts. trap.nz phone app has a bird count function to help you complete this. A bird count should be held at the same time, date, and season as previously,  however, any monitoring that is taking place is good, and will still show changes. The protocol for the 5-minute bird count is here https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/inventory-monitoring/im-toolbox-birds-incomplete-five-min-counts.pdf To set up a Bird count station You will need to add a monitoring station either via the phone app or website and select “monitoring type” - bird count. Setting up a Bird-count station via the website Click the install tab on the bottom right of the map window Adding a bird count monitoring station via the trap.nz mobile phone app Click the install tab on the bottom right of the map window Click the green tick that has opened up Select the option of the monitoring station Complete the code name, open the monitoring type, and select bird count Save your new bird count monitoring station The bird count station will display on the app as a bird For instructions on how to use the bird count click here https://help.trap.nz/books/trapnz-comprehensive-user-guide/page/bird-count-records Adding installation records In order to add a record to an installation, you need to have the correct permissions. Adding records to a single installation You can add a record to an installation using the Trap.NZ app. If you wish to add a record using the website: Select the installation you want to add a record to (from one of your project maps, or the lists of installations in the respective sections of your project). If selecting from a map, click first on the icon for the installation, then click on the link that appears in red font. The page for that installation will load, showing the installation on a map, some information about it, and a table of records (if any) below the map.e.g. Click the green "Add a new (trap/bait station/monitoring) record" button, which will be to the right or below the map, depending on your screen size. The form to create a record for that installation will load.e.g. Enter in the details for this record. The starred fields are mandatory, the other fields are optional. Click the green "Save" button when you are done. The page for the updated installation will be displayed, and the record you created will be shown at the top of the table under the map. Adding records to multiple installations You can use the Add catches page to quickly update multiple traps, as below. This method allows only one record per installation per day, so if you want to add multiple records on one day to an installation, use a different method. Similar instructions will also work for updating multiple stations. Set the date for the updates you want to make. (optional) If you only want to update some installations in your project, you can filter the installations by specifying a line, tags, or trap type e.g. only show DOC250 traps on the Southern circuit line (optional) In the grey box, you can select default record values.e.g. all traps caught a rat and were rebaited with cheese Click "Apply" and you will see a table appear showing the traps and default information you specified. (optional) You can override the default values you set above by editing each installation separately.e.g. one of the traps didn't catch anything (optional) You can deselect the checkbox in the "Save" column of any installation you don't wish to update. Check all the information is correct, the click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page when you're done. The rows will turn green to show that the records have been saved for the listed traps. If you have made a mistake, you can simply change the values of the appropriate record and click "Save" again. You can also delete individual records or edit them to add more details, such as trap condition or notes. Adding bait station records You can use the Add bait station data page to quickly add records to multiple bait stations. Apply a filter to select the bait stations you want to enter records for.  Mostly you will be filtering by line, but you can also select individual bait stations by entering the first characters of the bait station number or code.  By default the filter is set to show active bait stations only - use the dropdown to select retired bait stations. Set the date and time to be logged with each record you add. You will need to press the Apply date button whenever you change the date. For each bait station, put in the appropriate details and press the Save button. The first time you add a record you will need to fill in all details. Put in 0 for Bait remaining and Bait removed. For subsequent records these details will be inserted automatically based on the previous record. For the Active ingredient, Target species, and Formulation fields, a list of predefined values will be displayed once you start typing. Please select values from the list if possible. Each row in the table shows the last record added (if there are any). You can click the edit button alongside the record to edit the full bait station record. You can edit or delete a record you've just added this way, or you can add notes to the record. The bait station row will turn green when a record has been recently added so that you keep track of where you are up to. Adding Monitoring station records You can use the page, Add monitoring station records to quickly add records to multiple monitoring stations. Apply a filter to select the monitoring stations you want to enter records for.  Mostly you will be filtering by line, but you can also select individual monitoring stations by entering the first characters of the monitoring station number or code. Set the start and end date to be logged with each record you add. You will need to press the Apply date button whenever you change the date. For each monitoring station, put in the appropriate details and press the Save button. Check all the information is correct, then click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page when you're done. The rows will turn green to show that the records have been saved for the listed monitoring stations. 6. The records will now show the changes you have made. Creating and Opening images taken using the trap.NZ App camera This is helpful to projects wanting a visual reference of installations or their surrounds Projects may use images for many reasons, to show points of interest, signage, vandalism, or catches, the options are endless. The trap.NZ App allows you to create an image for your records, that can be referred to at a later date. 1. To create an image, use the individual installations recording page to find the camera icon and capture an image 2. Your image will display for you to review 3. SAVE AND HOLD to save the image to your records Using the trap.NZ website select the installation you have saved the image to and open the records for it. 4. After selecting the installation you will see the pic icon, click on this to open the recorded image Camera trap recording and reporting including AI Projects using motion-triggered cameras (‘camera traps’) can use the Trap.NZ’s camera trap functions to load and tag images, optionally using image recognition software (AI, artificial intelligence) for assist in detecting species. In order to load and tag images, you will need to create a monitoring station with a type “Camera” for each of your camera traps.  A Camera station will have a button to allow the uploading of images. The new AI identification option allows members to upload and tag captured images to your trap.nz project  easily. 1. Select the camera on your trap.nz project you are wanting to add images to. 2. Open the installation and select upload images 3. You will be prompted to drag and drop your files into the trap.nz page 4. Your images will display ready for uploading. If the date/time shown is incorrect you can alter these settings here Note: the programme will detect any duplicate images ensuring you don’t accidentally load them twice 5. The images have all loaded successfully when the 100% appears in the bottom left corner 6. You can now choose to match with the AI and select return, be patient as this can take some time depending on the quantity being processed 6.  If you choose to match it with the Artificial intelligence software, the chip icon appears when it has matched. You can exit the page while it is being processed without fear of loosing your records or having to start again. 7. You will be redirected to the camera installation page, the records are displayed under the map, and you can now tag/ review species in the image set. 8. You can either use the mouse or the keyboard arrow keys to navigate the images. This allows you to easily edit the results Sometimes the AI gets it right Sometimes the AI gets it wrong, you can edit the details by selecting the correct species 9. To run reports from the Camera images, select the monitoring tab, manage records, manage camera images, and select the filters you would like to use Reports can be exported using csv found at the bottom of the report page Please note: the Camera AI has been updated to identify a larger number of species. These now include: BirdCatDeerDogFerretGoatHedgehogKiwiLagomorph (rabbits and hares)LivestockPigPossumRodent (rats and mice)StoatWallaby To add the new species to the monitoring of your trap.nz project go to the project categories Deleting installation records View all of the relevant installations by going to "Traps", "Bait stations", "Monitoring" or "Point of interest" from the project menu. Select the installation that you wish to delete records from. You should be able to see the name of the installation, a map of its location, and under the map, all the records associated with it. Find the record that you wish to delete from the table below the map, and click the red "delete" button at the end of the row. Click the red "Delete" button on the confirmation page to delete the record. Adding supplementary traps Note: It is likely that all supplementary traps will be converted to collocated traps in the future as this allows for more flexibilty, so we recommend people create collocated traps, rather than supplementary traps. A supplementary trap is an additional trap that is part of the same physical set as another trap. It is most commonly used for double trap sets - for example if you are installing a tunnel with two DOC 200 traps inside it. In this case you would add a trap as normal (recording the type, line, location, etc). And then you would add a supplementary trap of the same type to it.  You can then record data (trap checks and catches) separately for each side of the trap.  However, the two traps remain tied together and the information such as line, location, etc., remains the same for both. When you add a trap via the website, you can specify that it is a double trap, and this will automatically create a supplementary trap of the same type.  It will have the same code with the text "supplementary" appended to it. Another example is a rat tunnel with a mouse trap included in it.   You can add the mouse trap as a supplementary trap and it will remain linked to that set. Note: you can't add supplementary traps via the App, but you can add "collocated traps". To add a supplementary trap: Select the trap, and then click on the Add a supplementary trap button. Required fields are indicated by * Name*: the trap code or reference for this supplementary trap. This is usually displayed in brackets after the name of the parent trap in listings and reports. Trap type*: select the trap type from the drop-down list. If the trap type is not listed select "other" and use the Trap sub type field to describe it. Trap sub type: optionally enter any information, such as modifications.Editing a single installation The instructions below describe how to edit a single installation. Installations can also be edited in bulk (e.g. when adding many installations to a line). To edit a single installation Select the installation you want to add a record to (from one of your project maps, or the lists of traps/stations in the respective sections of your project). Click on the link that appears in red font, which will load the page for that installation. Click the "Edit" button under the name of your installation at the top of the page (see screenshot below) When you've edited the installation, click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page to save your changes. Retiring an installation via the trap.NZ website Retiring an installation Retiring an installation is used when you are no longer wanting an installation in its current position. When you’re moving an installation it’s important to remember that the records stay with the installation, not the site (unless the installation is being moved a large distance then they will retire to the original site). To ensure that your records correctly report the information for that particular site you should retire them. The following retire instructions apply for all installation types - Traps, Bait stations, and Monitoring stations. Points of interest have a time expiration so are not included. Installations can be made active again using the same procedure. There are two ways to retire an installation via the trap.NZ website Retiring a single installation 1. On your project page, select the type of installation you are wanting to retire and select show results 2. This will then show all the installations of the type you have selected in this project. Choose the installation you would like to retire 3. This will open the installation page. You can now choose Edit 4. On the Edit page you can now choose to retire the installation 5. Finally save your changes Retiring multiple installations 1. Choose the type of installations you are wanting to retire and select manage stations this will open the operations box 2. Select the installations you are wanting to retire by clicking next to them on the list they will then turn blue with a tick, select the operation retire station 3. Select execute 4. .You will be prompted to confirm your choice All the installations you have selected to retire are now no longer active Unretiring a retired installation There could be many reasons you would want to unretire an installation, a member may have accidentally retired it in the field, you may have retired it for a season, or you may have retired it then realised an installation was still needed in that site. The instructions for unretiring an installation are the same but for this example, we have used traps 1. On your project page select manage traps 2. A pop-down option of retired or active will become available. Select retired and apply the filter, this will then show all the traps that have been retired. 3. Select the traps you are wanting to unretire, then choose operation - change trap details, press execute. 4. You now have a page with a lot of options, choose retire, a second retire box will show do not check it , Next 5. It will then prompt you to confirm the details Changing the trap condition to disabled For traps that require an open or closed status trap.nz has created the disabled condition. 1. Open your project trap page and select Manage trap records Select the trap lines you want to disable and select apply    3. Select the traps you want to disable and select the operation modify records - execute    4. Tick the box "trap condition"    5. This will open up a drop-down box where you can choose disabled   6. To reset all the traps repeat the steps above and select okBulk editing installations Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. The instructions below are for bulk editing traps.  The same method can be used to bulk edit stations, just replace the word "trap" with "bait station" or "monitoring station" as needed. To bulk edit traps: Go to the Manage Traps section of your project (If you have more than one project, check that you're in the right one). You can get there via Traps > Manage Traps in your project menu. (Optional) If you have a lot of traps, you can search for the particular traps that you want to edit using the filter bar. Click the green "Apply filter" button to show the filtered traps. Select the checkboxes of the traps you want to edit. Choose an operation from the Operations dropdown menu, then click the "Execute" button. From here you will be guided to edit the selected traps in whatever way you have selected. Check your edits and click the green "Confirm" button to save your changes. For video help, click the youtube link here  https://youtu.be/g4bkmiPNlqs Bulk editing operations include: Add / remove tags Assign / unassign members to traps & stations Delete traps & stations Change trap & station details Date installed Installed by Type Sub type Line Retired Trap sensor provider Send Meta Data about this trap to your sensor provider? Trap notes Move selected traps & stations to another project Remove sensors from traps Retire traps Modify members' sensor notifications subscriptions Downloading installation information Installation data (including name, type, location etc.) can be downloaded to a CSV or KML file. CSV files are most commonly used - they can be viewed and edited easily in spreadsheet programs like Excel or Google Sheets. KML files are useful if you want to open the data in ArcGis Explorer or Google Earth. Downloading installation record data is a different process. To download installation information: Navigate to the Traps, Bait Stations, or Monitoring Stations section of your project. (Optional) Apply any filters using the filter bar (e.g. filter by line). The downloaded file will respect your current filters for that overview page   Click the "Show results" button to populate the table below the map. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Download CSV" button to download a CSV file, or the "Download KML" button to download a KML file. When prompted, select a location on your device to save the file. Sorting installations On the Traps, Bait Stations, or Monitoring Stations section of your project, you can sort the order in which your installations appear in the table underneath the map (once you've clicked the "Show results" button). Clicking on a column heading will sort them by that column. Click the heading again to reverse the sort order. Custom sort order You can also manually sort the order in which installations are listed in the table. Please note that with the new trap overview page you will still temporarily have to use the "old view" found under the "traps" heading to gain access to the ability to sort Click and hold the handle to the left of its Number/Code to drag it up or down. When you are done sorting, click the "Update sort order" button at the bottom of the table to save it. Sorting all installations in a line You might want to make the order in which installations are listed on a line match the order in which you check them. If you use the mobile app to enter installation records (recommended), this can make recording data in the field more efficient. Before you can sort your installations, you need to make sure that you are viewing all the installations for a line. To do this, use the filter options at the top of the page. Navigate to the Traps, Bait Stations, or Monitoring Stations section of your project. Select the line you want to sort from the "Line" dropdown in the filter bar. Select "- All -" from the "Items per page" dropdown. Click "Show results" You can now manually sort your installations into whatever order you like. Click the handle to the left of its Number/Code, and drag it up or down When you are done sorting, click the "Update sort order" button so that your hard work is saved! Moving installations See also: Moving installations using the app In order to move an installation you must have either: been the one who added the installation to the project, or a Manager or Administrator role in the project Moving an installation that already has records associated with it If you are physically moving an installation that already has records associated with it, best practice is to “retire” the installation and create a new one in the new location. This keeps old records correctly associated with the old location. If you wish, you can create the new installation with the same name. The retired locations can be viewed by setting the "retired" filter in map views and reports. Moving an installation that has been incorrectly located on the project map If an installation is incorrectly located on your project map (or you want to adjust the location for another reason): Select the installation you want to relocate from either a list of installations, or by clicking on it on a map The page for that installation will load Click the "Edit" button The "Edit installation" page will load Zoom in on the trap on the map, so that its current location and the location you want to move it to, are both visible. Click the "Draw a point" icon on the map Click on the new location for this installation on the map A dialog box will appear, asking you to confirm that you want to move the installation's location on the map Click "OK" to confirm The map will now show a green square where the installation will be moved to Click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page to save your changes The page for that installation will load, showing the installation at the new location on the map For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/244cp2wbmSk Moving installations between projects The instructions below outline how to move traps between projects. The process is basically the same for moving bait stations and monitoring stations, just replace the word "trap" with "bait station" or "monitoring station". You can also move lines and POIs in the same way. Here is the link to the video instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJUXDc0Gmhw Installations can be moved between projects only by a user who is an administrator of both projects. Moving traps between projects From the "My projects" page, select the project you want to move traps away from Click on the "Traps" section Click on "Manage traps" Select the checkboxes for the traps you want to move to another project Select "Move selected traps to another project" from the dropdown "Operations" menu Click the "Execute" button Select the "Target project" (the project you want to move the traps to) from the dropdown menu Click the "Next" button Check the list of traps to move, and click "Confirm" to move them to the new project Please note, when you move the installations the lines do not move with them these have to be moved separately. If you import the installations to the new project via a csv file, the records attached to the installations will not transfer to the new project. powered Deleting installations An installation can only be deleted if there are no records associated with it. If you wish to delete an installation which has records associated with it, you have two options.  You can either: delete all the installation records before deleting the installation, or retire the installation (which means it will not be visible in your project, but you can still run reports that include it) If you wish to delete multiple installations at once, you can do this by bulk editing installations. To delete an installation: Select the installation you wish to delete (you can do this from your main project page or from the "Traps", "Bait stations" or "Monitoring" sections of your project). You should be able to see the name of the installation, and a map of its location. Click on the "Edit" button near the top of the page Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the red "Delete" button Click the red "Delete" button on the next page to confirm deletion of this installation. Deleting Supplementary traps Supplementary traps are essentially double traps, therefore when making the decision to delete a supplementary trap you need to consider the following options. Delete the supplementary trap. You will first have to delete the records associated with the supplementary trap, no longer making them available for any historic data Remove the double trap, retiring it as above then replace it with a single installation to continue to collect records from that site, and still have the original installation records available for historical data Remove the double trap entirely and retire the installation. This will keep the records for this installation with the site. Deleting a supplementary trap is completed on the trap.NZ website Select Manage trap records on your trap.NZ project page Bring up the installations you are wanting to delete and tick the ones you ware wanting to remove Select operations, delete records, and execute You will be prompted to ensure you are wanting to confirm this move It will now show the records deleted Deleting the installations On the project page, select traps and filter to open up the installations you are wanting to delete. Select the installation to be deleted. Click the edit tab This will open up the option to delete the installation at the bottom of the screen. Remote monitoring traps with sensor technology Trap.nz enables trappers to remotely monitor devices (traps, bait stations etc) using sensors from a growing number of providers. For the trapper on the ground this means a heads up of sensors events in the app, and opt-in notifications via the app and email. For project coordinators it offers an overview of all sensor devices across one or more projects. This provides not only trap status, but also early incursion warning, accountability for funders, and the social benefits of knowing when to start the kōrero with trappers. All sensor statuses are viewable in the Trap.nz sensor reports - all your sensor providers data in one place. Please contact us to become a sensor service provider. How it works In New Zealand, it is a legal requirement under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 that all live capture traps must be checked within 24 hours. Breaches are punishable by up to 12 months imprisonment and a fine of up to $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a body corporate. Trap.nz enables trappers to remotely monitor devices (traps, bait stations, etc.) using sensors from a growing number of providers. For the trapper on the ground, this means a heads-up of sensor events in the app and opt-in notifications via the app and email. For project administrators, it offers an overview of all sensor devices across one or more projects. This provides not only trap status, but also early incursion warning, accountability for funders, and the social benefits of knowing when to start the kōrero with trappers. Adding a sensor to a trap via the website Through the Projects page select traps, - add a new trap Complete the required fields 4. Under the map open more  tab and complete the sensor data, required contact fields, and select save Notifications Turn on notifications on both the My Account > Edit page and against each trap Enable notifications for each trap Administrators have the ability to see who is getting notifications, and to switch on/off notifications for assigned trappers. This is very useful for helping trappers who have email access but don't use the app: Servicing a sensor trap When a sensor has triggered, the trap.nz notification system will send an email and message to the trap.nz app. Do not rely on these notifications for legal coverage, trappers must still check the status of all sensor traps via the app or website. This ensures that sensors that are not responding are detected, and it covers the scenario when the notifications fail due to network outages, spam filters, etc. The sensor is triggered and the sensor provider sends an email and message via the trap.nz App The website displays the current status with the following icons: Active (currently transmitting) Active and has sent a sprung event.  The trap will show as sprung until a record has been added to indicate it has been reset Inactive (the sensor is not transmitting) Inactive and sprung (stopped transmitting while still in a sprung state Note: Indicates a regular trap (no radio sensor attached). By selecting the installation you are able to see its current status. All sensor statuses are viewable in the Trap.nz sensor reports. Please contact us to become a sensor service provider. Importing installations using a csv file This function may be helpful if you have a large project that you are wanting to import into trap.NZ. The same process is used for traps, bait stations and monitoring stations. But for this exercise I have used traps It is important to note that the required fields must be tagged correctly. And if you attach it to a line. The line must show first on your map. (the traps can also be placed on the line retrospectively) 1. On your project page select the import traps option, this will display all the fields available in the import trap settings and ensure all of the required fields are completed on your spreadsheet 2. Choose the spreadsheet file you want to import of your current traps and locations 3.Download the file as a csv (comma separated values) file 4. The computer will ask you what to open the file with, and make your selection. ( I chose notepad) 5. The original spreadsheet will convert to csv 6. Save this file 7. Using the import trap tab,  Select choose file tab at the bottom and browse for the csv file you have saved, select the file and click  import 8. Your traps will now display on your project map ready for the records to be added Converting a spreadsheet to a CSV file for importing data to trap.NZ This is a good option when you have a large number of records kept in spreadsheets that you would like to import to your trap.NZ project The same process is used for traps, bait stations, and monitoring stations. But for this exercise, I have used traps It is important to note that the required fields must be tagged correctly. 1. On your project page select the import trap records option, this will display all the fields available in the import trap records  settings and ensure all of the required fields are completed on your spreadsheet 2. Choose the spreadsheet file you want to import your current trap records from. 3. Download the file as a csv (comma separated values) file 4. The computer will ask you what to open the file with, and make your selection. ( I chose notepad) 5. The original spreadsheet will convert to csv 6. Save this file 7. Using the import trap records tab,  Select choose file tab at the bottom and browse for the csv file you have saved, select the file and click  import 8. Your trap records will now display on your project map Downloading CSV files from your project You can download your project information to back up your project files. The download file will show in CSV format Downloading installations To download records choose the type of installations you want the information for Step 1 Click on the installation type Step 2 Select the “manage “ type wanted, in this case, trap Step 3 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “download CSV This download will now appear on your file menu under the downloads To download the records attached to the installations repeat steps 1, 2, and 3, however, this time select the “manage records” tab in step 2 Lines Lines allow you to group installations together. They don't require a physical location, though most often they are used to follow a physical track or path. Lines can be used however it makes sense within your project. When adding installations, you can associate them with a particular line. This allows you to create records and reports which are filtered by their line. Check out this YouTube video about how to use lines here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0pJOoL6OEQ Adding lines How to add a line to your project Select your project from your My Projects list. Click on the Lines section of your project. Select Add line from the Lines menu. Enter the details for the line (required fields are indicated by *). Line name*: Give the line a descriptive name Line type*: Lines can be used to group any combination of traps, bait stations and/or monitoring stations.  Select the types of stations which will be on this line (you can select more than one choice by holding down the control on your keyboard while clicking). Select colour: Choose which colour you want the line to be on the map. Location: Lines don’t require a physical location on the Trap.NZ system - some projects use lines simply to group installations together, though most often they are used to follow a physical track or path.There are three different ways to add a line location: Using the map: Use the — tool at the bottom of the map to draw the line on the map Double-click to finish drawing. If the line is not in the right place, delete it using the "Delete features" button, and re-draw the line. Using the Data field below the map: The Data field allows you to cut and paste shape data in WKT format recorded from the Trap.nz App, or from GIS systems such as ArcGIS or Quantum.  If you add WKT here it will be used instead of the map drawing. Note: the CRS is ESPG:4326 Using GPX: If you have a GPX file for the line, you can upload it then click the "Place line using GPX file" button to place the line on the map. Note that the GPX file should contain a route or track log, not installation locations or points. Click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page Editing lines Start from the Lines section of your project (If you have more than one project, check that you're in the right one) Scroll down to the list of lines under the map, and select the line you wish to edit. Click on the “Edit” button above the map Here you can edit the line name, type, colour and location. (For instruction on how to edit the line on the map, watch the video above.) When you are done, click the green “Save” button at the bottom of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFW_Hngk_vY Managing line installations Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. Note: The line needs to exist in your project before any installation can be added to it. You can learn how to create lines here. Managing line installations can be done at the individual level by setting the Line field while editing an installation, however in many cases it makes more sense to do this via bulk editing. Adding a single installation to a line To add a new installation to a line: When you're adding an installation to your project, you can add them to a line at this stage by selecting the line from the dropdown menu labelled "Line" on the Create Installation form. e.g. When creating a new Bait Station To add an existing installation to a line: If you want to add an existing installation to a line, you can do this by editing the installation, and selecting the line from the "Line" dropdown menu. Adding multiple installations to a line You can add multiple installations to a line from the "Manage Traps / Manage Bait Stations / Manage Monitoring Stations" menu. While multiple installation types (e.g. Traps and Bait Stations) can be part of the same line, each installation type needs to be added one-by-one (e.g. you can add multiple traps to a line using the instructions below, then to add multiple bait stations, repeat the same steps in the Bait Stations section of the website). To add multiple installations to a line: Select the project from your My Projects list. Go to the Manage Traps / Manage Bait Stations / Manage Monitoring Stations section of your project. (Optional) If you have a lot of installations, you can search for the particular installations that you want to edit using the filter bar. Click the green "Apply filter" button to show the filtered traps. Select the checkboxes of the installations you want to edit. From the Operations dropdown menu, select Change trap details / Change bait station details / Change station details. Click the "Execute" button. Select the "Line" checkbox, and select the line that you want to add the installations to. Click the "Next" button. Check your changes and click the green "Confirm" button to save your changes. For video instructions click this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4bkmiPNlqs Removing installations from a line To remove installations from a line, follow the instructions above, but instead of selecting a line, select "None". Downloading line information Line information (line name, colour, and a wkt string describing the line path) can be downloaded to a CSV file. CSV files can be viewed and edited easily in spreadsheet programs like Excel or Google Sheets. To download line information: Navigate to the Lines section of your project. (Optional) Choose which line(s) you want to download from the line filter list. Click the green "Apply" button to apply the filter. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Download CSV" button. When prompted, select a location on your device to save the file. Creating Lines from track logs This is an effective method to create an exact line for your project. Generally it is better to use recorded tracks as only a starting point for creating lines as often they contain too much detail, and way finding errors. Creating Lines from track logs If you have used the Walk a Line (proximity) function in the app, track logs will be listed in the project records. Select the track line you are wanting to create a track log from It will then display as a map with your track on it Click on the edit tab and the coordinates will show in the data field, copy the coordinates Select lines - Add line Place the copied GPX coordinates in the data field Select “Place line using GPX file” Save the line Note: if the file has created with speech marks at the beginning and end these will need to be removed before the file will  work properly. Members Managing member permissions There are four roles which project members can have within a Trap.NZ project: Trapper, Advanced trapper, Manager, and Administrator (note that some roles were renamed in November 2021). Roles are used to grant assorted permissions to project members. By default, all new members are assigned as Trapper and can be given broader permissions by an Administrator of the project. Description of role permissions Pre-authenticated member This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but has not verified their account. Trappers (previously No role): Can add new lines and installations to a project. Can view, edit, and add records to installations which they've added, or have been assigned to. Advanced trappers (previously Read only): Can do everything above, and also… Can view any installation in the project (web only, the app displays only owned and assigned installations) Managers (previously Editor): Can do everything above, and also… Can edit or delete any installation in the project Can add, edit, delete records from any installation in the project Can run reports on the project Administrators: Can do everything above, and also… Can add and remove users from a project Can change the role of any project member Can assign members to installations Can configure project specific settings (like new bait types) Can edit the general information about the project (geographic area the project covers, description, contact details etc.) How to tell what role you have in a project Go to the My projects menu. You can see your role in each of your projects. How to change a member's role Changing a member's role can only be done by a project administrator. Go to the My projects menu and click on the name of the project you want to manage Click the "Members" tab Find the person whose role you want to change and click "Edit" to the far right of their name Under "Roles", select the dropdown and choose the new role you would like to assign Click the "Update membership" button Pre- Authenticated Member What is a pre-authenticated member? This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but has not verified their email account. To verify your account you will have to access the email address you provided when creating your account and find the email from trap.NZ, here you will find the link you will need to verify your account. If you can’t find your trap.NZ verification email. They are often in your spam folder. If you still can't find the verification email or need trap.nz to resend it, please contact us on https://trap.nz/contact The administration of a project will be unable to assign any installation to pre-authenticated member.Adding and removing members As the Administrator of a project, you are able to add, invite and remove people from the project.  You can also control who is able to see and update traps. Adding new members using the Signup form Administrators can add new and existing users to a project using the "Signup form". This allows admins to take full control of the project signup process. Useful for signup events where folks can use a provided device to join a project, for adding trappers while on the go, and for trappers who are not so tech savvy. The form checks if the email address is already registered on Trap.NZ. If they are registered, it adds the trapper to the project, sets the trapper as active, and sends a courtesy email to the trapper. If they are not registered, it allows the administrator to register the new trapper first, then adds them to the project, sets them as active, and sends them the courtesy email. Note - members added this way will have the basic Trapper role. Inviting new members Trap.NZ allows you to invite users to join a project. Adding members this way allows bulk invites, and role setting at the same time. Go to My Projects and click on the name of the project you want to manage. Click on the "Members" tab, then on the "Email invites" tab that appears. Type the email address you want to invite into the "User email(s)" text box If you want to invite more than one person, you can list multiple email addresses. You either need to put each address on its own line, or put a comma in between each address. You can assign roles for these users using the "Assign roles" dropdown menu. If you're adding more than one member and they will have different roles, you can edit each person's role later. Click the "Invite user(s)" button. The invitee will receive an email with a link with an invitation to the project. Adding somebody who has requested to join your project A member can request to join any publicly listed project via the Find projects page. The Administrator will receive an email notifying them that somebody has requested to join their project. To approve a request, go to "My projects" and click on the name of the project you want to manage. Click the "Members" tab. New requests will show up with as "Pending" in the Status column. If they included a message with their request it will be visible under "Message". To approve their request click "Activate". To refuse their request click "Revoke". Removing members Go to "My projects" and click on the name of the project you want to manage. Click the "Members" tab. Find the member you wish to remove Clicking "Revoke" will remove them permanently from the project Clicking "Deactivate" will set their status back to pending.  They will no longer be able to see anything in the project, but they will remain in the list of members so they can be approved again later.​ Managing member assignments Assign members to installations By default, members with the Trapper or Advanced trapper role can only make changes to installations which they have added to the project. If you want someone with these roles to be able to make changes to other installations, you can assign additional installations to them: Go to My projects and click on the name of the project you want to manage Go to the Traps, Bait stations or Monitoring menu, then click Manage traps, Manage bait stations or Manage stations. (optional) Use the filters to filter your installation list (e.g. filter by line by selecting the line from the Line filter), then click Apply In the Operations box select Assign members in the dropdown Select the tick boxes next to the traps you want to add members to Click Execute Click on the Select members to assign dropdown and choose which members you want to add to the previously selected traps Click Next and review your changes Click Confirm These members will now be able to add, edit, and delete records for the selected stations (and edit the station details). Unassign members from installations To remove a member's access to an installation, repeat the above steps but choose Unassign Members at step 3. Remember that members with Manager or Administrator roles will always have access to all stations - you cannot remove their access to particular stations. View member assignments to installations Go to My projects and click on the name of the project you want to manage Go to the Traps menu, then Manage traps At the far right of the each row in the traps table you will see a message which says X member(s) assigned Click on the X member(s) assigned to see the names assigned to that trap Assigning members to installations on a line Only users with an "Administrator" role in a project can access these tools. By default, members with the Trapper or Advanced Trapper role can only add records to installations which they have added to the project themselves. If you want someone with these roles to be able to add records to other installations, you can assign existing installations to them. Before you start, make sure all the installations already belong to the line you want to work with. The instructions below describe how to assign all the traps on a line to project members. The same instructions can be used to assign other installation types, just replace the word "trap" with the appropriate installation type. How to assign the traps on a line to a member(s) From the "My projects" page, select the project you want to manage Click on the "Traps" section Click on "Manage traps" Select which line you want to add members to from the Line dropdown filter Click the green "Apply filter" button Select the checkboxes for all the traps you want to add members to. If you want to select all the traps on the line in one go, tick the checkbox at the top of the checkbox column, to the left of the "Number/Code" heading - this will select all the traps visible on the table. If you have more than one page of traps for this line, and you want to add members to them all, click the black button at the top of the table that says "Select all xx rows in this view". In the "Operations" dropdown box, select "Assign members" in the dropdown Click "Execute" From the "Select members to assign" dropdown, choose which project members you want to add to the previously selected traps. Click "Next" and review your changes Click "Confirm" These members will now be able to add, edit, and delete records for the selected traps, and edit the trap details.Reporting Reporting is critical for accountability to trappers, funders, councils etc. It's also really interesting. Find out more about the many easy reporting options here. https://trap.nz/reports Project reporting This is helpful for externally funded projects that are required to provide evidence of results achieved by the project. The reports are broken into sections, Trap reports, Bait station reports, and Monitoring reports Links to these reports can be found under the reports heading on your project page and can be generated using a variety of filters to show the data wanted. The most commonly used are: Trap records with map View/Download trap records. Optionally filter by date, species caught, etc Heatmaps are available via the layer switcher (top right of the map) Multi-project trap records Report traps across multiple projects Or Multi-project trap records (with map) This shows a difference between projects in a visual way. Allowing the users to see what each project is achieving. Traps last checked This shows the date the installations were last serviced. This helps ensure they do not fall outside of their default maintenance period. Trap date last checked with map Multi-project Line date last checked Corrected catch rate  The corrected trap catch rate is expressed as the catches per 100 trap nights. Trap nights are the number of nights the trap is set for over the period selected. However, when a trap is sprung the trap is assumed to be available for only half the nights from the previous trap record date Needing to know the amount of hours taken to service the project? Select tracks when in the App and record your tracks after which you access the projects page on the website, select Reports -Project reports Select a displayed track the time spent checking the installations will show here Trap Condition Shows traps across projects that have a condition set e.g. needs maintenance- now includes trap gone This can also be downloaded as a csv file Creating a static hex project map The static project hex map is useful for projects to show an audience your project/projects catches in an interactive way The hex map is great for embedding into project websites (i.e. wordpress custom html) via an html embed tag: How do I get my own Hex Map? The hex map only displays publicly listed projects. ensure your project has the List this project publicly and Share summary data checkboxes ticked (you can find these information in the projects Edit page.) Use the URL in the format below. Add your project ID number(s) to the brackets, if multiple projects, comma seperate the numbers. eg: https://trap.nz/static/hexmap/?projects=[109200,380101,967870,420471,173214,183460] And if you are wanting to display bird counts https://trap.nz/static/hexmap/?projects=[109200,380101,967870,420471,173214,183460]&birds To find your project ID(s), navigate to the project home page where you will find the ID in the URL, eg: How do I see the results? Copy and past the URL into a browser to test the results. It should looks something like this: You can filter the catches and traps to reflect the catch you are wanting to display Camera trap recording and reporting including AI Projects using motion-triggered cameras (‘camera traps’) can use the Trap.NZ’s camera trap functions to load and tag images, optionally using image recognition software (AI, artificial intelligence) for assist in detecting species. In order to load and tag images, you will need to create a monitoring station with a type “Camera” for each of your camera traps.  A Camera station will have a button to allow the uploading of images. The new AI identification option allows members to upload and tag captured images to your trap.nz project  easily. 1. Select the camera on your trap.nz project you are wanting to add images to. 2. Open the installation and select upload images 3. You will be prompted to drag and drop your files into the trap.nz page 4. Your images will display ready for uploading. If the date/time shown is incorrect you can alter these settings here Note: the programme will detect any duplicate images ensuring you don’t accidentally load them twice 5. The images have all loaded successfully when the 100% appears in the bottom left corner 6. You can now choose to match with the AI and select return, be patient as this can take some time depending on the quantity being processed 6.  If you choose to match it with the Artificial intelligence software, the chip icon appears when it has matched. You can exit the page while it is being processed without fear of loosing your records or having to start again. 7. You will be redirected to the camera installation page, the records are displayed under the map, and you can now tag/ review species in the image set. 8. You can either use the mouse or the keyboard arrow keys to navigate the images. This allows you to easily edit the results Sometimes the AI gets it right Sometimes the AI gets it wrong, you can edit the details by selecting the correct species 9. To run reports from the Camera images, select the monitoring tab, manage records, manage camera images, and select the filters you would like to use Reports can be exported using csv found at the bottom of the report page For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anBWH_9UY_s Understanding the bait-taken calculations The bait-taken calculations can be a bit confusing to begin with, however, once you understand them it makes calculating the quantity of bait used within your project much easier. When entering records in the field, the bait taken is automatically calculated by trap.nz based on the figures you have supplied. There are some key points to know are : * Bait taken is calculated from bait remaining on the current record minus the calculated bait remaining from the previous record with the additions and subtractions * Records with the same date and time are invalid and will make calculations unreliable * Bait-taken calculations are updated every few minutes, so may take some time to recalculate after changes are made When working out the bait taken added you start at the bottom of the table and work up, In the case below  On  01/11/22 the bait station had 0.200kg (1) added On the next visit (working up the table) 0.134kg had been taken (2), leaving 0.066kg remaining (3). The remaining old bait (0.066kg) (4) was removed and fresh bait supplied 0.200kg (5)                                                  [0.200 - 0.134 =0.066] {0.066 - 0.066 = 0.000}  [0.000 + 0.200 = 0.200] The following visit  0.150kg had been taken (6) leaving  0.050kg (7), the 0.050kg was removed (8) and another 0.200kg was added of fresh bait (9) [0.200 - 0.150 = 0.50] {0.050 - 0.050 = 0.000} [0.000+ 0.200 = 0.200] On the next visit, 20/01/23 the same quantity was taken as the previous visit so the calculations are the same as above On the final visit showing  24/01/23,  0.115kg had been taken (10) leaving 0.085kg(11)  remaining, the 0.085kg (12) was removed and 0.200kg (13)  of fresh bait added                                                                                                [0.200 - 0.115 = 0.085] {0.085 - 0.085 = 0.000} [0.000+0.200=0.200] Organisations Organisations are a way of grouping multiple projects together. Members who are added to an organisation automatically gain access to all of the projects in that organisation (to view, edit, and report on data). Organisations overview Trap.NZ organisations are used by groups who trap in multiple geographic regions but want easier ways to: manage members across their projects run reports across their projects Organisations are usually used by government departments and councils, however they are available to be used by any group that would find them helpful. By going to your My projects page you can see which organisations you belong to.  Your list of projects will include projects which you now have access to via your organisation membership. You can see which projects belong to an organisation by clicking on the name of the organisation on your My projects page. Creating an organisation The tech team at Trap.NZ can create an Organisation for you. There's no way of a user doing this themselves at the moment. If you'd like us to setup an Organisation for you, please email support@trap.nz with this information: what you'd like to call your Organisation the Trap.NZ account email address of one person to add as the Org Admin one project that the above person is Administrator of, that you want added to the Organisation Editing Organisation details Only users with the Org Admin role are able to edit access these tools. As an Org Admin, you can edit the details of your existing Organisation, including the Organisation's name and description. To edit Organisation details: From your My Projects page, under the "My Organisations" heading, click on the name of the Org that you wish to edit. Click the "Edit" button A form will load, where you can edit the Org title/name and description Click the green "Save" button to save your changes Organisation roles In addition to the four project roles, organisations provide an additional two roles: Org member and Org admin. Org members can: Add lines, stations and records to all projects within the organisation View records and stations in all projects within the organisation Run reports against all projects within the organisation Org admins can: Do everything a project administrator can do, to any project within the organisation Add and remove people from the organisation (and thus the member projects) Change an organisation members role Adding and removing Organisation members Adding members to your organisation, and removing members from your organisation works the same as it does for projects. Go to My projects and click on the name of the organisation to go to your organisation homepage Follow the instructions for adding and removing project members. Adding a Project to an Organisation Trap.NZ Organisations are used by groups who trap in multiple geographic regions but want easier ways to: manage members across their projects run reports across their projects Organisations are usually used by government departments and councils, however, they are available to be used by any group that would find them helpful. Joining an Organisation If you are the administrator for the project you can select the project (via the trap.NZ website) and select edit Once the edit window opens up select extra Now select Your Organisations You can now select the Organisation you want the project to be part of. Non-admin request to become part of an Organisation If wanting a project that you are not an administrator for to be part of an Organisation you will need to go to your My account and select the Organisation After doing this you need to then select members - email invites, the invite will have to be to the administrator of each project and they will have to accept that  they are wanting to be part of the Organisation Adding and removing Organisation projects In order to add or remove projects to an Organisation, you must be both the project's Administrator, and a member of the Organisation. Adding a project to an Organisation For each of the projects you want to add to an Organisation: Go to the "Edit project" page In the "Extra (optional)" section, is a field where you can select which Org(s) you want to add that project to. See the bottom right of the screenshot below, where I'm editing "Demo Project A" Select the Org(s) you want this project to belong to from this section Click the green "Save" button at the bottom of the page This project is now part of the Org you selected ​ Removing a project from an Organisation Follow the steps above, and de-select the Org from the "Your Organisations" field that you want to remove your project from. If you want to remove the project from all Orgs, select "None"Mobile app To use the app you need an account on the Trap.NZ website which is a member of an existing project. The Trap.NZ app works with the TrapNZ website and allows you to record trapping data on your phone. With it, you can plot traps, bait stations, monitoring stations, and bird count locations. You can also add records to installations (traps, stations and locations) when you are out in the field. App: Getting started The Trap.NZ app works with the TrapNZ website and allows you to record trapping data on your phone.  With it, you can plot traps, bait stations, monitoring stations, and bird count locations. You can also add records to installations (traps, stations and locations) when you are out in the field. The app will show you a map of your project area and works offline (when you are out of cell phone or WiFi coverage).  Records are stored and synced automatically whenever there is a data connection available. More app help... App: Logging in To use the app you need an account on the Trap.NZ website which is a member of an existing project. If you don’t have an account, go to the Create new account page.  After you have created an account and logged into the website, you can then create your own trapping project, or request to join other projects. As soon as you have an account which belongs to a project, you can use the app. The main app menu allows you to select a project, and from there you can begin adding data or changing the app settings. App: Understanding the project map Map Icons Serviced today Within service period Outside service period / no records Trap Bait station Monitoring station Bird count site N/A Point of Interest N/A N/A Layers menu Tap the layers icon to view your Layer options. Initially, only the Filters options are available, which allow you to select which installation types are visible on the map. You can choose additional layer menu options under General Settings (such as the topographic base map, city and street labels and parcel boundaries). See more about the available layers. When these extra options are visible, you can also choose between streets and topographic maps. Tap the close drawer icon to close the layers menu. Search Use the search tool to find installations by name.  As you type, all installations with matching text are listed. You can then tap the installation name to view it on the map, or click the edit icon to add a new record to it. App: Menu overview To access the app menu, click on the "hamburger" menu (the three horizontal lines in the top right corner of the app) You get to the settings menu by clicking on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner (sometimes called the hamburger!). Project Settings Re-download files and set offline preferences Logs Shows a list of recent updates from the app to the server with problems highlighted. Clicking on these messages gives more detailed information for debugging purposes. Project lines Shows a list of your project lines. When you want to service a line, you can go to this menu to select the line you wish to service, and all the installations on that line will appear in a list. Click the edit button on the first installation you want to service to start adding records. As you save each record, the next installation's record form will load, making walking a line easier. My Projects Takes you back to your project list where you can switch to another project. Settings General app settings live here, including: Map layer preferences Record defaults Notification settings Advanced settings About Links to support and privacy policy, and the app version number. Sign out Log out of the mobile app. App: Project settings The app's Project Settings menu can be accessed from the app menu. Synchronise Project Normally, changes to projects are synced automatically. For example - if someone else adds a trap or bait station to a project, this will become visible in the app within a few minutes. Clicking this button will immediately flush the project cache and force a refresh of the entire project. Tile management Refresh map tiles This will re-download the map tiles for the project. This is usually not necessary, but if your map has gaps, this button may help download them. Max tile set size This is the number of megabytes dedicated to the map tile set of this project. If you need better resolution on the map you can increase this value at the cost of space on your device. Equally, f you are concerned about the lack of space on your device and don't need the map detail, you can decrease this value. If in doubt leave it at the default (100). The Hi-Res zoom limit indicates which zoom level the tiles will start to degrade at. The maximum zoom is 21, so if yours says 13 / 21, the map will get increasingly fuzzy as you zoom beyond zoom level 13. App: General settings When you first open the Settings menu, you will see each of the categories listed. Tap on the category you want to view the settings for, and the settings for that category will become visible. You can click the question mark next to each option to get more information about what the option does. Map Enable base map options Enabling any of these base map options makes them available via the layer control on the map, so you can switch between the enabled base map options. SatelliteEnables the satellite base map. TopographicEnables the topographic base map. StreetsEnables the street's base map. Enable layer options Layer options provide additional detail to the map. Parcel BoundariesProvides a map of the land, road, and other parcel boundaries, which is great for contractors and volunteers on private and public land. These are displayed as a black outline overlaid on top of the current base map. LabelsShows labels for regions, cities, towns, and street names on top of the current base map. Auto map centeringAutomatically move the map to keep your location in the centre of the screen. Display installation labelsThis will turn labels on or off for your traps, bait stations, and monitoring sites. The labels only show when you are zoomed in. Display line labelsThis will turn labels on or off for your lines in the map view. Hi-res tiles on demandThis setting will automatically download higher detail maps when you have an internet connection available (mobile or WiFi). Ideal for urban projects where network coverage is available and higher accuracy is required. These are only stored temporarily on your device and won't be available offline. To save high-detail map tiles for offline use, change the Max tile set size in Project settings. Records Enable advanced record fieldsEnables advanced record fields such as Sex and Life stage Display installation detailsInstallations can have notes entered against them on the website. Notes can be used to record hazards or access details. Notes (including some other information like coordinates and when the last record was added) can be automatically displayed when adding a record. Check this box to automatically display the installation notes. RecorderThe name is used to identify records you make. Defaults to your name on Trap.NZ. General Accessibility ModeWhere possible and appropriate display user-friendly labels on buttons, larger fonts, etc Smart LinesSmart lines will automatically pull other installations into an existing line if it is within a metre of another line member If switched off, only installations that are at the exact coordinates of line members will be pulled in. NotificationsHelp popups will appear in some situations - you can disable these once you know your way around the app. Auto-sync incoming changesBy default, this setting is enabled, and the project will automatically update when project changes occur. This can affect performance on large projects with multiple trappers working simultaneously - in which case we recommend disabling this setting. When disabled, a cloud download button will appear in the menu bar when changes are detected. Press this to manually sync the changes. MaintenanceAfter this period, installations are highlighted in red to indicate they need attention. Defaults to 90 days. Advanced Enable contractor modeEnables contractor mode. This opens up a contact section in the installations setup screen. The contact details are available on the trap.NZ website under the installation Disable Android Accelerated Hardware Reset appPress and hold this button to reset the app. Any saved settings and un-synced records will be lost.App: Checking the sync logs To view your app logs, select Logs from the app menu. When the Trap.NZ app is used offline (without internet access) your data is stored locally on the device until you have internet access again. Your data is synced automatically once an internet connection is available. Logs show the sync status of your data: Synced (safely on the Trap.NZ website) Queued (to be be synced as soon as internet access is restored), or Failed to sync (something went wrong with the syncing) The cloud icon indicates items that are queued and have yet to be synced with the Trap.NZ website. When you click on an entry, the data for that entry will be shown. If an entry has synced, you will see a button to “View Online”, which directs you to the website where you can view and edit the entry. If an entry has failed, you can view the failed message here, and use the retry button to try syncing it again View your project log Click on the hamburger menu in the top right corner of your project map to open the app menu Select "Logs" from the app menu App: Adding installations To add an installation to your project Locate where you want to add the installation on the map. You can do this by: Using the pan and zoom controls to the desired location on the map, and press the Add button in the bottom right of the screen. If you are physically at the installation site, use the GPS button to locate yourself on the map. If the location appears wrong, drag the reticule (black crosshairs with red dot in the middle) to the correct spot and press the green tick to confirm (or the red cross to cancel). Choose which type of installation to add: Bait Station, Trap , Monitoring Site Adding a Collocated Installation To add a collocated installation Collocated installations are installations located in the same place - for example: a trap and a monitoring site at the same location a double-set trap traps for different species in one spot. Same place means having exactly the same coordinates (longitude, latitude.) To add a collocated installation, you can simply copy the coordinates from one installation to another. We recommend you use the app however as this is simplifies the process.These instructions assume you already have at least one installation at the desired location in your project. If not, follow the instructions for adding an installation above. When you're logged in to the app and are looking at your project map: Log in to the app, and select your project - the project map will load Tap on the existing installation at the desired location - the record form for that installation will load Scroll down to the bottom of the form, and tap on "Add collocated installation" Select which type of installation you want to add Enter the details for this installation in the form that loads Press and hold the "Save" button to save this installation. It will be located at the same coordinates as the original installation. If you have not selected "display installation details" in the settings menu of the app you will see this screen. To open the options as shown above, click on the  "installation details" Installing sensor traps Sensor traps allow the trapper to service the traps when they have been sprung. This removes the time spent checking traps that have not caught anything freeing up the trappers' time. The steps to install a sensor trap using the trap.nz phone app are the same as that of a standard trap. To add a sensor trap, you must tick the check box and add the sensor provider and sensor ID. Access the Menu, Logs and click on the installation you have just added to ensure the trap shows as a sensor trap Trigger the trap a number of times to push a sensor message through the system. When mobile data reception is available, synchronise the app and ensure the sensor status has been updated (green or red.) If the status has not changed, double check the sensor details are correct, and sensor network coverage is available in the trapping area. The following error indicates the sensor is currently assigned to another trap in trap.nz. To continue, the sensor needs to be removed from that trap. This might require a project administrator to locate and make the required changes Map features By default, only the Filters list is shown.  This allows you to select which kind of stations are visible on the map. To enable additional map features visit the General Settings screen. Base maps Satellite Shows photographic satellite images. Streets Shows a street map.  This must be enabled by selecting Topology in General settings. Layers Parcel boundaries Provides an outline of land, road, and other parcel boundaries, and is especially useful for displaying property boundaries. Enabled by selecting Parcel boundaries in General settings. Filters Allows you to adjust the default map view showing traps, bait, monitoring stations, and points of interest.Records overview Using the map, tap on the icon for any installation to add a record to it. If the installation is part of a trap/bait line you will see a representation of the current line at the top of the screen: The arrow indicates the position of the installation you are currently adding a record to. Installations that haven't been updated within the maintenance period (see General Settings) are red.  Installations that have been updated within the maintenance period are green. The navigation arrows at the bottom of the screen will take you to the next or previous installation on the line.  This makes it easy to update traps in order as you walk a trap line. Press and hold the save button until you see the ‘SAVED’ message, this will to upload the record to Trap.NZ. The close button will take you back to the project map.Trap records Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Species caught Select a species from the list or leave as None. Trap status Select a status from the list. Condition Select a maintenance condition from the list. Re-baited If you re-baited the trap, check this box and select the bait type from the list. Bait notes If you used a bait type which is not on the list you can note it here. Notes Add any notes about the check here. Installation details Tapping this will display additional details about the installation and display the "Add collocated installation" button. This allows you to create another installation at the same location. You can pin this open by checking the Display installation details checkbox in General settings. When saved, the record indicator at the top will turn green, as will the border around the trap on the map. Bait station records Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Target species Select a species from the list or leave as None. Formulation Select a bait formulation from the list. Active ingredient Select the active ingredient for the bait from the list. Concentration % Enter the % concentration of the active ingredient. Bait remaining Drag the slider to select the amount of bait remaining when you checked it. Bait removed Drag the slider to select the amount of bait removed after checking. Bait added Drag the slider to select the amount of bait added after you checked it. Notes Add any notes about the check here. Installation details Tapping this will display additional details about the installation and display the "Add collocated installation" button. This allows you to create another installation at the same location. You can pin this open by checking the Display installation details checkbox in General settings. When saved, the record indicator at the top will turn green, as will the border around the station on the map. Monitoring station records Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Target species Select a species from the list or leave it as None. Lure Select a lure from your favorites list. Notes Add any notes about the check here. Installation details Tapping this will display additional details about the installation and display the "Add collocated installation" button. This allows you to create another installation at the same location. You can pin this open by checking the Display installation details checkbox in General settings. When saved, the record indicator at the top will turn green, as will the border around the station on the map.Setting up a Bird count monitoring station After undertaking pest eradication in an area, you will see a decline in catches and bait take, however, another way to see if there has been an improvement is to complete regular bird counts. trap.nz phone app has a bird count function to help you complete this. A bird count should be held at the same time, date, and season as previously,  however, any monitoring that is taking place is good, and will still show changes. The protocol for the 5-minute bird count is here https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/inventory-monitoring/im-toolbox-birds-incomplete-five-min-counts.pdf To set up a Bird count station You will need to add a monitoring station either via the phone app or website and select “monitoring type” - bird count. Setting up a Bird-count station via the website Click the install tab on the bottom right of the map window Adding a bird count monitoring station via the trap.nz mobile phone app Click the install tab on the bottom right of the map window Click the green tick that has opened up Select the option of the monitoring station Complete the code name, open the monitoring type, and select bird count Save your new bird count monitoring station The bird count station will display on the app as a bird For instructions on how to use the bird count click here https://help.trap.nz/books/trapnz-comprehensive-user-guide/page/bird-count-records Bird count records Settings Tap the cog icon to set the type of observations (seen, or seen and heard) and to add historical records. Species Tap the bird icon  to select species to observe from the list. You need to select at least one species to start. Observation types Select whether your observations are only for birds you have Seen or whether you want to include ones you've only Heard as well. Add historical bird count Allows you to add observations without running the timer. Start Tap the Start button to start the timer and record observations Pause Tapping the Pause button allows you to temporarily pause the timer countdown so that you can add new species or change your settings. Stop Tapping the Stop button cancels the count, removes all counts made in the current session and resets the timer. Seen Tapping the Seen icon increases adds a Seen observation and increases the observation counter for that species. To remove a count, press and hold until the number decrements. Heard Tapping the Heard icon adds a Heard observation and increases the observation counter for that species. To remove a count, press and hold until the number decrements. Point of Interest records Date Defaults to the current date and time. Tap it to change it. Title This could be anything from a historic site to a sign regarding poisons laid Type Select  from the list of hazard, important vegetation, or signage Line If your POI is attached to a line you can select it here. Notes Add any notes about the check here. Colour Choose the colour you want the POI to display on your map using. Moving installations in the app Open any installation record form and expand the Installation Details panel. Use the Move location button to reposition the installation. If the installation has prior records and you are moving it a significant distance (greater than 10 metres) the app will offer two options: Move location - this will create a clone, and retire the original installation. Use this option if you are physically moving the installation. Retired installations can be reactivated at any time.NOTE:  No records are lost, they will still appear in reports, and shown at the original location. Correct position - this simply updates the coordinates of the existing installation meaning all prior installation records will appear at the new position. For this reason only this option if you are correcting the mapped position.NOTE:  No records are lost, they will still appear in reports, and shown at the new location. Retiring an Installation via the trap.NZ App Retiring an installation is used when you are no longer wanting an installation in its current position. When you’re moving an installation it’s important to remember that the records stay with the installation not the site. To ensure that your records correctly report the information for that particular site you will need to retire them. To retire, select retire, press and hold and it has retired. Retired installations can also be reactivated if wanted in the future via your projects in the trap.NZ website. App: Using the "Walk Line" proximity function Using the Trap.NZ app, you can automatically record trap checks along a line using your phone’s GPS. When using this function to walk a line, the app will record a default trap check when you are near a trap. See also: Proximity service adjustments Note: The phone needs to have location services set to Always On (Android, iOS) AND have battery optimisation turned off for the Trap.nz app (Android.) Failing to do so will mean no tracks are recorded when the app is in the background (i.e. in your pocket.) How to use the app proximity function 1. Select "Lines" from the app menu. Before walking your first line - check your line settings. Select the cog symbol at the top right. Set your preferences (tap on the ? symbol to see more detail about the preference setting). The preferences will remain set for subsequent line checks. Proximity Max Distance: the distance you are from the trap before it records a trap check. Because a phone's GPS can take a while to catch up to your location, we recommend setting this to at least 20m.  GPS Accuracy Buffer: can generally be left as is.  Show out of range installations: You will probably want to show out of range installations to begin with - this will show all the traps in the line with an indicator showing which traps have records added to them. Hit the back arrow in the top left corner when you're done updating your Line Settings, to return to the Lines menu Select the line you are servicing. The traps on the line you selected will be listed (at the bottom of the screen, you can toggle between a list view and a map view of the line). From the list view, click the "Walk Line" button (top right) to begin. The different types of trap you have on this line will be displayed, so you can set defaults for each trap type. Enter a default value for each of the trap types on the line, then press "Continue". After setting the default values,  The options will blank out and only open and show when you are within the proximity you have set in lines. You are ready to start walking the line. As you walk the line, the traps that you pass will be highlighted with a green outline to show that a check has been recorded against them. An indicator bar at the top of the screen shows your progress through the line (green checked, black un-checked, red never-checked / new trap). At any point in time, you can manually select a trap and change from the default record. When you click save, the form for the next trap will be displayed, but you can press "Close" and go back to the line list/map view and continue walking. When you have finished walking the line, press Finish. You will then be able to review and edit any records (if any need to be changed from the default), and deselect any records you don't want to save. Press and hold the "SAVE LINE" button to submit the records. Setting defaults using Manual complete Adding default settings Setting default settings in your trap.NZ App is an easy process that can save you time out in the field. This is helpful when you have a lot of installations to check and update. There are two ways in which you can set defaults on the trap.NZ App, either “manual complete or “walk line” Manual complete How to add defaults settings using manual complete Select a line from your trap.NZ App, in this case, I have two lines I will select ridge This will open all the installations on this line By selecting manual complete you can now choose to select the default settings before heading out to check your installations When selecting the installations you want to service it will open up your options Traps You can select the lure options by using the settings cog Bait Stations When you select a bait station you will be asked to include the bait type, you can either choose from one of your “favourite” options, Or you can select add and select a new one After selecting all your preferred options, the screen will display all the selected installations shaded in green completed with the defaults you have chosen. As you work your way through the installations on your project the trap.NZ App will automatically move to the next installation on your line. This will display by both the trap number and An indicator bar at the top of the screen that shows your progress through the line (green checked, black un-checked, red never-checked / new trap). When you have finished Checking your installations select close to finish your manual complete. Steps to help ensure your trap.nz phone app has accurate GPS locations When using the trap.nz phone app, you will need to follow these steps to minimise GPS locations being incorrect. Please read the following link which explains GPS accuracy and why sometimes the GPS coordinates are not where you expect them to be. General notes on phone GPS accuracy, what to expect, how to improve results. For android phones The phone needs to have: The location services set to While in Use, or Always On (Android, iOS) Have battery optimisation turned off for the Trap.nz app (Android.) For recording tracks and using Line Walk features, failing to do use Always On will mean no tracks are not recorded when the app is in the background (i.e. in your pocket.) App: Recording a GPS track Note: The phone needs to have location services set to Always On (Android, iOS) AND have battery optimisation turned off for the Trap.nz app (Android.) Failing to do so will mean no tracks are recorded when the app is in the background (i.e. in your pocket.) Proximity servicing adjustments The detection zone for automated installation servicing based on proximity can be adjusted to suit your needs and your GPS accuracy. There are limitations based on geography and available satellites. These adjustments are there to help but cannot work around all issues. General notes on phone GPS accuracy, what to expect, how to improve results. For android phones The phone needs to have: The location services set to While in Use, or Always On (Android, iOS) Have battery optimisation turned off for the Trap.nz app (Android.) For recording tracks and using Line Walk features, failing to do use Always On will mean no tracks are not recorded when the app is in the background (i.e. in your pocket.) Where accuracy is very low, it can help to set the Proximity Max Distance higher. This will mean more installations are serviced in error, so more care is required in the review process. Equally setting it finer means installations will be missed. Trial and error and personal preference will dictate how this is set. Disabling GPS mode In some circumstances it will be more appropriate to temporarily turn off the GPS servicing via the GPS toggle button (see below.) With the GPS Servicing turned off, the GPS track is still recording, but installations within range won't be automatically serviced. Examples of turning it off might be you've run out of fresh rabbit so can't service the last 20 traps, or the weather has turned bad, so you head home early. Generally you'll want a complete record of where you went and how long it took. This gives you the opportunity to prevent the installations from being automatically serviced. Using Advanced field settings app This setting allows for the option to collect more data that the standard settings while also enabling contractor mode Open the settings menu on your trap.nz phone app and under the sub-heading Records select  Enable advanced record fields 2. In the advanced field select Enable Contractor Mode 3. As you service your installations after you select the species, you will now have available to you extra fields that allow you to add maturity and sex of the catch Using Contractor mode Contractor mode allows you to add property owners’ details into an installation’s details. This will help anyone entering another person's property to easily be able to contact them and advise them of the visit. 1. To enable contractor mode select settings on your trap.NZ menu page 2. Select advanced and enable contractor mode 3. Reset App and hold. Now when you are ready to create a new installation select the green tick. 4. Select the installation type 5. You now have a new contact section in your installation details menu 6. This opens up to allow you to record property owners’ details Creating and Opening images taken using the trap.NZ App camera This is helpful to projects wanting a visual reference of installations or their surrounds Projects may use images for many reasons, to show points of interest, signage, vandalism, or catches, the options are endless. The trap.NZ App allows you to create an image for your records, that can be referred to at a later date. 1. To create an image, use the individual installations recording page to find the camera icon and capture an image 2. Your image will display for you to review 3. SAVE AND HOLD to save the image to your records Using the trap.NZ website select the installation you have saved the image to and open the records for it. 4. After selecting the installation you will see the pic icon, click on this to open the recorded image Exporting your Trap.nz app service logs Occasionally, there will be an issue when out checking or installing your installations. These can be due to a number of things, such as not syncing your project prior to leaving network reception, syncing has timed out, the server being down, or a problem with the data submitted (possible if an installation has been removed/altered centrally) The app stores all attempted service records to the logs - successful or otherwise. These logs can be used to debug issues and restore failed service records. When issues occur the logs can be exported and sent to Trap.nz for analysis. The procedure is as follows: To find your trap.nz phone app logs, click on the “hamburger” at the  top right of the screen, Select Logs If an error has occurred, the error icon will display next to the log entry affected. Tap the “Export logs” button to keep your logs, and choose the required export format. For debugging errors, the JSON format is generally required by Trap.nz. The best practice is to email them to yourself and a copy to trap.nz at support@trap.nz . Resetting the trap.nz phone app trap.nz often has updates, however, despite vigorous testing, sometimes there can be issues that are found after a release that is unexpected. Here are the steps to take if you find that your trap.nz phone app is not showing as you expect it to. 1. Access the menu by the three lines at the top right of the screen. 2. Click on the Logs tab This will show any records that are still in your phone. (this step is to ensure that in case of records not synching you have access to them if needed), ensure you have done this for all of the projects you have completed work in during the last week. 3. Click on the Export logs tab at the top left side of the screen 4. Click on the export your collected data and email it to yourself, then click on the export debug log and email it to yourself. 5. A pop-up will appear showing the options, if mail is not one of them, check the “more” section. 6. Once you have exported the logs to yourself, go back into the menu and click on settings 7. Then click on advanced settings. 8. Then press and hold on the Hard reset. 9. You will receive this message, ensure you have completed all of the steps a-c then click Perform reset. The app will refresh and the projects should appear as you would expect. It is recommended that you restart the app after this step to ensure everything is correctly showing. If you still have issues with the app after completing these steps contact support@trap.nz Map feeds Trap.NZ provides a range of map feeds in OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) formats which can be linked directly into GIS tools such as ArcGIS, Google Earth and Google Maps, QuantumGIS etc. To access the feeds you first need to generate an API key. Generating an API key In the My account section of Trap.NZ, you can generate an API key that’s associated with your user account. It can only be used for map feeds (which are read-only), and it can be changed any time by generating a new key, which will disable any previously used keys. Accessing map feeds Map feed addresses are in the format:https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_idand https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wms/apikey/project_idfor WFS and WMS feeds respectively. The Project ID is the last part of the URL when you select your project in Trap.NZ. i.e. when you select the project after logging in, the URL will look something like https://trap.nz/node/123456, and in this case, the Project ID will be 123456. Note: Some of the map feeds apply to all the projects you are a member of. If you are using those feeds, you still need to select a default project. It doesn’t matter which one. So for a test user and project the WFS feed looks like this:https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/35GElj7FEyGB-gpalO5ptgcEjxmNe7QzOiJNbEPZmSU/123456 (you must generate your own key under the My Account section of the Trap.NZ website) You can paste these URLs into your GIS system and it will show you the available layers. The layers currently available are: my-projectsThe project polygons and metadata from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-linesAll the lines from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-trapsAll traps from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-traps-recordsAll trap records from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-bait-stationsAll bait stations from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-bait-station-recordsAll bait station records from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-monitoring-stations All monitoring stations from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to my-projects-monitoring-station-recordsAll monitoring stations from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to (excluding 5 minute bird counts and camera trap records) my-projects-poisAll points of interest from the Trap.NZ projects you have access to default-projectThe project polygon and metadata from the project specified in the URL default-project-linesAll lines from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-trapsAll traps from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-trap-recordsAll trap records from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-bait-stationsAll bait stations from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-bait-station-recordsAll bait station records from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-monitoring-stationsAll monitoring stations from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL default-project-monitoring-station-recordsAll monitoring station records from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL (excluding 5 minute bird counts and camera trap records) default-project-poisAll points of interest from the Trap.NZ project specified in the URL Notes More map feeds will be added over time (e.g. 5 min bird count and camera trap records) The WFS server is set to return a maximum of 10k features per page request. Therefore you must set a page size value smaller than that. We suggest 5k to begin with. Map feeds are updated overnight - they won't contain records or installations added today. Trap records map feed attributes Fields returned Field Description record_id the trap record UID project_id project number project project name line line name that the trap is associated with trap_code the trap code or name trap_type the trap type (e.g. DOC 200, A24, etc.) trap_status status of the trap when checked trap_condition condition of the trap rebaited whether the trap was rebaited or not bait_at_arrival bait from the previous record (comma delimited if multiple) bait_details_at_arrival any bait details from the previous record bait_at_departure bait set with the trap record (comma delimited if multiple) bait_details_at_departure any bait details set with the trap record strikes strike count - for self-resetting traps this would be the number of times it has gone off since the last check. For conventional traps, this would be 1 if sprung. species_caught species name gender species sex if recorded maturity species maturity if recorded (juvenile/mature) record_date date of record recorded_by name of person who made the record record_notes record notes prev_record_date date of the previous record next_record_date date of the next record corrected_nights_from_prev_record RTC calculation (number of trap nights) from the previous record date corrected_nights_to_next_record RTC calculation (number of trap nights) to the next record date Downloading shape files, CSV, linking into Google Earth etc The map server allows access to WGS 84 and NZTM projections and can also output in many different formats with: https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=layer&outputFormat=format Output formats: GML2 outputFormat=GML2 GML3 outputFormat=GML3 Shapefile outputFormat=shape-zip JSON outputFormat=application/json JSONP outputFormat=text/javascript CSV outputFormat=csv e.g. to get a shapefile of trap locations: https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=trapnz-projects:my-projects-traps&outputFormat=shape-zip KML (you can link this directly into Google Earth): https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=trapnz-projects:my-projects-traps&outputFormat=application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml CSV: https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=trapnz-projects:my-projects-traps&outputFormat=csv You can also view features directly in OpenLayers: https://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=trapnz-projects:my-projects&bbox=174.94,-41.5,174.95,-41&width=708&height=768&srs=EPSG:4326&format=application/openlayers Notes: The WFS server is set to return a maximum of 10k features per request. If you have more that, you will need to use software (e.g. ArcGIS Pro, or QuantumGIS) to page requests, or include count and startindex parameters . See the WFS specification. The shapefile format has a number of limitations - see the Geoserver documentation.  Datetime fields are not supported - only the date will be included.Accessing the Trap.NZ map feeds with QGIS Accessing layers You can add a WFS Layers Layer > Add Layer > Add WFS Layer Create a new Server Connection and enter the WFS URL in the format described herehttps://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id The WFS server is set to return a maximum of 10k features per request. If you have more than this number of features you must enable paging and set a page size less than 10,000.  We recommend 5000. Save and then click Connect to see the available layers: You can then add individual or groups of layers to the map. Filtering records You can add a CQL filter to a WFS connection to filter features from the WSF server. This can greatly reduce the amount of data retrieved (speeding up the transfer and improving performance). For example - if you are only interested in this year’s records, you could add a CQL filter to build the query as a filter before loading the layer from the server. 1. Connect to the server as above to see the list of available layers. 2. Select the layer you want to query (e.g. default-project-trap-records) and click the Build query button 3. In the dialog that appears, enter the following SELECT * FROM "default-project-trap-records" WHERE record_date > '2021-01-01'  (or whatever date you wish to use) 4. Press OK. The expression used will appear as the Sql value of the target layer: When you add the layer now, only the filtered records (features) will be loaded. Accessing the Trap.NZ map feeds with ArcGIS Accessing layers You can add a new WFS Server via Connections > Server > New WFS Server: Enter the WFS URL in the format as described herehttps://io.trap.nz/geo/trapnz-projects/wfs/apikey/project_id The WFS server is set to return a maximum of 10k features per request. Therefore you must set a page size value smaller than that. We suggest 5k to begin with. Add a custom request parameter of PAGESIZE, with a value of 5000 Leave the Authentication options blank (we are using the API key to control access) You will now see the available layers: Working with the layers Right-click or drag the layer to the map to see the features. Note that, by default, ArcGIS only shows a maximum of 3000 features in the WFS layer. To change this, right-click the layers, select properties and then set the maximum features to something well above what you expect should be returned. Filtering records You can add a CQL filter to a WFS connection to filter features from the WSF server. This can be achieved by adding this parameter to the Custom request parameters - which can greatly reduce the amount of data retrieved (speeding up the transfer and improving performance). For example - if you are only interested in this year’s records, you could add a CQL filter as a Custom request parameter Add cql_filter as Parameter, and record_date %3E '2021-01-01' as Value. Note: symbols such as ‘<’ and ‘>’ need to be URL encoded, hence the %3E in place of > Attributions The trap.nz map feeds and APIs are provided on the condition that you provide a data source attribution in any maps or material that uses these feeds, or data from these feeds. E.g.: "Sourced from trap.nz".or"Data sourced from trap.nz".(if including the attribution on a web page, please link to https://trap.nz) Frequently Asked Questions Having problems after a trap.nz update trap.nz often has updates, however, despite vigorous testing, sometimes there can be issues that are found after a release that is unexpected. Here are the steps to take if you find that your trap.nz phone app is not showing as you expect it to. 1. Access the menu by the three lines at the top right of the screen. 2. Click on the Logs tab This will show any records that are still in your phone. (this step is to ensure that in case of records not synching you have access to them if needed), ensure you have done this for all of the projects you have completed work in during the last week. 3. Click on the Export logs tab at the top left side of the screen 4. Click on the export your collected data and email it to yourself, then click on the export debug log and email it to yourself. 5. A pop-up will appear showing the options, if mail is not one of them, check the “more” section. 6. Once you have exported the logs to yourself, go back into the menu and click on settings 7. Then click on advanced settings. 8. Then press and hold on the Hard reset. 9. You will receive this message, ensure you have completed all of the steps a-c then click Perform reset. The app will refresh and the projects should appear as you would expect. If you still have issues with the app after completing these steps contact support@trap.nz How can I tell the difference between the types of rats I catch? Three species of rats are present in New Zealand and all of them were introduced here. Ship and Norway rats The ship rat (Rattus rattus) is the most commonly found rat in New Zealand and is the smaller of the two European rat species. It has a tail that is longer than its body, and ears that cover the eyes when pressed forward. Ship rats are widespread around New Zealand on the three main islands and on many offshore islands. The Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is different from the ship rat in that the tail, which is about 18 cm long, is thick and shorter than the body, which is about 20 cm long, and its ear doesn't reach the eye when pressed forward. Norway rats are more typically associated with human activity and found in urban areas but they have also existed on more than 60 offshore islands. Kiore Kiore is the Māori name for the Pacific or Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans). An adult kiore is approximately 4 cm shorter than an adult ship rat, but looks very similar and the two species are often confused. The tail of a kiore is shorter than the body.  How can I tell the gender of the rat I just caught? How do I tell if I caught a mouse or a juvenile rat? A young rat will have a much larger head in proportion to the rest of its body. Baby rats are born with short tails and these tails remain smaller than the overall length of their bodies; baby mice are born with long tails and they keep these long tails throughout their lives. Mice tails are at least as long as their bodies, if not often double the length. It is important to note that rat tails are also much thicker than mice tails, though this may not be evident when a baby rat is firstborn. However, as these rodents age, you will soon be able to tell the difference between them based on their tails alone.Why can't new members see installations? When a new member is added to a project without any permissions, they have limited access. As a basic trapper they can: Add new installations Be assigned to existing installations Add and update the records for only those installations A Project Administrator can update the new member's role to Advanced trapper to allow view only access to all installations via the website, or Manager complete access via the web and the app. If security and privacy is a concern, it is better to specifically assign installations to the trapper. Read more about what the different roles mean and how to change members roles. Can I record ad-hoc kills on Trap.NZ? In the event that a pest is killed by something other than a trap (e.g. roadkill, killed by cat/dog/firearm etc.), it can be useful to record this data as part of your project. Currently, there's no direct way of recording these in Trap.NZ, but clever folks have found a way around it. To record ad-hoc kills on Trap.NZ Create a trap in your project (anywhere in your project is fine) Call it something like "cat" or "dog" or "firearm" or "ad-hoc" etc. Give it trap type "Unspecified" Record "catches" on that trap If you want to record multiple kills on this trap, you can do this on the website by changing the "Strike" count field.The Proximity alert isn’t loud enough, how can I get it louder? If you are finding the proximity function alerts are not loud enough try these steps 1. Select Settings 2. Select sounds and vibrations 3. Select Volume 4. Here you can set the volume of your various apps, ensure “media” is set high If this doesn’t work you can also try the following 5. Select Advanced sound settings 6. Separate App sound 7. Select the App (trap.nz) 8. Now select the device you are wanting the alerts to play on. For example, the alert could play through the Bluetooth in your vehicle How do I use the map tools? Moving around the map You can pan around the map by clicking and dragging anywhere on the map. Use the zoom buttons (+ and -) in the top left corner to zoom in and out of the map. Understanding the toolbar There is a toolbar at the bottom of the map. You can see the name of each tool by hovering the mouse over the icon. The first map tool section will vary depending on what part of the website you are looking at. Draw a point Visible for Traps, Bait Stations, Monitoring Stations, and Points of Interest Draw a line Visible for Lines and Points of Interest Draw a polygon Visible for Projects and Points of Interest. See "Drawing a polygon" below. Edit features Use to edit something already drawn on the map Delete features Use to delete everything already drawn on the map Drawing a polygon To start drawing a shape on the map, click on the polygon tool to activate it (you will see the blue around the icon get slightly darker). With the polygon tool active, click on the corners of the area that you want to manage.  This will define the boundaries of your trapping project. On the last corner, double-click to finish the drawing. The outline of the shape will complete and change to green. Editing the polygon shape If you didn't get the shape quite right you can change it: Click on the "Edit features" tool Now click inside the shape you drew and the outline will turn blue Hover the mouse over the edge of your shape and a small black circle will appear By clicking and dragging on the black circle you can adjust the boundary of the project When you are done adjusting, click the "Edit features" tool again and the outline will return to green Starting over If your drawing has gone wrong and you'd like to start over, you can do this at any time by clicking the "Delete features" tool.Why don't the project stats on the main project map update immediately? The project stats on the main project are are updated daily, not in realtime. If you have just added some data into your project, it won't show up in this stats box until the next day. If you want to check whether your records have saved, they will be saved in other areas of your project (e.g. to check if a trap record has saved, you can click on that trap, and a list of saved records will be visible at the bottom of the page). The reason they are not updated in realtime is to improve site performance. As Trap.NZ has grown over the years, the site has become slower, and we found that updating this project stats box daily instead of in realtime improved site performance hugely. Is my project data shared? None of your project data is shared without your permission (please see our privacy policy). However we very much hope that you will give us permission to share summarised data from your project. Sharing summarised data from your project helps the national dataset grow and allows New Zealand to make more informed decisions about how we manage pests. Each project has two privacy settings which are accessible by going to the My Projects page, selecting your project and then clicking "Edit": List this project publicly Ticking this lists your project in the Trap.NZ directory.  This allows others to find and request to join your project. The name, organisation, contact details, description, links, and location fields will be visible to the public. Personal details will remain private. Share summary data Ticking this allows us to share summarised data from your project (e.g. the number of traps, catch counts, baits used, the approximate area managed etc). Information is aggregated at a 200m x 200m grid level.  This makes it difficult for anyone to determine the exact of traps and stations. Detailed trap or station information such as names, notes, photos and "recorded by" fields are not shared. Likewise, profile information such as member names and addresses are not shared. These are private to your project. How can I find what app version I have installed? When you're logged in to the app It is much easier to find the app version if you can log in to the Trap.NZ app. If you are unable to log in to the app, then check out the next section to find the app version number another way. Select a project - the project map will load Tap the hamburger menu in the top right corner Click "About" The version number is listed under the "App" heading Finding the app version on Android It is much easier to find the app version if you can log in to the Trap.NZ app. If you are unable to log in to the app on your Android device, then you can find it by: Find the Trap.NZ app icon, either on your home screen or in your app drawer Long press on the Trap.NZ icon until a pop-up menu shows Click on "App info" Scroll down and click "App details" The Google Play store will open on the Trap.NZ app page Click on "What's new" Scroll down to view the "App info" section The version number is shown next to "Version" Finding the app version on iOS (Apple) What coordinate system does Trap.NZ use? Trap.NZ uses WGS84 (EPSG 4326) projection Helpful links https://epsg.io/4326 https://www.geodesy.linz.govt.nz/concord/index.cgi?popular=1 Convert CRS in QGIS How to bulk load tracks and traps from DNR Garmin? Rodney Bethel, a Senior GIS Analyst at Palmerston North City Council, has kindly provided us with a document describing how to bulk load tracks and traps into Trap.NZ. > Loading Tracks and Bulk Loading Traps into Trap.NZ from the PC Table of Contents Download DNR Garmin DNR Garmin Setup Preparing the Shapefile for conversion Converting Shapefile Tracks (Lines) into GPX Importing GPX Track file into Trap.NZ Preparation for “Bulk Loading” Predator Traps into Trap.NZ: Trap Preparation Create the CSV from DNR Garmin Conversion The Trap NZ CSV Template Importing CSV Trap file into TRAP NZ How can I enter GPS coordinates for installation locations? If you have GPS coordinates, you can enter them into the Manual Coordinates box when adding an installation. Then click the “Find using manual coordinates field” button to place the location on the map before saving the installation. Note that the coordinates must be in decimal Lat, Long:e.g. ​-41.545769706106, 172.15099409223 Or in NZTM format (New Zealand Transverse Mercator):e.g. 1763693.1614139 5459118.2077669 If the coordinates are in another format or projection you will need to convert them first. How to convert coordinates LINZ have a handy converter here:https://www.geodesy.linz.govt.nz/concord/index.cgi 7 For example - If your coordinates are in Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM) e.g:172 03.4 E 41 20.8 S Then you will need to convert them to Decimal Degrees (DD) first:https://www.geodesy.linz.govt.nz/concord/index.cgi?IS=WGS84_G1762&IH=-&PN=N&IC=M&IO=EN&ID=S&OS=WGS84_G1762&OH=-&OC=D&OO=NE&OD=H&YEAR=now&OP=4&CI=Y&do_entry=Enter+coordinates&ADVANCED=1Pre- Authenticated Member What is a pre-authenticated member? This is a person who has created a trap.NZ account but has not verified their account. To verify their account they will have to access the email address they provided when creating their account and find the email from trap.NZ, here you will find a  link you will need to verify your account. If you can’t find your trap.NZ verification email. They are often in your spam folder. The administration of a project will be unable to assign any installation to pre-authenticated member.I'm stuck, how do I get support? If you do get stuck or have a curly one, send us a message via the contact form. Please include as much information as possible, including: Screenshots showing the issue you're experiencing Any relevant file attachments (e.g. CSV files) If using the app: What device you are using (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S10, iPhone 7) What OS you have running on the device (e.g. Android 12, iOS 15.3.1) The Trap.NZ app version number If using the website: What OS you are running (e.g. Windows 11, macOS 10.15) What browser you are using (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Safari) How to find the app version number When you're logged in to the app: Select a project - the project map will load Tap the hamburger menu in the top right corner Click "About" The version number is listed under the "App" heading How to find your app device information Android Settings > About phone Apple / iOS Settings > General > About Why can’t I import data? it says I’m not using the correct file encoding. If your CSV file is not being accepted and it says “Source file is not in UTF-8 encoding”, you may need to download it using another file code. In the case below ANSI needed to be substituted with Windows 1254 Starting out with trap.nz a) Create a trap.nz account https://trap.nz/user/register (it's a good idea to note down your username and password on your phone or somewhere handy) For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wslsQpLdKgM b) Join an existing project Hopefully, there is an existing project close to the area you are interested in trapping. In this case, we recommend that you contact the project administrator(s) to see if you can get involved. Go to the "Find projects" page, accessible from the "Find projects" link on the menu bar at the top of the site. For video help, click the youtube link here https://youtu.be/CxH3axNkr78 c) Create a new project If you'd like, you can create a new Trap.NZ project. Go to "My Projects" and click the "Create a new project" button near the bottom of the page. For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNCAAqJlfU d) trap.nz Mobile phone app Login to the app, select the project from the list then add your installations For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNuHsNTCHEQ&list=PLhb73jmTWJsnCLTq4CJXpkUmwHXpxBDAH&index=4 e) add catches using the trap.nz Mobile phone app Add your catches to your project For video help click the you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWlvEaAIyVE&list=PLhb73jmTWJsnCLTq4CJXpkUmwHXpxBDAH&index=6 If you would like more comprehensive help https://help.trap.nz/ Remote monitoring Information on integrating radio sensors with Trap.NZ Remote monitoring overview Trap.NZ supports the remote monitoring of devices (traps, bait stations etc) equipped with sensors. The sensors are typically small, battery-powered devices that detect the state of a trap (open/sprung) or the bait levels in a bait station.   They transmit this information, normally over a LoRAWan (low-power, wide-area network) radio network, to a gateway or hub, which will then forward the information to Trap.NZ via the Internet. Sensors are becoming increasingly inexpensive and batteries can last for 2 to 5 years. The distance a sensor can transmit is very dependent on the terrain.   15km or more is possible over LoRaWan, but 5km to 10km is typical. The advantages of having sensor-equipped traps or bait stations are many: The work effort in servicing installations can be significantly reduced, especially with live capture traps - you only need to service traps that have caught something. They can provide critical early detection and incursion information for predator-free areas. They are useful for managing contractors and staff. Project administrators can see which traps and stations have been serviced, and when. Sensors are very effective for engaging landowners and volunteers - people are much more motivated to service traps if they know there has been some activity. For gas and self-resetting traps, it can provide immediate information on activity and can be used to make decisions on placement. Remote monitoring products and systems If you are interested in setting up remote monitoring, you have a few options.  For those with a technical bent and interested in building your own sensors or networks we have information on building and integrating LoRaWan sensors with Trap.NZ and configuration examples for gateway devices. There is also a range of off-the-shelf products available from various suppliers: WheroNet IoT https://wheronet-iot.co.nz/ WheroNet sells sensors (that can be retrofitted to most standard traps), and pre-configured, solar-powered gateways.   These are open LoRaWan devices (no subscription costs). Predator Free Franklin https://predatorfreefranklin.nz/shop-pff/PF Franklin created the “Tāwhiti Smart Cage” which has a Zip autolure and LoRaWan sensor pre-installed.  To use this you will need to have a gateway within range - they may be able to help you with that if you are in the Franklin area. Econode https://www.econode.nz/ Econode provides the pre-built SmartTrap and sensors that can be fitted to a range of traps.   Their product is widely used on a range of predator control projects around New Zealand. Encounter Solutions https://encounter.nz/ Encounter Solutions provides the Celium platform which is a solution of sensor-equipped traps and network hubs.   Their product is widely used on a range of predator control projects around New Zealand. eTrapper https://www.etrapper.co.nz/ eTrapper provides trap sensors, and also a bait station sensor device that measures the level of bait in Philproof bait stations.  This information is transmitted to Trap.NZ and allows you to view the bait levels of your stations on the website and app. Integrating LoRaWAN sensors with Trap.NZ This is a blueprint for projects to use to affordably configure sensors to submit data to Trap.NZ using LoRaWAN, a low power long range wide area network protocol. We provide three components. A gateway configuration document explains how to take an off-the-shelf gateway device and set it up to provide LoRaWAN network coverage to nearby sensor devices. A demonstration sensor device provides a proof of concept end device, which senses and reports the status of a trap. A reference application server receives messages from a sensor via a LoRaWAN network server and relays those messages on to Trap.NZ. Gateway Configuration Our gateway configuration targets the off-the-shelf Mikrotik wAP LR9 kit. It describes how to configure the device to act as a LoRaWAN gateway for The Things Network. Demonstration Sensor Device Our demonstration sensor device is based on the common TTGO T-Beam hardware from LILYGO. It is assembled with a 0.96 inch OLED display, an 18650 Li-ion battery, and a switch between two pins to sense trap status. Pictured is an assembled demo device. The OLED display is visible on the left of the board. The LoRa antenna attaches to the top. The battery is attached underneath the board (not visible). The blue wire at the bottom of the board represents the switch to sense trap status. The software and documentation for this device can be found at https://github.com/Groundtruth/sensor-trap-demo-device. Once assembled and programmed, the device will connect to a LoRaWAN network and transmit status information both periodically and on status-change events. It implements some basic power-saving measures and reports its battery status. When a debug button is pressed, the OLED displays some diagnostic information about the state of the device. The software can be configured for varying LoRaWAN connection parameters, and various sensor message timings. Particular attention has been paid to the logic around sending heartbeat messages and safely recording the trap’s status. For the case of live traps, it is vital that a sensor never report “set” (open) when it is actually “sprung” (closed). This hardware is easy to procure and assemble, and the software demonstrates the required functions for a sensor trap. However, the work here was limited in scope and it should be noted that it should not be deployed without further thought. Future work to produce a deployable sensor would involve optimising for lower cost, longer battery life, and performing testing to establish reliability in the field. The current state of this work should provide a starting point for this future work. Reference Application Server The reference application server receives messages from sensor devices, forwarded by a LoRaWAN network server such as The Things Network. It uses client code generated from the Trap.NZ OpenAPI spec to create sensor records on Trap.NZ corresponding to incoming sensor messages. The software and documentation for the reference application server can be found at https://github.com/Groundtruth/sensor-trap-reference-application. The reference application server is written in Typescript with minimal dependencies. It opens an HTTP server to receive messages from a The Things Network webhook. The device of an incoming message is uniquely identified by its LoRaWAN DevEUI (device extended unique identifier), which is used to look up corresponding device parameters such as its Trap.NZ sensor ID and expected timeout. An appropriate sensor message is constructed and sent to the Trap.NZ API. The software produces log messages which can be used to monitor and alert for error conditions. The software can be configured with authorization details for a Trap.NZ sensor provider account. Device configuration is read dynamically from a JSON file, so device information can be updated without restarting the software. Other functions of the software (e.g. webhook listener, device information lookup, sensor message format) are written so as to be easily customised by a sensor provider. The software is published so that a sensor provider (a person or organisation producing and supporting sensor devices) could adapt and run it for their own devices, or look to it for inspiration on how to implement their own application server. LoRa Gateway configuration Overview This document describes how to take an off-the-shelf gateway device and set it up to provide LoRaWAN network coverage to nearby sensor devices.   The device used in this example is a Mikrotik wAP LR9 kit which operates in the 902-928 MHz frequency range The instructions would also apply to the wAP LR8 kit (863-870 MHz) and other Mikrotik IoT gateway devices. The LR9 is weatherproof and can be purchased from many NZ suppliers such as PB Tech, Go Wireless, Ascent, etc.  We recommend attaching an external antenna (such as the MikroTik LoRa Antenna kit) for better coverage and range. As with most Mikrotik products it allows for flexible configurations - it includes a 2.4Ghz Wifi radio and can operate as either an access point, or a client to connect to a nearby WiFi access points wirelessly.   In this example the device is set up as an access point (i.e. a hotspot) connected to the internet via ethernet (e.g. a residential installation with a lan cable connected to a router). This setup uses the gateway’s built in web interface.  Power users will want to use Mikrotik’s free Winbox configuration tool - an example config file is provided. Gateway setup Connect the gateway device via ethernet to your network and power it up.  You will be able to connect to it wirelessly  - it will have a hotspot name such as Mikrotik-E6B3F9 Open your broswer and connect to the address http://192.168.88.1/  and close the initial welcome screen Change the Quick Set drop down to PTP Bridge AP default configuration as follows: The Network Name will become the visible hotspot name Set the Country to New Zealand Set Security to WPA2 Set a good Wifi Password Make sure Address Aquisition is set to Automatic and take a note of the IP Address provided Turn Firewall Router off (unchecked).  This will allow you to connect to the gateway over the LAN as well as via WiFi. Set an admin password (at the bottom of the screen) and apply the configuration.The gateway will reboot.  You will be able to connect to it wirelessly as before (with the new hotspot name), or you can connect to it over the LAN using the IP Address listed. On the Quick Set page, use ‘Check for updates’ to install the latest firmware (reconnect after it has rebooted.) Click the WebFig tab to open the LoRa > Servers tab.  If it is not already listed, add the following:(you can delete the other entries) Under the Devices tab, configure the LoRa router: Network service setup The gateway can now be added to the Things Network.  Create an account on the website first and then Register a gateway. After a few minutes you should see the gateway connected.   Set the location settings so that the gateway will be visible to other users. Data deletion - trap.nz There are many reasons you may want to delete your trap.nz account. Whatever they are, you can not delete your own account, this process needs to be undertaken by trap.nz support. The first question you need to ask yourself is do I need to delete my account or can I just edit my details, if this is the case, the help document “Editing account details” will help. Before deleting your account please refer to the following You can not delete your trap.nz account if you are the only administrator of a project. You will need to nominate another project member for this role. If you are also wanting to delete projects, you will need to delete any records before being able to delete the project. (this should not be undertaken if there is still a working membership and admin) If the project is being retained, any records attached to your account will be retained by trap.nz for your project records. As an administrator you will be able to delete all records in your project, not just your own. (You should not do this if the project is continuing) If you would like to backup your records you can do this by using the csv export If you are wanting to delete any projects and records of a project, please do this before contacting support to delete your trap.nz account. After your account is deleted all your personal details will be removed from trap.nz and no longer be available If your chosen option is you still need your trap.nz account deleted, contact our support staff and request this option. Please be aware we may contact you to ask further questions to ensure we are deleting the correct account. support@trap.nz Privacy policy