Setup and return to scouting location points

Accurate and consistent field scouting in important to being able to manage your fields. FarmQA allows you to do this by setting locations when you or your scouts make scouting observations. These locations can also be easily navigated to from the scouting app as well. Check out the article below to learn more about how to setup and navigate to points set with your scouting locations. 

Enabling pins to be set at scouting locations

Creating points by filling out scouting reports

View scouting locations over time

Returning to scouting locations

Enabling points to be set at scouting locations

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the web app.
• Click on the Settings icon on the left-hand side, then click on the Organization tab.
• Scroll to the scouting section and toggle on the option for Automatically generate scouting locations from observations (pictured below).

Creating points by filling out scouting reports

• Log in to your FarmQA account from the mobile app. 
• Find the field you want to create scouting locations in from either the MAP or LIST tab. 
• Scout the field at your desired locations as you normally would. 
• Review your scouting location points before clicking Submit  (pictured below). 
• Note- a new option will now appear in Settings within the app called GeoMarkerPreferences. This is where you can adjust how many days of points to display (pictured below).
  
  

View scouting locations over time

Another method for viewing scouting locations is to adjust your geo marker preferences. This allows you to set the timeframe over which you want to view the locations scouting reports in the FarmQA mobile app. All you need to do to update this setting is go to Settings > Sync now. From here you can set the timeframe over which you want submitted reports to be viewed as locations. 

Returning to scouting locations

• Log in to your FarmQA mobile app if you haven't yet. 
• Select the field you want to scout from either the MAP or LIST view. 
• Slide up or click on the bar across the bottom of the screen (pictured below).
• Click the option to turn on Scouting locations.

• • NOTE: if you can't see any scouting locations within the field, there might not be any points set for the field yet. It could also be because your app hasn't been synced up. To sync your app, go to Settings > Sync now. 

Please contact FarmQA Support with any further questions