Introduction to the Discover Mobile App

Discover Mobile is a touch-friendly mobile mapping and data collection app with an intuitive and user friendly interface. The Discover Mobile app enables efficient field data capture and seamless integration with the Datamine Discover software. Discover Mobile is available for Android and iOS.

Hardware Requirements

Discover Mobile is compatible with Android mobile devices (phones and tablets) that have:

  • Android OS version 7 (Nougat), 8 (Oreo), 9 (Pie), 10, 11, 12 or 13
  • Inbuilt GPS receiver or alternatively, a connection to a Bluetooth GPS receiver, such as a Garmin GLO or Bad Elf Pro
  • Digital compass
  • Three-axis gyroscope
  • Accelerometer

Note: Discover Mobile is a free app, but it requires Datamine Discover desktop software to create, manage, import and export mobile projects.

Mobile Projects

Discover Mobile uses a project file created in Datamine Discover's desktop software. The project runs in both the desktop software and mobile app. In Datamine Discover, the project includes all the selected MapInfo Pro TAB files and ArcGIS files. Discover Mobile uses a more condensed format, a modified GeoPackage database (*.GPKG) that stores vectors and images.

Projects can be transferred by Wi-Fi or file transfer.