Latest Contributions by Th_re_B_Christensen

Did the photo annotation "break" in Survey123 Connect v3.2.35 (Alpha)?  I was doing a demo where I deleted the "annotate" from the XLS schema to show how the camera icon changes.  When I went back to reverse this, I can no longer enter the word annotate in the Appearance column.  It also does not appear as a choice in the pull-down list.  What changed? Cross reference to this article: https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2017/09/20/talk-like-a-pirate-release-24  ... View more

It would be extremely helpful for field data collection to have audio alerts and sounds to assist the field worker when using Esri's mobile apps (e.g., Field Maps, Collector, Explorer, Workforce, Navigator, etc.).  For example, in Trimble's TerraSync and Esri's ArcPad, a user can hear sounds when conducting various field data collection tasks.  Being able to hear and audio "beep" when collecting GNSS position estimates while traversing a polygon or line will help the user know whether or not they are in fact collecting position estimates without having to look at their device screen, thus increasing safety.    Other sounds such as a beep when a feature is stored will also assist the user in knowing they've completed editing to a given feature. Further, being able to customize the sounds (similar to customizing personal ringtones) will allow the user to pick sounds they prefer.   I've seen many a field worker thinking they are collecting position estimates as the walk a line or a polygon only to find out at the end of the feature, they were not collecting GNSS position estimates.  Enabling sounds would help with this.   ... View more

It would be extremely helpful for field data collection to have audio alerts and sounds to assist the field worker when using Esri's mobile apps (e.g., Collector, Survey123, Explorer, Workforce, Navigator, etc.).  For example, in Trimble's TerraSync and Esri's ArcPad, a user can hear sounds when conducting various field data collection tasks.  Being able to hear and audio "beep" when collecting GNSS position estimates while traversing a polygon or line will help the user know whether or not they are in fact collecting position estimates without having to look at their device screen, thus increasing safety.  Other sounds such as a beep when a feature is stored will also assist the user in knowing they've completed editing to a given feature. Further, being able to customize the sounds (similar to customizing personal ringtones) will allow the user to pick sounds they prefer. I seen many a field worker thinking they are collecting position estimates as the walk a line or a polygon only to find out at the end of the feature, they were not collecting GNSS position estimates.  Enabling sounds would help with this. ... View more

GNSS/GPS tracklogs have a wide variety of uses.  One common use is to use GNSS/GPS tracklogs for storing metadata regarding GNSS/GPS information.  Another common use is simply having a geographic record (i.e., the "breadcrumb" trail) of where a mobile device was used. Add the ability to store GNSS/GPS tracklogs for an ArcPad project directly into an AXF database.  Currently, GNSS/GPS tracklogs can only be stored as shapefiles which causes the inability to check data for GNSS/GPS tracklogs back in to a target geodatabase. Having the ability to check GNSS/GPS tracklogs in would eliminate having to use traditional copy/paste from a mobile device, building an empty feature class in the target geodatabase, then using the simple data loader in ArcCatalog to import GNSS/GPS tracklog shapefiles. This could be accomplished by a GIS data steward creating an "empty" GNSS/GPS tracklog feature class in the database schema prior to check-out.  Or by having the ArcPad Data Manager create an empty feature class when performing a check-out.  An ArcPad user would then need the ability to instruct ArcPad to store GNSS/GPS tracklog information in the corresponding AXF feature class. ... View more