Mapboard GIS

Mapboard GIS is an iPad app for drawing maps with an Apple Pencil. Mapboard combines the intuitive workflow of pen-and-paper mapping with the precision, flexibility, and scale-independence of geospatial information systems (GIS). Its forward-looking design helps beginner and expert mappers produce multiscale, topologically consistent geologic maps.

MOTIVATION AND DESIGN

Mapboard GIS was born out of frustration with both paper– and GIS-based mapping workflows. It is primarily designed for geologists but is potentially useful in many situations demanding interpretive mapping. Mapboard attempts to bring digital mapping closer to the intuitive experience provided by paper. A sophisticated open-source spatial engine drives simple tools for drawing, erasing, and reshaping features. Outputs are natively compatible with common GIS software. Mapboard allows mapping time to be spent refining interpretations instead of fighting with technical tools.

KEY FEATURES

• Editing tools geared towards pen-based mapping
• Powerful and intuitive reshaping, snapping, and erasing
• Iterative topology solver to fill map units
• Sophisticated onboard Spatialite GIS engine
• Project files natively readable by standard GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.)
• User-configurable data types for line and polygon features
• Tether to remote PostGIS for work across large datasets and real-time collaboration
• Interoperable with standard formats (mbtiles, Spatialite, PostGIS) and open-source + commercial software

OTHER FEATURES

• Load MBTiles basemaps
• Satellite, streets, and topographic basemaps
• Dark mode support
• Geologic line types

TERMS OF USE: https://mapboard-gis.app/terms-of-service PRIVACY POLICY: https://mapboard-gis.app/privacy CHANGELOG: https://mapboard-gis.app/docs/ios/releases