🚀 Getting Started

This quick guide takes you from zero to your first site, survey plan, and survey inside the /app.

Prerequisites

• A verified MariMap account
• An organisation to join (or permission to create one)
• A project inside that organisation
• A site geometry (you can draw or upload GeoJSON/KML)

1) Sign Up & Land in /app

1. Open MariMap at https://marimap.com/app (opens in a new tab) and sign up/sign in.
2. You’ll have a personal workspace by default. Use Organisations to switch into your team space.

Screenshot: Landing map when you first open the app

2) Join or Create an Organisation

1. Go to Organisations (https://marimap.com/app/organizations (opens in a new tab)).
2. Invitations tab → Accept any pending invites, or
3. Create Organisation (https://marimap.com/app/organizations/new (opens in a new tab)) → add name, type, country, contact email/website, and default data privacy. Upload a logo if you have one.
4. In Team, invite members by email and promote/demote admins as needed.

3) Create a Project

Projects group sites, survey plans, surveys, and reports.

1. From your organisation, go to Projects → Create Project (https://marimap.com/app/projects/new (opens in a new tab)).
2. Add a name and optional description.
3. Select relevant Ecological and Socio-economic aims, plus any finance mechanisms (main + supporting).
4. Save.

4) Create a Site (with geometry)

1. Open your project → Sites → Create Site (https://marimap.com/app/sites/new (opens in a new tab)).
2. Add Name, Site Type (Mangrove, Coral Reef, Seagrass, etc.), Country, and optional Site ID (you can auto-generate).
3. Define the boundary: draw a polygon or upload GeoJSON/KML / paste coordinates. Area must be valid (min ~100 m²).
4. (Optional) Fill governance, baseline, and privacy/cost fields per ecosystem.
5. Save.

Tip: Use the ecosystem map layers toggle to check context while drawing.

5) Build a Survey Plan (recommended)

1. Go to Surveys → Plans → Create Plan (https://marimap.com/app/surveys/plans/new (opens in a new tab)).
2. Pick the site and protocol allowed for that ecosystem.
3. Select or draw base geometries (transect lines, AOI polygons, point sets) and add taxon filters.
4. Name the plan, set recurrence (or leave “None”), and save.

6) Create a Survey

1. From Surveys → Create Survey (https://marimap.com/app/surveys/new (opens in a new tab)), choose whether to start from a plan or clone a past survey.
2. Fill Site, Date, Survey ID (auto-generate), and confirm the chosen plan/past survey.
3. If needed, set method details (e.g., PIT interval for benthic transects, belt width for fish transects).
4. Review and create the survey.

7) Generate a Report

1. Go to Reports → Create Report (https://marimap.com/app/reports/new (opens in a new tab)).
2. Select projects (auto-selected from your org), optionally filter sites, date range, and surveys.
3. Add a name/notes, create the report, and download the PDF when ready.

Screenshot: Navigation showing Organisations, Projects, Sites, Surveys, Reports

Next Steps

• Dive deeper:
  • Create/Join Organisation & Invite
  • Create Project
  • Create Site
  • Create Survey Plan
  • Create Survey
  • Create Report