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Help

First drop

Pick a mode, take the photo, and it saves as one drop.

TraceReach Drop plays this walkthrough on the live app, pointing at one control at a time and waiting for the press. Read its steps here first, in the app's own words, on any phone or laptop.

Watch a QR drop

Scan a QR, then open a drop on the map.

13 seconds · No sound · Your Campaign demo hub

Read the video steps
  1. Hold the camera on the QR until it locks.
  2. The photo saves as a drop.
  3. Open a drop on the map to see its photo and details.
  1. 01

    Welcome to Drop

    Drop records what you put up: posters, flyers, stickers, canvass stops. This short tour shows you each control.

  2. 02

    Your active hub

    When you are on a hub

    Your drops save to the hub named here. After the tour, tap it to switch hubs.

  3. 03

    Where your drops are saved

    Before you join a hub

    You're not on a hub's team yet, so your drops are just yours. Join a hub and it shows up at the top of the screen. Then you can switch to file your drops to that hub.

  4. 04

    No QR?

    Once you are signed in

    This switch picks the mode. Tap Manual to photograph materials and displays that don’t have QRs.

  5. 05

    Practice a drop

    Once you are signed in

    Tap the shutter. This is practice, so it saves nothing. On a real drop, the photo and your GPS location save as one drop.

  6. 06

    Sign in first

    Before you sign in

    Manual drops save to your hub, so sign in from the Settings gear. You can scan QR codes right now without an account.

  7. 07

    The upload queue

    Drops save to your phone first and upload on their own, even with no signal. Each confirmed drop earns a point.

  8. 08

    The help button

    After the tour, tap ? to see what each control does or to run this tour again.

  9. 09

    You're ready

    Pick a mode, take the photo, and the drop uploads on its own. More tours live under the ? button.

Play it in Drop

Open TraceReach Drop, tap Help in the bottom corner of the camera or the map, then pick First drop.

Help has what the words on your screen mean, and the guides for running a hub.