Answer Questions from Scouter

Learn how to answer questions shown by Scouter on a card, when they appear, and how answers are handled.

Overview

Scouter may ask for clues through a card to help it observe a city. Answering these questions can improve Scouter’s observations and enrich local information. The questions can also help Scouter understand your interests and make more relevant observations.

Steps

  1. Open the detail for a card created by someone other than you.
  2. When A Question from Scouter appears, choose Yes or No for each prompt. If it asks you to confirm a place, choose Correct or correct the place on the map.
  3. Swipe through the questions and tap Submit at the end.

Things to Know

  • Questions appear only when there are unanswered prompts for the card and its observation state. They do not appear on your own cards.
  • You can submit without answering every question. Any prompt you do not select is treated as skipped.
  • After you answer, the screen switches to a completed state. If the prompts are updated, reload the latest questions before answering again.
  • Answers about personal preferences are handled privately. Answers used to improve a city or card are handled as aggregated information that does not identify you. Your individual answers never appear on a public card.
  • Scouter may show a response after you submit. If a connection error prevents submission, follow the on-screen guidance and try again.
  • Topo v1.2 Release Notes
  • What Is Scouter?
  • Ask Scouter to Observe