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Matidor 101: Using Map Drawings in Matidor | Visualize Project Areas and Field Work

See how to use map drawings in Matidor to highlight project areas, routes, and points of interest directly on your project map. This quick tutorial walks through drawing tools, styling options, and export features so your team can visualize work with clarity.

In this video, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Use the map drawing tools to add polygons, lines, and points to your project map
✅ Style drawings with labels and tags so important areas stand out
✅ Draw locations while creating Work Items for precise site context
✅ Export drawings as KMZ files and view subproject drawings from parent projects

Using map drawings in Matidor brings your project data to life, helping field teams and project managers see exactly where work is happening and collaborate with confidence. Visual context on the map keeps everyone aligned and reduces confusion in the field.

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Transcript

What This Video Covers

This tutorial demonstrates how to use map drawings in Matidor to define and visualize project areas, boundaries, access routes, and points of interest directly on the project map. Map drawings transform abstract coordinates and project descriptions into spatial context that field teams can act on — clearly showing where work is authorized, where hazards exist, and how different site areas relate to each other.

Who This Is For

This video is for GIS analysts and spatial data managers configuring project maps, field supervisors who need to communicate site boundaries and access routes to crews, project managers who want to document as-built areas or inspection zones, and environmental consultants who need to delineate assessment areas and sample locations on a project map.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

The tutorial opens the drawing toolbar on a project map and shows how to use the three main drawing types: polygon for area boundaries, line for routes and linear features, and point for specific site locations or access gates. Each drawing type can be labeled with a custom name, tagged for easy filtering, and styled with distinct colors and line weights to distinguish different categories of spatial information.

A particularly useful workflow shown is drawing a location directly while creating a Work Item. By linking a geo Work Item to a map drawing, you associate the task with the precise location where the work needs to happen — field crews can see both the instruction and the spatial context simultaneously in the mobile app. The tutorial also covers exporting drawings as KMZ files for use in external GIS tools, and how sub-project drawings roll up and appear when viewing a parent project map.

Key Takeaways

Map drawings in Matidor connect your project data to precise spatial context. Whether you are delineating a site boundary, marking a sampling route, or drawing an exclusion zone, the drawing tools keep location information directly inside Matidor. Field teams see the drawings on their mobile app so spatial instructions are always current and in the right place.