Latest Contributions by AndrewHansford

Esri talks about ArcGIS Online being a true SaaS version of ArcGIS Enterprise. I think into todays world this would be fantastic if it were. The problem being is that you still require a certain number of services to be hosted on prem. For example the ability to create custom geoprocessing tools. You are required to host these on your own environments then access them by adding them into your ArcGIS Online environment.    What should happen is that when you create your ArcGIS Online Instance for your organisation you should have the ability to post custom geoprocessing tools in that environment. Similar to the ability to host your organsiations data in the cloud. ... View more

It would be great to have a Report Widget. The idea is that you would select you feature services that would be used to inform the report. Similar to the S123 Reporting tool and then export this report as a PDF or Image format.   The example is that a investigations officer needs to report of a property of interest. The report would include the organisations logo. map frames, attribute frames, and other information that is required by the investigation officer that will provide the information.   Once they have selected the property of interest they have the ability to export the map to PDF. I think this functionality would be useful across multiple agencies and also increase the uptake an use of web applications. Thanks Andrew ... View more

It would be awesome to make use of the Smart Phones (AR sensors) to perform measurements of items in the field.  Example: Field staff are inspecting Power and Telephone poles. They need to capture the height of the pole. or Field staff is taking a survey of trees and part of the survey requires the field staff to measure the height and width of the tree. ... View more