Can features be added by entering coordinates?

WillMcInnes

Users in our organization have asked to be able to add point features in Collector by typing in the coordinates of the point (rather than clicking on the map or adding at the device location).

Is there a way to set the coordinates of a feature, or a way to locate a coordinate on the map? I know that if you click on the map it will give the location, but we need a way to locate coordinates.

Any help appreciated.

JakeSkinner

Hi Will,

Doesn't look like this functionality is available just yet.

One thing you could do is have two fields where the user can enter the coordinates of the feature they would like to collect.  The user can the collect a point in the general vicinity.  You could have a script that runs on the backend to update the geometry of these points.  Below is an example of a script that will update the geometry of a point feature service by reading values from a field called X and another called Y.

import urllib, urllib2, json

#Parameters
username = 'agolUser'
password = '*****'
baseURL = 'http://services.arcgis.com/dlFtlWFB4qUk/arcgis/rest/services/PA_Hydrants/FeatureServer/0'
referer = 'http://countysandbox.maps.arcgis.com'

#generate token for service
tokenURL = 'https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/generateToken'
params = {'f': 'pjson', 'username': username, 'password': password, 'referer': referer}
req = urllib2.Request(tokenURL, urllib.urlencode(params))
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
data = json.load(response)
token = data['token']

#query service and return OID, X, & Y fields
url = baseURL
params = {'where': '1=1', 'outFields': "OBJECTID, X, Y", 'token': token, 'f': 'json'}
req = urllib2.Request(url + "/query", urllib.urlencode(params))
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
data = json.load(response)

#update geometry with X & Y values
for value in data['features']:
    updateURL = baseURL + '/updateFeatures'
    X = value['attributes']['X']
    Y = value['attributes']['Y']
    OID = value['attributes']['OBJECTID']
    
    updates = [{"geometry" : {"x" : X, "y" : Y}, "attributes" : {"OBJECTID" : OID}}]
    params = {'features': updates, 'token': token, 'f': 'json'}

    req = urllib2.Request(updateURL, urllib.urlencode(params))
    response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    data = json.load(response)
    print "ObjectID: " + str(data['updateResults'][0]['objectId']) + ", success: " + str(data['updateResults'][0]['success'])