Good Day

Question

We are collecting meter data using Survey123 but some of the point features do not fall directly within the stand polygons (SGID). They are situated within the road reserve . . . is there a way to select the polygon and attach the selected stand SGID to the point feature by just selecting the stand.

I thought I should use Collector and survey123 but am not sure how to achieve this . . . I really would appreciate assistance.

Thanks

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Ute,

That sort of margin process isn't currently within Survey123's capabilities - in general, we would think that it is best done through a QA process that likely occurs in the back office.  That being said, the form could be designed to have the ability to enter multiple parcels via a repeat to denote that they are serviced by the one meter.

UteMorisse · Answer

Good afternoon

Thanks a million, I have created a dropdown list but I prefer the URL method . . . I will give it a bash

I will try all your options to see which is best . . . one more thing

We have three stand parcels that actually belong as one parcel, is there a way that the field workers could merge or create one parcel around them to indicate that all three parcels are supplied by the same meter. It would be an operational cadaster? I haven’t started this processes but maybe you can advise me . . .

Much appreciated you are a darling . .

Regards

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Ute,

There are a couple of options to create the association you mention

* You could simply have a dropdown for a person to select the appropriate stand on the form.  You could then later create a relationship between the stand and survey information
* Using the Map Viewer, you could create a map with the stand polygons for viewing in Collector or Explorer. The polygons would have a pop-up that has a link to open Survey123, sending the stand identifier as an answer to a question in the form.  Understanding Survey123's custom URL Scheme and Integrate with other apps—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS should help you get started
* After collection, you could process the survey points with ArcGIS Online's Find Nearest (Find Nearest—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS ) or ArcGIS Desktop's Near (Near—Help | ArcGIS Desktop) tool to calculate which stand is closest to the survey point to create the association.

Aside from these methods of assigning a relationship, you may want to think about how this data gets structured in a database.  ArcGIS Supports creating explicitly defined relationships between a feature class and another, which helps to browse data like you describe.  See Benefits of relationship classes—Help | ArcGIS Desktop for more information.