OrchardHQThe map is a working surface, not a picture.
In the field, trees light up around your GPS dot as you walk. At the desk, the same trees sit on a wide satellite view with filters, overlays and bulk tools.
1. Walk the orchard with the map in your hand
Open the app — the map is the home screen. Your GPS dot moves with you; trees in range light up. As you get close to one, its marker grows. Tap a nearby tree and its detail loads — variety, planted year, last observation, the photo strip. No searching, no scrolling.
place /guide/images/map-mobile-walking.jpg · 360×740 · phone map screen mid-walk: GPS dot in the centre, nearby tree markers highlighted, persistent "nearest tree" card at the bottom
2. Confirm what you're looking at
The Android app uses GPS + compass to identify the tree you're pointing at — persistent card at the bottom of the screen, updates every sensor tick. Works inside ±30° (falls back to ±45°) up to 60 m. Tap the card to open the tree.
place /guide/images/map-mobile-nearest-tree.jpg · 360×740 · Android "nearest tree" card expanded with GPS + compass bearing visible, tree detail loading behind
3. Back at the desk: the wide view
The web app puts the satellite map in the right pane and the accordion tree list on the left. Every tree is a coloured dot keyed to its fruit type — apple red, pear green, cobnut orange, walnut brown, plum purple. Tap a tree in the list, the map flies to it; tap a marker, the list scrolls in step.
place /guide/images/map-desk-split-view.jpg · 1200×680 · split-view web app: accordion tree list on left, satellite map right with fruit-type-coloured markers, one tree selected and panel open
Filter, overlay, select
Map controls in the top-right: Labels (off / variety / your label), Spread circles (current or expected canopy), Pollination overlay (per-tree score rings), Yield heatmap (analytics tier). Measure draws a distance line; close it into a polygon for area + auto-select every tree inside. The map style toggle flips between Satellite and Schematic (light base + spread markers) for when satellite imagery is poor.
place /guide/images/map-desk-overlays.jpg · 1200×680 · map-controls panel expanded with Labels / Spread / Pollination / Yield-heatmap / Measure toggles + the corresponding overlay visible on the map
Move, retype, fly-to-unit
Click an Add-tree control then click the image to drop a pin; open an existing tree and hit Move to slide it. Multi-select supports bulk move, bulk retype and bulk task-create. Management units (rows, blocks, parcels) get a fly-to from the unit list.
Where it's strongest, and where it isn't yet
Field capture — GPS, photos, voice — keeps working when you're out of signal and syncs once you're back. The map background does need signal to draw; offline tiles are an area we're still working on. The "what tree am I looking at" compass lives on Android first; iOS support is on the way.
If you need something we don't yet support — your own imagery overlaid, live multi-grower presence on the map, anything we haven't anticipated — please tell us.
From the orchard
A guide explains; a walkthrough shows. Posts from Frank's own orchard in Gort:
Rescuing two local orchards
Two neglected orchards within ten miles of here. What we found when we walked them, and what comes off first.
More walkthroughs coming as the orchard goes in this winter.
Don't see what you need? hello@orchardhq.app — we'd like to hear about it.
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