Webinar - Land Management at Your Fingertips: Land App Mobile

New Data Layers: We're constantly adding new data layers. Recent additions include an updated Registers of Scotland layer (nearing 50% coverage), Local Authority Districts in the administrative category, and solar panels and solar farms in the utilities layer. You can also visit our new page at landapp.com/data-layers to see what data we host before logging in.

Drag to Select: One of our most requested features has been released, allowing you to select multiple features by dragging your cursor. This is great for medium to large estates and works for multi-selecting and styling.

New Tools: We've added more tools to the toolbox, including a vegetation data download that creates polygons for trees and hedges over 2 meters in height. We've also released a small gap and overlap finder to help with data hygiene.

Professional Tier Updates: For professional subscribers, the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier 2025 is now available in the portfolio view.

Map Deletion: You can now officially delete maps and plans that you no longer need.

Take Your Plans Anywhere: You can now take your maps, including your Basic Payment Schemes, agroforestry designs, and UK HAB maps, out into the field to edit, update, and maintain your data.

Offline Mode: All your maps can be downloaded offline, so you don't need a mobile signal to edit. The app uses GPS signal for location, which is different from mobile signal, so you can work even in remote areas.

Collaboration: The new app features a sophisticated collaboration function that allows multiple people to edit the same map at the same time, even offline. When you come back online, the app will resolve any conflicts seamlessly.

General Data Collection: A broad template for mapping farm infrastructure, conservation areas, etc.

Healthy Hedgerow Survey: In partnership with the People's Trust for Endangered Species.

Soil Survey: Built in partnership with the Farm Carbon Toolkit for collecting soil samples.

Reference Layers: You can copy vector shapes, like a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) boundary, from a data layer on the desktop and add it to your plan. You can then download this plan to your mobile and see the boundary in the field, with all its associated data.

MasterMap Data: You can also purchase detailed OS MasterMap data on the desktop and then download it to your mobile. This allows you to work with highly accurate data in the field, checking things like building boundaries or square footage.

Editing Features: You can click on a field to edit its attributes, for example, changing its type from permanent grass to temporary grass. The change will sync to the desktop in real time.

Splitting Polygons: You can use the split icon to divide a field into two separate polygons. This is useful if part of a field is being used for a different purpose, like a cover crop.

Drawing New Features: You can also draw new features, like a hedgerow or a fence, by dropping points as you walk along its path. You can then assign a feature type and see the new line sync to the desktop.

Deleting Features: You can also delete features from the map.

Taking Photos: You can take a photo in the app, and it will be placed on the map at the exact location where it was taken.

Uploading Photos: You can also upload geotagged photos from your phone's library.

Hiding Photos: If you have many photos on your map, you can click the photo icon at the top of the screen to hide them, which can speed up performance.

Subscription Tiers: We have three tiers: Free, Standard (£15/user/month), and Professional. All the features I've shown today are in the Standard tier.

Parcel Numbers: Currently, you cannot search for an individual parcel by its sheet or parcel number in the app, but we will pass this feedback on to the product team.

Multiple Layers: You cannot view multiple plans at the same time on the mobile app yet, but we are exploring making data layers viewable as reference layers in the future.

Google Maps on Desktop: We use Google Maps for the mobile app to allow for international use. However, the desktop version is built on a different coordinate system (British National Grid) to align with Ordnance Survey, so Google Maps is not currently available on the desktop.

Drawing: You cannot free-draw with your finger on the mobile app. You draw by dropping points. On the desktop, however, you can hold the Shift key to free-draw with your mouse.

Overlapping Polygons: The mobile app does not automatically prevent overlaps, but on the desktop, you can use the Small Gap and Overlap Cleaner tool to identify and fix these issues.

Photo Previews: If photos are slowing down your map, you can turn off the previews by clicking the photo icon at the top of the screen.

Data Layers: We are working on making our data layer library available on mobile, but at the moment, you need to copy them to a plan to view them in the field.

BNG/UK HAB Surveys: We have a suite of BNG tools on the desktop, but guided survey forms are not yet available on mobile. We will pass this feedback on to the development team.