Introduction

Global Mapper Mobile® is an app that allows you to take your Global Mapper® desktop
data into the field on an Android or iOS device to gather additional information. Data col-
lected or edited in the field in the Global Mapper Mobile app can then be exported for fur-
ther processing in Global Mapper desktop. Field data may consist of GPS track features,
photos taken with your mobile device, feature attribute values, and more. New features
created in Global Mapper Mobile may be added using feature templates defined in
Global Mapper desktop, making remote data collection easy.

Getting Started
The Open Street Map basemap layer is accessible directly from the Start menu in Global
Mapper Mobile. You may use this map immediately to explore the features of the app.
To load this map, tap Online Basemap from the main screen of Global Mapper Mobile. In
the Initial Layer Bounds dialog, select Full Source Bounds. The Open Street Map
basemap will be displayed.

Pan
Touch and drag the screen to pan over the map.

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Zoom
Use a pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Coordinate Display
Touch this button and select GPS and Crosshair to display your
location on the map. A dot indicates your location, and an arrow
indicates your heading. A larger, translucent circle may also be
visible, indicating the current GPS location accuracy. The Lat-
itude and Longitude are displayed on the bottom of the screen.
when enabled, a crosshair symbol will be placed at the screen
center. The Latitude and Longitude of the crosshair center are
displayed on the bottom of the screen.

Control Center
Touch this button to display the Control Center dialog. Like in
Global Mapper desktop, the Control Center shows the various map layers in the open
project. From the Control Center you may hide layers, change the ordering of the lay-
ers, edit the layer name, and display the layer metadata.

Rotate Map
Touch this button to change the map rotation to one of 3
options: North Up (default), Fixed Rotation (between 0 and
30 degrees clockwise), or GPS Heading Up (Map rotation will
continuously change to keep map pointed toward true north).

Main Menu
Touch this button on the upper left corner of the app screen to
view the main menu. Tap Open Map File to view a list all the
map projects in your package directory, and then tap a file to
load. After making edits to a map, tap Save Map to File to
save the map. See the File Sharing topic below for

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instructions on how to import and export package files. Tap App Configuration to
change settings for Global Mapper Mobile, more information on the settings is available
in the online help.

Digitizer
In the bottom left corner of the screen you will see the icon for the Digitizer tool. Along
this bottom bar you will see icons to create features and edit existing features.

Feature Properties
Touch this button to enable/disable the Feature Edit tool. The button will be tinted
orange when enabled. Tap a feature, any country in the Getting Started project, to
select. As with Global Mapper Desktop, the feature will be highlighted. Tap a feature to
select. Tap the feature again to display and edit the feature properties.

Create Point Features

Touch this button to enable the Create Points Digitizer tool. Four
creation modes are available:

Manual Tap – Tap the map location where you would like
to place a point feature. The Feature Properties dialog will
be displayed allowing you to specify the feature type,
name, layer, etc.
GPS Tap – Tap the screen anywhere and a point feature
will be created at your current GPS location.
GPS Auto Distance – In this mode, a feature point will be
created each time your location changes by a specified dis-
tance, configured in the application settings. Touch the
Points button again to disable.
GPS Auto Time – In this mode, a feature point will be created at a specified
time interval, configured in the application settings. Touch the Points button
again to disable.
Pictures – Choose an image from the device and a picture point feature will
be added at the location determined from the EXIF information in the image.
Create Quick Picture Points with any tool selected in Global Mapper Mobile by
long tapping anywhere int the map view. This will launch the camera on your

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 device where you will be able to capture an image. A picture point will then be
created at the location determined from the EXIF information in the image.
Strike and Dip – Pro Module License Required – Create a Strike and Dip
feature at the GPS location using the magnetic and accelerometer/gravity
sensors in the device. To create a strike and dip feature lay the device on the
sloped surface, and tap to create the point. The dip, dip azimuth, and strike
azimuth will be saved as attributes.

Create Lines
Touch this button to enable the Create Lines Digitizer tool. Line features can be created
using one of five create modes: Manual Tap, GPS Tap, Trace, GPS Auto Distance
and GPS Auto Time. Instead of creating individual point features, you will be creating
vertices in a single line feature. When creating lines, two buttons will appear on the
lower left of your screen. The confirm button is used to complete the line feature.
Double tapping the screen or touching the lines button again will also complete the fea-
ture. The undo button removes the last vertex from the pending feature.

Create Areas
Touch this button to enable the Create Areas Digitizer tool. It works the same way as
the create line tool described above using the confirm button to complete the feature
and the undo button to remove the last added vertex. Create Areas support options
for Manual Tap, GPS Tap, GPS Auto Distance and GPS Auto Time.

Toolbox
Tapping on the selected tool will open the Toolbox where you can then select a different
tool to use in the Global Mapper Mobile app.

Digitizer
Create new features and edit existing features on the loaded map.

Measure
Measure distance using a crosshair icon on the screen to determine start and
end measurement points.

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 Raster Info
Select a pixel in a raster layer to view additional pixel information such as
elevation or RGBA values.

Volume - Pro Module License Required

With an elevation grid layer open, select and use a vector area feature to cal-
culate cut and fill volumes. Choose from one of three different methods for cal-
culating the base elevation(s) of your area feature.

Viewshed - Pro Module License Required

Based on a loaded elevation layer, Viewsheds can be created from a selected
existing point feature or based on your current location.

Contours - Pro Module License Required

Using a loaded elevation layer, equally spaced contour lines can be gen-
erated.

Search Features
Search for loaded vector features based on name, description, or attribute val-
ues.

Search Address - Pro Module License Required

Search for an address, city, county, or state anywhere in the world.

GPS Average - Pro Module License Required

Average readings of the GPS location to increase accuracy.

File Sharing
Map data for use in Global Mapper Mobile should be in the Global Mapper Mobile Pack-
age (*.gmmp) format. These files can be created in the Global Mapper desktop applic-
ation using the Mobile Data Management tool or the File > Export > Export Global
Mapper Mobile File… option. There are several ways to transfer files to and from your
Android device.
Files can be shared between a computer and Android device using Global Mapper
desktop's Mobile Data Management tool, email, shared drives, or a USB sync cable to
connect the device. To email a map or upload it to a file location from Global Mapper

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Export Map File from the Main Menu, or use the vertical dots next to the map name
listed on the Open Map File list.

Mobile Data Management

Use the Mobile Data Management tool in Global Mapper desktop to wirelessly transfer a
Global Mapper Mobile Package File (*gmmp) to a mobile device. For wireless data trans-
fer through this tool the computer running Global Mapper desktop and the Android
device with Global Mapper Mobile must be connected to the same wireless network.
Additionally the Global Mapper Mobile App Configuration option Enable Device Dis-
covery must be active. The Mobile Data Management tool is accessed from the Tools
Menu in Global Mapper desktop.

Email
Transfer package files as email attachments. Most Android email clients, such as Gmail,
will allow you to automatically launch Global Mapper Mobile and load the package by tap-
ping on the attachment. You may also save the attachment to a directory on your
device. Likewise, you may send modified Global Mapper Mobile Package File (*gmmp)
as email attachments directly from Global Mapper Mobile.

Shared Drive App

Download files from Google Drive, Dropbox, or other cloud services. Once uploaded to
the shared drive location, tap on the Global Mapper Mobile Package File (*gmmp) to
launch the Global Mapper Mobile app and open the map package.

USB Sync Cable Transfer

Connect your Android device to a PC with a USB sync cable to copy files to and from the
internal storage folder using Windows File Browser. By default Android version 11 and
newer will save restrict Global Mapper Mobile's access to the app specific folder. Enable
the Allow Management of All Files app permission in your device settings to access files
saved to Documents and Downloads folders.

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