topic In Collector, who wants the first vertex of a polygon to be at their current location? in ArcGIS Collector Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/in-collector-who-wants-the-first-vertex-of-a/m-p/592636#M10234 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why does Collector drop the first vertex of a polygon at your current location?</P><P></P><P>I create systems for collecting environmental data in the field and lately a lot of that has been around recording weed infestation areas.&nbsp; In the past (with Classic) you could tap the map which was perfect.&nbsp; When we Aurora was released this annoying quirk was introduced, but we found you could get around it by slightly moving the map just before you created the feature.&nbsp; Now that work around isn't working and every field worker is really pissed off and not shy in telling me how annoying this is.&nbsp; Its pretty much everyone's number one complaint about Collector now.</P><P>We never, ever have had a need for the first vertex being at our current location when creating a polygon.&nbsp; I cannot think why this would ever be remotely handy unless you were streaming vertices or something (which we've never had a need to do all these years of using Collector.)</P><P>The only way around this is to "delete" or "update" the first point, but the default should be that the user creates the first point.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:39:56 GMT Scott_Sambell 2020-07-08T10:39:56Z In Collector, who wants the first vertex of a polygon to be at their current location? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/in-collector-who-wants-the-first-vertex-of-a/m-p/592636#M10234 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why does Collector drop the first vertex of a polygon at your current location?</P><P></P><P>I create systems for collecting environmental data in the field and lately a lot of that has been around recording weed infestation areas.&nbsp; In the past (with Classic) you could tap the map which was perfect.&nbsp; When we Aurora was released this annoying quirk was introduced, but we found you could get around it by slightly moving the map just before you created the feature.&nbsp; Now that work around isn't working and every field worker is really pissed off and not shy in telling me how annoying this is.&nbsp; Its pretty much everyone's number one complaint about Collector now.</P><P>We never, ever have had a need for the first vertex being at our current location when creating a polygon.&nbsp; I cannot think why this would ever be remotely handy unless you were streaming vertices or something (which we've never had a need to do all these years of using Collector.)</P><P>The only way around this is to "delete" or "update" the first point, but the default should be that the user creates the first point.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:39:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/in-collector-who-wants-the-first-vertex-of-a/m-p/592636#M10234 Scott_Sambell 2020-07-08T10:39:56Z