1.1.4 Forest Properties & Sharing

Forest Metadata and Sharing allow the user to view and modify key information (owner, date of creation, etc.) and share the forests with other users.

1. Steps to Share forests with other users

2. Metadata: Forest properties

1. Steps to Share forests with other users

To share a forest, select the "Share Forest" option in the panel on the left-hand side.

Note that you can only see this option if you are the owner of this forest (who created the forest) or you have admin rights.

The sharing window shows a list of users with different access rights. Select the access right for each user and click "Update"

There are 4 types of access

1 None: the user does not have access to the forest

2 Read: The user can view and update the activity parameters (e.g. status) but can not edit maps or change data in the attribute table.

3 Access: Full access to the forest. The user can view, update and edit the forest.

4 Write Access: Full access to the forest. The user can view, update and edit the forest (Same as access)

2. Metadata: Forest properties

To view or edit the Forest properties, the user should open the forest that needs to be edited and find the section "Metadata" that appears on the left-side panel.

Note that you can only see this option if you created the forest, you have writing access to the forest, or you have admin rights. Read-only users cannot edit the forest properties.

This section allows the user to:

View key information (owner, date of creation, etc.)
Load a KML or SHP file with new boundaries
Delete a forest from the system

In the metadata section, key information is displayed, including:

Forest Name/ID
Forest familiar name (optional)
Description
Status
Creator
Users that have access to the forest (linked to forest sharing abilities)

Metadata Tool Bar

Activities. This shows a list of the activities belonging to the forest

2. Edit enables users to edit forest details. Forest properties can be edited such as owners, managers, status, and address.

3. Full map returns to the forest user view

4. Print Preview shows a preview of the forest and information that can be printed.

5. KML. Download a KML file to be used in other external software.

5. KML. Download a KML file with pre-defined style information. Note that the style information is fixed and cannot be changed.

7. Delete This option completely deletes the forest from the system. Be mindful when using this option.

If you are not fully sure that you may need this forest in the future, you can change the Sharing permission to hide the forest from other users.

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