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Thanks Jeff, Really appreciate the considered response and it all makes sense what you say. Firstly, what you have done with collector in iOS is fantastic, and reason for continued interest from us. Secondly, we are but a drop in the ocean when it comes to your customer base (handful of devices), but I think our use case would apply to much larger organizations equally or even more so. A few comments: A windows version not being available for the new collector will be affecting your metrics of uptake, as the new collector is so much better than the old collector (I actually got out the new collector on my phone whilst using classic the other day, and the experience is like night and day). Collector Classic also takes a lot more maintenance and setup for collection which can’t be overlooked. Like you mention, many organizations are depreciating their older windows devices which originally ran (7/8 even 10), these were typically only for data collection. If they are anything like us we are replacing our Panasonic Toughpad devices with Getac 110 which doubles as the users daily computer, RFID scanner, and in car/machine navigation so there is way more to consider than just a collection device. We are running a full Microsoft ERP and security environment, and by doing this we reduce the user devices to one plus their phone (which is BYOD so just the one company device). As you point out, we appreciate the issue with Windows 10 and external GPS devices. Why this doesn’t concern Microsoft in a connected world is beyond me? Development environment; you are not alone here, we have the same issue with DJI Drones not developing a windows app, so users are forced to use their phone when we have state of the art tablet that could be used instead. Again, something Microsoft needs to fix if they are to claw back market share. So I think the real elephant in the room is not really collector related, but how close you are to resolving some of the development issues with Microsoft. Please just keep us updated, as I don’t think it would be realistic to produce a timeline until some of these things are sorted. Thanks again for the considered reply, its greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Kristan
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Can someone from Esri please have the courtesy to update the community with a reply? We have purchased expensive windows 10 tablets with cm accurate GPS on the basis that Aurora Windows 10 version of collector is going to be developed. We also have expensive Microsoft architecture that we are not leveraging as a result. 2 years later an still NOTHING, not even on the radar! Please explain?
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Dear Community, I see many people have the same issue with Panasonic FZ-G1 with Ublox GPS and Collector. Is there a solution to this yet? We are about to invest in some new units of the above, to replace our existing units which we were using GPS connect and external GPS (via GPS connect for COM, which is really messy and comes with big issues). We would like confirmation that the new collector will work with it without having to use GPS connect (It should have its own version of "GPS connect" built in so this will work out of the box) before making any investment. This is a really big problem for us regarding the ideal combination product and software (Panasonic FZ-G1 with Ublox GPS and Collector Aurora). iOS and Android are not an option for us. Not worried if we have to wait for the Aurora update to Collector (as long as there is a timeline), we just need to know that we will be able to connect these devices without a dodgy work around (GPS connect). This is also stalling investment in development of other ArcGIS solutions (which will be accessed from the new FZ-G1 toughpads using the same GPS position information).
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