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Map - Printing
Published September 14th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Put the map on a sheet: the print area, the paper and scale, a title block with your name and logo, and the settings your browser keeps for next time. Figure 1. A finished sheet: the map inside the print area, the legend from Mark up, and the title block along the foot. In this guide What Print does Before you print — the layers you can see are the
Your login: signing in, passwords and logging out
Published March 9th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Signing in, a forgotten password, logging out of every device, and where your settings live. Figure 1. The sign-in page at app.grip.co.nz. In this guide Signing in A forgotten password Cannot sign in? — the checks that fix most of them Logging out — this device, or every device Where your settings are Quick answers 1 Signing in GRIP is a website:
Setting up credit card payment or direct debit
Published April 2nd, 2026 by GRIP Support
Set an automatic payment up from any invoice email, change the card or account behind it, or stop it — without touching your GRIP subscription. Figure 1. An invoice with Auto pay set up: Manage Auto pay sits at the top right. For whoever pays the invoices In this guide How GRIP invoices you Set up an automatic payment Change your card or bank detail
Map - Quick Measure
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Quick Measure How to measure lines and areas on the map — and print them Measure things on the map, then print them out. In this guide you will measure a line (like the length of a driveway) and an area (like a back yard), fix anything you got wrong, and then put it all on a piece of paper. It takes about five minutes. Step 1 — Click the ruler The r
Day 1: sign in and find a property
Published September 17th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Ten minutes from your first sign-in to a property on the map, with its boundary, its title and its owners in front of you. Figure 1. What Day 1 gets you: a property found by its address, selected on the map, with its details in the panel. In this guide Sign in — for the first time What you are looking at — the map, the search box, the toolbar Search
Company Data - Setup & Configuration
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Decide what your firm records against each point on the map — a client, a status, a link to the project folder — before anyone starts adding them. Figure 1. The Company Data tab of the Account page. For account administrators In this guide What company data is Who can set it up Plan your fields Set the fields up Loading the jobs you already have Get
Devices and the field
Published September 17th, 2026 by GRIP Support
GRIP runs in a browser, on a desk, a tablet or a phone. What it needs, and how it behaves in your hand on site. Figure 1. GRIP Map on a phone. In this guide What GRIP runs on GRIP on a phone — the same map, a smaller screen Searching on a phone Find yourself — Zoom to location What is different on a phone Before you leave the office Quick answers 1
Day 3: mark up, print and export
Published September 17th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Turn map information into something you can hand to someone: a coloured plan, a printed sheet with your title block, or a file for CAD or GIS software. Figure 1. A site and its neighbours, coloured in Mark up. In this guide Colour parcels — Mark up Put it on a sheet — Print Take the data with you — Export Your firm’s own points — Company data Where
Make GRIP yours: settings and defaults
Published September 17th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Where the map opens, which layers are on, the datum your coordinates are in, and what every printed sheet starts from. Figure 1. Settings, on the Map defaults tab. In this guide The Settings cog — one box, two tabs Map defaults — saved to your account Print settings — kept in this browser The datum — on the bottom bar Things GRIP remembers on its ow
Map - mark up parcels and build a legend
Published September 14th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Colour parcels, name them in a legend, and put them on a printed sheet. Figure 1. A markup: the subject site, the neighbours who have given written approval, one who has not, and a right of way easement — with its legend on the map. In this guide What Mark up is — and what to know before you start Start Mark up — the brush on the right-hand toolbar
Map - Information Tool
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Click anything on the map — a parcel, a mark, a vector, a plan — and read what LINZ holds about it, then follow the links from one record to the next. Figure 1. A parcel selected, and its details in the panel. In this guide Selecting — click, shift-click, and Back Choose what can be selected A parcel A title — estate, owners, interests, parcels An i
Company Data - creating, adding, and searching for company data
Published January 28th, 2026 by GRIP Support
Put your firm’s jobs on the map, read what is recorded against them, and get back to any of them from the search box. Figure 1. A firm’s jobs on the map. In this guide See your firm’s points Read a point Add a point Edit or delete a point Find a point Pin the jobs you are working on Quick answers 1 See your firm’s points Company data is a layer. O
Map - Filtering & Display Options
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Thin the survey marks and vectors down to the ones the job needs: by order, by vertical datum, and by length. Figure 1. Mark and Vector Filters. In this guide When to filter The filter panel — three filters, each applied on its own Marks by horizontal order Marks by vertical order and datum Vectors by length One survey plan’s marks and vectors Filte
Map - Export
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Take GRIP’s data with you: survey marks as a CSV for a controller or a spreadsheet, a DXF for CAD, a KML for GIS software. Figure 1. An export area drawn on the map. In this guide Which format? Where the exports are — the Tools panel CSV — survey marks DXF — a drawing for CAD KML — for GIS software Know what you are exporting Quick answers 1 Which
Day 2: see more, select more, measure
Published September 17th, 2026 by GRIP Support
The toolbar down the right-hand side of the map, one key at a time: what each does, and the one thing worth trying with it today. Figure 1. The toolbar down the right of the map, numbered to match this guide. In this guide The toolbar at a glance Layers — turn on what you need The aerial photo Select and read — the Information tool Survey plan image
Finding & Searching
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Thirteen ways to get to a place: by address, legal description, title, owner, survey plan, mark, your own company data, and more. Figure 1. Suggestions appear as you type. The list beside the box says what kind of search this is. In this guide The search box — three parts What you can search for — the thirteen search types Quick search — pick a sugg
Map Data & Layers
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Turn on what the job needs and off what it does not: parcels and their labels, survey marks and vectors, plans, services, imagery and more. Figure 1. Layer Control, with the parcels labelled by appellation and address. In this guide Layer Control — groups, and the options inside them Parcels — and what to label them with Marks and vectors Survey pla
Your GRIP account: the Account page and who can do what
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
The Account page is visible to admin users: your firm’s details, its users and its company data fields — and the changes GRIP makes for you. Figure 1. The Account page, on its Details tab. For account administrators In this guide The Account page Who can do what — administrator, admin, user Your firm’s details What GRIP changes for you Quick answers
Subscriptions and Billing
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
How subscriptions work All GRIP subscriptions are annual. This means your subscription covers a 12-month period from the date it was first activated. Each year, your subscription automatically renews for another 12-month term on the same date unless you cancel beforehand, we make contact a few weeks before your rollover date to check whether you wan
Boundary accuracy in New Zealand
Published November 24th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Understanding boundary accuracy in New Zealand What you need to know about boundaries in GRIP At first glance, boundary accuracy seems straightforward. However, it's crucial to understand that boundaries shown on a map are digital representations, not the actual, legal boundary locations on the ground. Only Licensed Cadastral Surveyors have the lega
Getting help and giving feedback
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
Where the answers are, who to email about what, and how to send us an idea. Figure 1. Help and Feedback, in the menu at the top left of the map. In this guide Help inside GRIP Email us — and what to include Who to email Send us feedback Quick fixes — worth a minute before you write Quick answers 1 Help inside GRIP Help in the menu at the top left
Users and licences: adding, removing and admin rights
Published October 8th, 2025 by GRIP Support
One licence, one person. Add someone, take someone off, make an admin — and know what does and does not change your bill. Figure 1. The Users tab: who holds a licence, and the empty rows waiting for someone. For account administrators In this guide Licences and users Add a user Admin rights Remove a user More licences, or fewer Quick answers 1 Lic