Create a New Atlas

Anyone can start a new atlas at https://fireatlas.org/create — a neighbourhood, a parcel, a preserve, a field trip.

1. Enter an Atlas Name (e.g. Salmon Creek VFD). An Atlas ID is filled in from it; this becomes part of the atlas's web address, so keep it short.
2. Pick a Starter — the kind of data the atlas starts with. For example, Field Trip comes with roads and creeks tuned for zooming in and out, recent iNaturalist sightings, and photos by email.
3. Mark the area, in one of three ways:
4. click Draw Area and drag a rectangle on the map,
5. type the corner coordinates, or
6. upload a GeoJSON boundary — a parcel, preserve or watershed outline.
7. Click Create Atlas and wait while it's built (progress is shown). You'll be taken to the atlas's console when it's ready.

What you get

• A web map, edit pages and a console
• An email address — atlas-id@fireatlas.org — for sending in geotagged photos
• The starter kit's layers, filled in for your area

Printable runbooks aren't built at creation; ask for them once the atlas is set up.

Uploading more than a boundary

An uploaded file can also carry features for the starter's layers: give each feature a layer property naming the layer it belongs in (e.g. regions). Features without one are only used for the atlas's outline.