export photos from collector

Question

Hello, we are trying to use arc collector in the field to mark waypoints and take photos at each waypoint. We are having difficulty when it comes to exporting photos as when we export as a .jpg the photos do not have any identifying information and are given strange names so we can't associate the photo with the waypoint. We are taking hundreds of photos a week so this gets to be complicated. Ideally we want to be able to take a point, attach a photo, add photo description then export photos and descriptions for cataloging in the office. I have looked for other programs that work with arc to collect georeferenced photos but haven't had any luck. Thanks.

BrandonH · Answer

I was able to find this script that shows you how to modify it to customize your attachment names. I used it on Survey123 submitted pictures. I created a model that joins the survey table to the attachment table then again to a sql table containing the naming field I wanted. Then you run the 'table to table' geoprocessing tool to imbed the joined data. After that, you can run the script to export the pictures to wherever you want. Hope this helps. Happy mapping.

Katie_Clark · Answer

Perfect! Good luck with everything!

Also, you may have already done this, but just a tip - I highly recommend enabling creation and editor tracking for the feature layer. Makes data management much easier down the road!

GisMapping · Answer

okay thank you! That makes more sense haven't gotten to that step quite yet (still setting up maps for collector) but the screen shot is very helpful