Create a contribution map with the Jotform connector

Creating a contributory map allows you to list initiatives and events you want to communicate about, collect data in a standardized way, and unite a network of project leaders...

You can also moderate contributions and thus only display the elements you have selected.

Why Jotform?:

a simple and powerful tool, 100% customizable
photo hosting on their platform simplifies their connection with Wemap
without creating an account, the contributor can easily fill out the form and modify the information provided whenever they wish via an edit link provided automatically
a direct link between Jotform and Wemap is made via an API, thus facilitating the synchronization of contributions on your Wemap map

Step 1: Create and customize your form.

From the Jotform homepage, create and manage your forms.

💡 You can determine the email address(es) that will receive form contribution notifications (by default it is the Jotform account creation address).

💡 To give the contributor the ability to modify their form information, add the "edit link" field to the contribution validation email.

💡 In the "Publish" section of the form creation page, you can manage the sharing and integration of your form.

Step 2: Moderate contributions 📝

The "table" view accessible via the "Submission" button allows you to manage collected data.

💡 Adding a checkbox column, renamed "Publish", to your form allows moderation of contributions.

Only contributions with the "Publish" option checked will be imported to your map.

By default, without this column, all contributions appear on the map.

Step 4: Connect contributions to your Wemap map

Importing your contributions to Wemap requires a URL structured as follows:

📌 https://eu-api.jotform.com/form/XXXXXXXX (form ID)/submissions?apikey=XXXXXXXXXXX (api key)&orderby=id

The XXXX fields should be replaced with your information:

Form ID: identifies which form Wemap should connect to
API Key: authorizes Wemap to connect to your account

Where to find your form ID? 🕵️

Where to find your Jotform account API key? (or create it if necessary) 👷‍♀️

Once your URL is created, go to your Wemap Pro account. To transform your contributions into geolocatable points on a map: click on create a list then connect an app and select the Jotform connector.

Enter the URL, select "content" and validate by clicking "choose this path"

You can then proceed with mapping:

The columns in your Jotform form that correspond to your point properties appear here in blue. Simply match these values with the relevant fields.

📌 3 fields are essential for importing your points: ID, name, and address.

Match your file's ID property with the Unique ID field
Advanced fields require special formatting, prefer the description field for all contact information: email, phone, website, etc...
The Address, Tags and Description fields can contain multiple values.
Content placed in Description can also be customized (plain text, title with icon, action button).
The various Feed fields allow you to connect social media content (Twitter, Facebook…) to display live posts.
The photo field expects a URL value.
In the category icon field, you can choose different icons according to a particular criterion. For example: you have a "types of activity" column in your Excel document and want to distinguish them with specific icons. Place this value ("types of activity") in the category icon field, a list appears and you simply assign an icon to each item.

Once finished, click on connect.

💡 To help you determine which form columns correspond to which values: open the JSON URL in another window. To make elements more visible, we recommend downloading the JSON Viewer Plug-in

Attach the created list to your map

Step 5: Customize your map 🎨

A Wemap map has a native options pack (by default), basic settings that you can choose to keep or customize according to your usage context.

Learn all about map options customization 👉 👉 👉 This way!

Step 6: Integrate your map 🚀

Once your map is created, you can retrieve an embed, a code fragment, that will allow you to integrate it on your various platforms (desktop and mobile).

Learn all about how to integrate your map 👉 👉 👉 This way!

▶ ▶ ▶ And of course, don't hesitate to watch the replay of our webinar on the subject on our YouTube channel

😥 Despite everything, you can't find the answer to your question?