Collecting Multiple Map Data in Survey123

Question

Hello,

I am attempting to collect data in a Survey123 on bicycle commuter habits. I am attempting to collect up to 4  geopoints: Start Point, End Point, and up to high-risk locations.

Users will select each point on 4 different maps/4 different questions.

I have set up repeats in Survey123 Connect, and have a UUID for each repeat. When I collect survey responses, only the initial map data point is collected. I have successfully set up repeats in Survey123 Connect in the past to collect multiple locations, and believe I followed the same process this time, but am not getting the result I'm looking for.

Thanks!

WisAa · Answer

Hi Josh,

Thanks so much for your reply. It's working better, but not quite working. For example some of the points, collect a a location, but the point saves as a spot off the coast of Africa.

I am including the .xlsx here if you have time to take a look.

For reference, you can view the survey here: https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/74a0ff3c967f46b2b51edc8da0350138/collaborate

Note: there are two sets of 4 map questions, users only see one of these sets of four, depending on the answer to question 1. This is a graduate school project.

Bike_Survey_ForESRICommunity.xlsx

jcarlson · Answer

Can you share your form spreadsheet?

If the geopoint is inside of the repeat by itself, this should work out just fine. Having multiple geopoint questions inside of a single repeat won't. Not that you couldn't have multiple shape columns in a database, but most GIS tools are built assuming there's either a geometry column or there isn't, and you run into problems trying to do multiple.

If you broke out the different points into their own repeats, I do think it could work. You'd want to alter your form to enforce the repeat_count to be a specific value, so that respondents give you 1 and only 1 start point, etc.

Unless something has changed, I believe the main table needs to have some kind of geometry as well, even if it is not actually used. So you could have a schema that looks like this:

* Main survey layer* This is where most of the questions go
* Point geometry, but geopoint is omitted from form

* Start points layer* Has a 1:1 relationship with main layer
* Point geometry

* End points layer* Has a 1:1 relationship with main layer
* Point geometry

* High risk locations* Has a 1:M relationship with main layer
* Point geometry