Miscellaneous Settings
The Miscellaneous Settings screen groups several smaller options that do not belong to General, Survey, or Units & Coordinates. You will find tracking controls, default names for new features, an option to include coordinates as layer fields on export, and hide-toggles for PostgreSQL export variants.
- Android
- iOS
Go to Settings - Miscellaneous settings to access these options.
Tracking
Controls how the GPS track recorder behaves and whether its toolbar button is visible.
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show 'Track Recording' button | Toggle | On | Show the track recording button in the main map toolbar. Turn off to free up toolbar space if you never record tracks. |
| Time interval | Slider (0-60 s) | 2 s | Minimum time between track points. A new point is saved only after this interval has elapsed. |
| Distance interval | Slider (0-100 m) | 2 m | Minimum distance between track points. A new point is saved only once you have moved at least this far. |
Both time and distance intervals must be satisfied before a new point is recorded, which keeps your track reasonably dense without overwhelming storage during long surveys.
Export coordinates as fields
Default: Off
When enabled, point layer exports include additional coordinate columns:
- Projected layers - extra
X,Y,Zcolumns - Geographic layers - extra
Lat,Lon,Altcolumns
This is useful when the downstream system (a spreadsheet, a CRM, a CAD package) cannot read geometry directly and needs the coordinates as plain attribute fields.
Feature Prefixes
Set the default name used when you create a new point, line, or polygon feature. The app appends a running number to the prefix - for example, with the default Point prefix you get Point 1, Point 2, Point 3.
| Setting | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Prefix for Point feature | Point | Point 1, Point 2, ... |
| Prefix for Line feature | Line | Line 1, Line 2, ... |
| Prefix for Polygon feature | Polygon | Polygon 1, Polygon 2, ... |
Change these if you want new features named using your own convention - for example Tree, Pipe, or Plot.
PostgreSQL Export Options
Two toggles that hide specific destinations from the PostgreSQL export sheet. They do not disable PostgreSQL export entirely - they just remove one of the two modes if you never use it.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL - Hide "Create New or Overwrite" option | Off | Hides the option to create a new table or replace an existing one. Useful when you only ever append to existing tables. |
| PostgreSQL - Hide "Create New or Append" option | Off | Hides the option to create a new table or append to an existing one. Useful when you only ever overwrite existing tables. |
For PostgreSQL connection setup and full export workflow, see Remote Connections and Exporting to PostgreSQL.
The Miscellaneous Settings screen is an Android-only screen. The options it contains are either not applicable on iOS or have been folded into other screens:
- Feature name prefixes — available in Survey Settings on iOS.
- GPS tracking intervals — available in GPS / GNSS Settings on iOS.
- Export coordinates as fields and PostgreSQL export options — not currently available on iOS.