Add a Rotation field to Facilities schema for automatic orientation with Floor Filter

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This was posted in the wrong location—it's been reposted to the Ideas section: Add a Rotation field to Facilities schema for auto... - Esri Community

Our users have often brought up the orientation of maps displayed in Indoors. The default north orientation isn't always intuitive for indoor maps, as people often expect it to orient to the front of the building. Users can manually rotate maps after loading, but this isn't always ideal, especially for users who are unfamiliar with the building (ex. visitors using a kiosk)

A potential solution: Add a field for "Rotation" (in degrees) to the Facilities feature class as a part of the default Indoors Information Model. Then, update the behavior of the Floor Filter (ArcGIS Pro, Online, Portal) to read the value in the "Rotation" field whenever the user selects a new Facility from the dropdown, and apply it to the map alongside the normal pan/zoom action that occurs. If there's no value in the Rotation field, it just defaults to the map's default orientation (likely north), ensuring the functionality remains optional.

AaronKoelker · Answer

Hi @GauravJobanputra , yes I posted it to Questions by mistake, I can repost it to Ideas, thanks.

For the routing and other multi-building actions, could it simply default back to whatever the web map's default rotation is set as? For example, when the user taps the Directions button to get a route, it already pans and zooms the map to highlight the full path. Instead it could pan, zoom, and apply a rotate based on the map default. I could also see how that may be disorienting in certain situations, though.

GauravJobanputra · Answer

@AaronKoelker did you mean to post this in the Ideas section? This has been discussed in the past and is good when workflows are related to a single building but requires reorientation when multiple buildings are involved, like getting directions across buildings. You can post in the ideas section and leave a comment here for others to be redirected so they can post comments.

AaronKoelker · Answer

Somehow I managed to post this in the wrong place... If an admin would like to delete or move this topic, please do.

Also, while this Idea is similar to this one, it would apply to more than just the Kiosk/Viewer App, benefitting Space Planner users, those working in ArcGIS Pro, and potentially those using custom apps created with Experience Builder that have floor-aware data.