NiN 2.0 Naturtype Mapping

The NiN 2.0 mapping protocol is used to map and register naturetypes in Norway. Knowledge on species and naturtype mapping is a prerequisite for mapping NiN. This guide provides a technical overview of the QField app used for fieldmapping. Official documentation on the NiN 2.0 mapping protocol can be found on the Artsdatabanken website.

Note that this QField Template is designed for mapping NiN 2.0. From 2026 onwards NiN 3.0 will be used as mapping protocol. As of today, there is no QGIS Template available for NiN 3.0.

User Guide

Install NiN QField on your tablet

The NiN 2.0 QGIS template is uploaded to NINA’s QField Cloud account. For general instructions on QGIS, QField and QField Cloud follow the guide: QGIS and QField introduciton.

  1. Open QField on your tablet and go to QFieldCloud projects > My Projects

  2. Select the project and the latest version of the project will be downloaded to your tablet.

    • nin2_project_name_year: project specific NiN mapping template.
    • nin2_norge_2024: NiN mapping template for the whole of Norway.

    It can take up to several minutes to download your project

  3. Set your user name in the QField app. This ensures that your name is automatically added to the kartlegger field in the attribute table, every time you map a new naturtype.

    • Go to Settings > Settings > Variables
    • Add a new variable qfield_user_name with your name firstname.lastname

  4. Read the PDF instructions, especially chapter 3 “Kartlegging av NiN-Naturtyper”

Developer Guide

How to create a new NiN 2.0 template for a new project area?

You can create a new template for a new mapping area by using the NiN 2.0 mapping template for the whole of Norway. Here you need to add your study area polygon and offline background maps.

  1. Read the PDF instructions, especially chapter 2 “Installering og oppstart”.

  2. Download the qfield_nin2_norge QField template from NiN_QGIS_3.x repository.

  3. Create a new polygon layer study_area and save it to vector/%project_name%_misc.gpkg GPKG and add it to the Area group.

  4. Download raster files in GeoTIFF format from høydedata.no and norgeibilder.no.

    • DTMs and DSMs: høydedata.no
    • Ortophotos (RGB and CIR): norgeibilder.no
      • Login with your Geonorge GeoID
      • enter study area bounding box coordinates
      • Coordinate system: UTM 33
      • clip by bounding box
      • send order

  5. Convert your rasters to Cloud Optimized GeoTiffs. Shell scripts can be found here.

  6. Add your downloaded raster files as offline map layers in QField.

  7. Upload your new project to QField Cloud and invite the fieldworkers (collaborators) to the project.

Change log:

We forked the NiN 2.0 Template from the GitHub repository developed by the University of Oslo. Changes made to orginal template are documented here.

NINA Contacts

NiN:

  • Trond Simensen
  • Erik Stange
  • Anders Lyngstad

QGIS/QField Cloud managers:

  • Trond Simensen
  • Stig Claussen