Field Notes

The Field Notes tab allows structured recording of accompanying information for each spring. It consists of three sub-tabs: General, Structure and Taxon.

General Tab

The General tab contains:

• Rich-text editor: Free text with formatting (bold, italic, lists, numbered lists)
• Photos: Any number of photos taken directly or imported from the gallery
• Documents: Any file attachments (PDF, Word, images, etc.)

The rich-text editor supports:

• Bold (B button or keyboard shortcut)
• Italic (I button)
• Bullet list
• Numbered list
• ~~Strikethrough~~

Structure Tab

The Structure tab is identical to the General tab, but without document attachments. It is for notes directly related to the structural evaluation, e.g. special features of the site or observations about impairments.

Taxon Tab

The Taxon tab records detailed observations on individual taxa. Each entry has:

• Taxon name: Autocomplete from the 359-taxon list (free entry also accepted)
• Count: Number of observed individuals
• Life stage: L (larva), A (adult) or undefined
• Notes: Rich-text note field (collapsible)
• Photos: Photos for this taxon

Tap "+ Add entry" to create a new taxon entry.

Class Badge

With count > 0, a colour-coded class badge (e.g. "Cl. 3") appears and the card background is tinted. This makes it easier to get a visual overview.

Adding Photos and Videos

Field Notes support both photos and short video clips in all three tabs.

• Tap "Add media" or the camera icon
• Choose one of four options: Take photo, Choose photo, Record video, or Choose video
• Photos are automatically compressed; videos are stored as recorded
• Media can be deleted by long-pressing

Video tiles show a play-button placeholder — double-tap a video to open it in the native player.

Media is stored at /photos// (notes_.jpg for photos, notes_.mp4 for videos).

Captions

Each photo or video can be given a caption. If Media save location is set to App & camera roll (see Settings), the caption is also written into the camera roll copy — as EXIF/IPTC metadata for JPEGs and as a QuickTime caption atom for MP4/MOV. iOS Photos and Google Photos display it as the item's caption.

Attaching Documents

In the General tab, any files can be attached:

• Tap "Attach document"
• Select the file in the file browser
• The document appears as a card with name and size

Documents are saved as the original file (no conversion).

Field Notes Export

The Field Notes export (in the Export tab) creates a ZIP archive containing:

• field_notes_.md – all field notes as a Markdown document (sections: General, Structure, Taxon observations)
• photos/ – all photos including from taxon entries
• docs/ – all document attachments