Fieldmark™ User Guide#
Fieldmark™ is an open-source tool for offline field data collection brought to you by the FAIMS Project.
Fieldmark™ is an open-source tool for creating custom mobile applications to collect research data, while offline. It was launched in 2023 by the FAIMS Project in partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (doi:10.47486/PL110), Macquarie University, CSIRO and other collaborators.
This User Guide is for users wanting to learn about the Web app, Android and iOS versions. Contact info@fieldnote.au to arrange a demonstration or enrol for to a trial account on our web app.
Introductory Content
Intermediate Content
- About Fieldmark Notebooks
- The Fieldmark Notebook Designer
- 1) Create New Draft Notebook
- 2) Enter Notebook Metadata
- 3) Create your first Form and Section
- 4) Add your first Field
- 5) Add your first Form Component
- 6) Organise your Fields and Components
- 7) Preview your Notebook
- 8) Configure Notebook Behaviour
- 9) Save your Notebook
- Backing up your Saved Notebook
- Continue Editing your Notebook
- Publishing your Notebook
Advanced Content
Technical Documentation
- How to submit a bug report
- UI Specification
- Setting up a server for field work
- Introduction
- Field Server Hardware Selection
- WiFi Router setup and machine host name.
- Operating System and Package Installations
- Installing FAIMS
- Configuring the machine
- Syncing data with a central server
- Syncing back to the main database
- Connecting the iOS/Android Apps to use this server
- Putting it all together.
- Backups in the field.
- Docker commands of note
- Design of FAIMS system (outline)
- Raspberry Pi Set up
- Issues as of 09-Feb-2023
- haproxy and cors.lua
- FAIMS3 Auto-generated Code Documentation
Frequently Asked Questions