Latest Contributions by EdwardSmathers

Hello, I have used both of these interfaces when collecting simple geographic info, with photo attachments using #android os and #iPhone devices. I have found some shortcomings when using the app. Specifically, when not in a data coverage area the uploads of the photos fail and the app does not cache the photos in the background by default. Whereas the #Survey123 seems to do this just fine. I understand the apps can be configured and customized, but my organization has very little in terms of resources to do this, so I was wondering if I am missing something simple or not? I want to be able to capture locations with photos and notes. If I have to go the route of gaining the rest of my team access to #survey123 existing features (which would cost me more money, I believe???), then I will do this instead of fixing the app. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Edward M. Smathers of Dig The Falls ... View more

Hello, I have a fairly non-unique subject that I am accumulating location information about (New York State Waterfalls). I know that a good part of the content is unique to my "survey". Other content I researched and included in the citation, even though we personally fact checked the information after collecting the initial point information (waterfall name and coordinance). My question would be: Once I decide to make this survey public, how do I protect the data from being mined by a "competitor" for their gain? I do not plan on financially gaining from this project, but I have a team of people that have placed decades of work into this survey and I wish to keep them cited for their work. I am aware of the meta that can be added, but this only serves as a warning... I would like it to be known if anyone has used the data from my specific survey. A second question would be: How do I share the content, but restrict access to the "private" locations (posted or inaccessible)? I would love to build a layer only seen by my team and Accademia. ... View more

Hello - I have asked this question before with no replies, but would greatly appreciate any advice. I have a CSV of over 2,500 points, with a couple dozen columns of information pertaining to each point. I am aware that I can add over 1,000 points to any map, but will lose performance in certain situations and uses. Can anyone offer advice as to best practices for managing this type of content? I am able to break the data into regions within the state, but don't want to break it up if it is not necessary. My goal is to offer an online map of the data and a mobile app. Thanks in advance!! ... View more

I had asked this in another thread, with no replies. I thought I might add it here as well: I am relatively new to the ArcGIS platform. I have been using Google Fusion Tables to display a lot of my data. I have seen the drawbacks of having too many points displayed on one map, so I need clarification of the best practices when handling a list of points that number at 3,000+.   All of my locations are of a similar geographic feature (waterfall), in the same state. The state is broken up into tourism regions, which I could use for filtering purposes, but at least two of these regions would have 1,000 or more locations inside of it. They are further broken into counties. There will be text, at least one photo and eventually at least one GPX (or comparable trail mapping file) file.   My question centers around the best way to create maps ( the feature layers) that will cause the least amount of lag while loading, but also not hinder the built in functionality or require the need for multiple maps. Is this a matter of breaking the data into separate layers by region, county or zip code?    I have wasted countless hours in the past and want to be sure when I set this up it is done right from the start.   Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! An example of my present map is: Search Waterfall Locations In New York | Dig The Falls  ... View more

Hello, I am relatively new to the ArcGIS platform. I have been using Google Fusion Tables to display a lot of my data. I have seen the drawbacks of having too many points displayed on one map, so I need clarification of the best practices when handling a list of points that number at 3,000+. All of my locations are of a similar geographic feature (waterfall), in the same state. The state is broken up into tourism regions. at least two of these regions would have 1,000 or more locations inside of it. They are further broken into counties. There will be text, at least one photo and eventually at least one GPX (or comparable trail mapping file) file. My question centers around the best way to create maps that will create the least amount of lag while loading, but also not hinder the built in functionality or require the need for multiple maps. Is this a matter of breaking the data into separate layers by county or zip code?  I have wasted countless hours in the past and want to be sure when I set this up it is done right from the start. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! ... View more