Wildnote teams: More maps, less juggling

One of the things I hear most from environmental teams is that managing spatial data means juggling too many tools. You’re collecting in the field, then pulling coordinates into a separate GIS, then layering in reference data. Inevitably, things get messy somewhere in that handoff.

Fulcrum consolidates that workflow.

When you build an app in Fulcrum, every record is automatically mapped as it’s collected. No export, no import, no manual pinning. Custom basemaps and reference layers work the same way they did in Wildnote on iOS devices. Wetland boundaries, project AOIs, species occurrence layers, regulatory setback buffers, are all visible right alongside the records your team is collecting.

Wildnote to Fulcrum comparison

A couple of differences worth knowing about: 

• Layer support extends to Android too, so the whole crew sees the same context regardless of device. 
• The web view is a real map. Your records render against your custom layers in the browser, not just as dropped points on a default basemap.

Learn more about maps and layers →

Fulcrum and ArcGIS

If your team works in ArcGIS, Fulcrum’s Esri partnership gives you deep integration across the Esri stack. Your existing ArcGIS basemaps, feature layers, and imagery services connect directly into your Fulcrum apps. Field-collected records push back to ArcGIS Online or Enterprise automatically. This means your GIS team and field crews are always working from the same source of truth without manual exports or shapefile handoffs.

The sync holds up even when your crew is somewhere without cell service. In remote watersheds or stretches of habitat with no connectivity, data collection keeps going without interruption. Records sync automatically once your crew is back in range. There’s nothing to manually upload and no risk of losing work done in the field.

Learn more about offline data collection →

Full mapping context across mobile and web makes a noticeable difference on projects that span large or remote areas like biological monitoring transects, wetland delineation, habitat patch assessments. Offline collection still works the way it always has, so you don’t lose anything your team is already counting on.

To sum up, the tools changed. The way Wildnote teams work in the field doesn’t have to.