for Food Security Partners

Welcome to the help page for the Food Security Partners Hungermap

• How do I upload a spreadsheet of sites?
• How do I add an individual site?
• How do I create a map?
• How do I assign sites to the map?
• How do I remove a site from the map?

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Question: How do I upload a spreadsheet of sites?

Answer: Creating many sites at once is done using an Excel spreadsheet that has been saved in comma-separated-value (CSV) format. The format of the CSV file is the following:

The first line contains the following column labels in this exact order

1. Name
2. Street Address
3. City
4. State
5. ZipCode
6. Food Asset Type
7. Phone
8. Contact
9. Email
10. Website

To upload your spreadsheet of sites do the following:

1. Create your spreadsheet, with column labels
2. Fill in details about one site per row of the spreadsheet
3. Save the spreadsheet in CSV format (Mac users will need to save the file in "CSV (Windows)" format)
4. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
5. Go to Add a new Site
6. On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add multiple sites" box
7. Browse to find your CSV file
8. Click save changes
9. Wait roughly one second per site in your spreadsheet
10. When upload completes you'll be presented with the site list where you can review your sites

Notes:

• Column labels are not CaSe sensitive
• Upload time is generally about one second per site in your CSV
• Should you want to leave a column empty, that is perfectly find
• Sites with the same name and address as a site already in the system will not be added

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Question: How do I add an individual site?

Adding an individual site is done in the following way:

1. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
2. Go to Add a new Site
3. On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add a single site" box
4. Fill in the details of the site, and then click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page

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Question: How do I create a map?

Answer: Creating a map is done by giving it a name, assigning sites to place on the map and then saving the changes:

1. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
2. Go to Create a new map
3. Enter a name and optionally a description
4. When you are done, click "Save Changes" and you will be brought to your new map

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Question: How do I assign sites to the map?

Answer: A map is created with all sites on it by default.

1. To edit a map, first view that map
2. Click the large "Edit" link near the name of the map
3. You will be presented with a form that allows you to add and remove sites from the map
4. Click "Save Changes" and the new sites will now be on your map

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Question: How do I edit a site

Answer: To edit a site, you go to the site list and then click the "Edit" link. Changes made to the details of a site are reflected in the info bubbles of every single map where the site appears. This means that editing a site in this one location will benefit every place it appears on a map.

1. To edit a site, go to the site list
2. Click "Edit"
3. Make your changes in the form presented and then click "Save Changes"
4. You will be shown a detail view of the site, with changes included

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Question: How do I remove a site from a map

Answer: Click to edit the map and you will be presented with a list of sites on the map. You can check the box next to the site you wish to remove. Then click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page.