New to MERMAID? Your journey begins here
How MERMAID works
Quick start guide
Getting started
Setting up a project
Adding team members to a project
Managing data sharing in a project
Managing metadata in a project
Using MERMAID Collect offline
Dive sheets for field data collection
Collecting data
How data collection works
Key terms to know for collecting data
Supported survey methods
Adding a sample unit to collect data
Collecting fish data
Collecting benthic data
Collecting bleaching data
Collecting habitat complexity data
Saving, validating and submitting data
Using AI image classification (beta) for benthic photo quadrats
Getting started
Preparing your photos for AI image classification (beta)
Enabling AI image classification (beta) for benthic photo quadrats
Uploading and classifying photos
Reviewing and confirming image classifications
Navigating the review window
Understanding the AI model for image classification (beta)
How MERMAID uses your photos
Managing data and projects
Overview of data and projects
Editing data
Exporting data
Deleting data and projects
Getting started
Launching MERMAID Explore
Logging in
Using the interactive map
Using the filters
Viewing your project(s) only
Viewing filtered data in table view
Viewing summary metrics & charts
Exporting data
Exporting GFCR data
Sharing & collaborating
Getting started
Accessing project data from MERMAID
Importing legacy data into MERMAID
Getting started
Importing CoralNet data into MERMAID
Importing ReefCloud data into MERMAID
Learning about our taxonomic reference
Learning about our reef health metrics
Citing data from MERMAID
Getting data from MERMAID (via API)
Are you a GFCR Program? Start here
Creating targets and reports for GFCR data
Entering data for Fund Indicators F1-F7
Entering data for Fund Indicators F8-F10
Exporting and visualizing GFCR data
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Getting started

Importing photo quadrat data into MERMAID Getting started

MERMAID Easy PQT is a user-friendly Shiny app designed to help you import photo benthic quadrat data annotated in CoralNet or ReefCloud into MERMAID—without requiring any coding in R.

If you're not comfortable using the MERMAID R package mermaidr, Easy PQT is an excellent alternative. It streamlines the process and guides you through each step, ensuring your data is correctly formatted and imported.

Before using MERMAID Easy PQT, you’ll need a verified MERMAID account. See Getting Started.

Note: With MERMAID Easy PQT, only project admins can import data into projects in MERMAID Collect, and also test projects won’t appear in the projects’ list.

Step-by-step workflow

Workflow to import CoralNet or ReefCloud data into MERMAID using the MERMAID Easy PQT.

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