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title: "Collect earth survey"
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answer_count: 5
asked: "2017-11-13T13:33:49"
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# Collect earth survey

Asked by zurabi2017 on 2017-11-13

I need Collect earth survey example, can you someone send me?
thank you


## Answer (score 0, by Open Foris on 2017-11-13)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1440/collect-earth-survey/1441

You can find some in the website (navigate down to ["Download project examples"][1] ) 

When you create a new survey in Collect you have the change to start with a Collect Earth or a Collect Earth + IPCC template. You should use it.

We will also start creating a repository of surveys as this is a common request.

  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/tools/collect-earth.html


## Answer (score 0, by zurabi2017 on 2017-11-14)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1440/collect-earth-survey/1443

The problem is, that when I import the examples into OF Collect, they appear as OF Collect surveys, not as Collect Earth Project (CEP). Hence export is only possible as Collect Mobile/Desktop File.

Any ideas why is that?


## Answer (score 0, by Open Foris on 2017-11-14)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1440/collect-earth-survey/1446

You can **import** a Collect Earth Project file (cep file) in Collect by using the Import function on the Collect Survey Designer. See the button on the bottom of the list of surveys:

![alt text][1]


  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/chrome_2017-11-14_17-25-55.png


## Answer (score 0, by zurabi2017 on 2017-11-15)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1440/collect-earth-survey/1449

Sorry, but I downloaded all examples (CEP) to my desktop. The only example that imports correctly (as OF Collect Earth) survey is ForestChangeAccuracyAssessment.cep. ALL others are imported as *.collect files. Where could be the problem?


## Answer (score 0, by Open Foris on 2017-11-15)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1440/collect-earth-survey/1453

Probably the other examples are too old for the new Collect Survey Designer (they are probably more than 3 years old now and many things have changed)

If you click on the **New** button in the survey designer you have the option to choose a **Collect Earth+IPCC** template, can you try that? It is a good starting point to design your own survey.

![alt text][1]

Then you can edit the survey as you wish and export it again using the Collect Earth format. See this video:
[Importing and Editing a survey][2]

Regards!


  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/chrome_2017-11-15_17-09-24.png
  [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml76no4XAdk&t=4s