Dear Ashley, The Collect Earth Project files (.cep) that contains all the necessary information to set-up a survey (data structure + grid/sampling design) are created with an application called Open [Open Foris Collect Collect][1] ( a bit confusing I know) ... Within this tool there is a section called Survey Designer. There you can create your survey. You can start by cloning the drylands survey (download the [CEP here][1] here][2] ). Please follow these videos (the User Interface of Collect has been updated since I made the videos but the functionality is the same): - Installing Collect : [VIDEO LINK][2] LINK][3] - Cloning (import) a survey : [VIDEO LINK][3] LINK][4] - Creating a new survey : [VIDEO LINK][4] LINK][5] Please try to follow these videos and let me know if you need more help. CE Support [1]: http://www.openforis.org/tools/collect.html [2]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8eawnenwz62aci/demo_survey.cep?dl=0 [2]: [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TnZnWzZ2w [3]: [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml76no4XAdk&t=1205s [4]: [5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ruGSzJg0Y&t=1189s

Dear Ashley, The Collect Earth Project files (.cep) that contains all the necessary information to set-up a survey (data structure + grid/sampling design) are created with an application called Open Foris Collect ( a bit confusing I know) ... Within this tool there is a section called Survey Designer. There you can create your survey. You can start by cloning the drylands survey (download the [CEP here][1] ). Please follow these videos (the User Interface of Collect has been updated since I made the videos but the functionality is the same): - Installing Collect : ![VIDEO [VIDEO LINK][2] - Cloning (import) a survey : ![VIDEO LINK][3] [VIDEO LINK][3] - Creating a new survey : : [VIDEO LINK][4] Please try to follow these videos and let me know if you need more help. CE Support [1]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8eawnenwz62aci/demo_survey.cep?dl=0 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TnZnWzZ2w [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml76no4XAdk&t=1205s [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ruGSzJg0Y&t=1189s

Dear Ashley, The Collect Earth Project files (.cep) that contains all the necessary information to set-up a survey (data structure + grid/sampling design) are created with an application called Open Foris Collect ( a bit confusing I know) ... Within this tool there is a section called Survey Designer. There you can create your survey. You can start by cloning the drylands survey (download the [CEP here][1] ). Please follow these videos (the User Interface of Collect has been updated since I made the videos but the functionality is the same): Installing Collect : ![VIDEO LINK][2] Cloning (import) a survey : ![VIDEO LINK][3] Creating a new survey : [VIDEO LINK][4] Please try to follow these videos and let me know if you need more help. CE Support [1]: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8eawnenwz62aci/demo_survey.cep?dl=0 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TnZnWzZ2w [3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml76no4XAdk&t=1205s [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ruGSzJg0Y&t=1189s