Home Screen & Settings

Home Screen Overview

After signing in you land on the SpringEval Home Screen. It has a top bar (AppBar) and two tabs: List and Map.

App Bar

Element	Function
🌿 SpringEvalApp	App title
ℹ️	Opens the About page (app version, contact)
⋮	Menu: Settings · Import xlsx · Trash · Batch Export
＋ (FAB)	Create a new spring

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List Tab

The list view shows all recorded springs. The search bar lets you filter by name or locality.

Display label: name or spring ID

In Settings you choose whether each card shows the spring name or the spring ID as its main label. If «ID» is selected but no ID has been entered, the card shows (no ID).

Grouping by survey date

The list can be switched from Flat to Grouped by date (Settings). In grouped mode springs are organised under their survey date. Each group is collapsible; the expanded/collapsed state is preserved when navigating back.

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The 4 Status Dots

Each spring card displays four coloured dots (top right) showing at a glance how far along the entry is:

#	Area	🟢 Green when …	🔴 Red when …
1	Location	Spring name, canton, date, and evaluator are all filled	Any of the four required fields is missing
2	Structure	At least one structure field has been filled	No structure data at all
3	Fauna	Determiner set or ≥1 taxon recorded or alpine spring checked	No fauna data at all
4	Field Notes	Any content present (text, photo, taxon entry, or document)	No field notes content whatsoever

> Note: The Structure dot on the card (dot 2) turns green as soon as any structure field is touched («started»). The green dot on the Structure navigation tab requires all four header fields to be complete («finished»).

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ÖWS Badges

At the bottom of each spring card are two colour-coded badges showing the ÖWS classification:

Badge	Content
Left	ÖWS Structure
Right	ÖWS Fauna

Colours follow the official Swiss ÖWS legend:

Level	Structure	Fauna	Colour
1	near-natural	source-typical	🟦 Blue
2	conditionally near-natural	conditionally typical	🟩 Green
3	moderately impaired	source-tolerant	🟨 Yellow
4	damaged	source-alien	🟧 Orange
5	severely damaged	very source-alien	🟥 Red

If no evaluation exists or required fields are not yet filled, the badge shows as grey. Text colour (black or white) is chosen automatically based on background brightness.

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Map Tab

The Map tab shows all springs that have LV95 coordinates as coloured teardrop-pin markers on the SwissTopo map (WMTS tiles). Springs without coordinates are silently omitted.

Camera initialisation:

No springs with coordinates → Switzerland overview (zoom 8)
Exactly 1 spring → zoom 13, centred on the spring
≥ 2 springs → automatic fit to all springs

Marker colour: matches the ÖWS classification of the evaluation selected in Settings (Structure or Fauna). Grey = no evaluation available.

Tap a marker to navigate to the spring detail view.

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Spring Detail View — Navigation Bar

When you open a spring, a navigation bar with six tabs appears at the bottom of the screen:

Tab	Icon	Purpose
Location	📍	Site data and general information
Structure	🌲	Structure evaluation form
Fauna	🦋	Fauna evaluation form
Field Notes	📝	Free-text notes, photos, and taxon observations
ÖWS	🌿	Calculated ÖWS values (read-only)
Export	⬇️	Export options (xlsx, field notes, photos)

Green dot on the navigation tab

A green dot badge appears on the first four tabs once the corresponding section is considered complete:

Tab	Green dot when …
Location	Spring name, canton, date, and evaluator all filled
Structure	Connectivity, outlet type, slope position, and flow direction all filled
Fauna	Determiner set and ≥1 observed taxon recorded
Field Notes	Any content present (text, photo, taxon entry, or document)

The back arrow (←) in the AppBar always returns to the Home Screen. All changes are saved automatically — there is no separate Save button.

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About Page

The About page is opened via the ℹ️ icon in the Home Screen AppBar.

Contents:

App version and build number (e.g. 1.6.0+3)
Developer: MPediTech — Michel Pedimina
Contact: [email protected]
Website: [mpeditech.com](https://mpeditech.com)

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Settings

Settings are opened via ⋮ Menu → Settings.

Setting	Options	Default	Effect
Language	Deutsch / Français	Deutsch	App language and Excel export language
Theme	Light / Dark / System	System	App colour scheme
Map marker colour	Structure / Fauna	Structure	Which ÖWS classification colours spring markers on the map
List label	Name / ID	Name	Primary label on spring cards
List view	Flat / By date	Flat	Flat: sorted by last edit; Grouped: by survey date

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xlsx Import

Via ⋮ Menu → Import xlsx you can import existing evaluation xlsx files directly into the app — both app-exported files and original Swiss evaluation forms.

Conflict resolution modes:

Mode	Behaviour
No overwrite (default)	Existing data is kept; only new springs are created
Merge	Imported fields overwrite existing values; empty fields in the imported file are skipped
Import as new spring	Always creates a new spring entry, regardless of existing data

Workflow:

⋮ Menu → «Import xlsx»
Select the xlsx file from device storage
Review the preview of recognised data
Choose a conflict resolution mode
Confirm «Import»

> Note: Photos, field notes, and taxon observations from the Field Notes tab are not stored in xlsx files and are never imported.

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Batch Export

Via ⋮ Menu → Batch Export you can export multiple springs at once as a ZIP archive.

Options: a single date group or all springs.

The ZIP archive contains:

One subfolder per spring with Structure xlsx, Fauna xlsx, Field Notes Markdown, photos, and documents
A spring-list.xlsx at the ZIP root: summary table with spring ID, name, locality, LV95 coordinates E/N, altitude, survey date, ÖWS Structure, ÖWS Fauna, and evaluator

Progress is shown in a modal dialog (N of M springs processed).

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