topic Re: use desktop with collector in ArcGIS Collector Questions

use desktop with collector

JimONeill — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:05:03 GMT

We have desktop licensing for all of our products including an internal ArcGIS Server. Can someone point me to some good documentation for using ArcGIS Desktop with ArcGIS Collector? I found some vague documents but nothing that could help get something going. I have a user that wishes to collect points in the field and use them internally whether in ArcMap or another application.

Re: use desktop with collector

shan_sarkar — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:16:06 GMT

Jim,

You may refer the following:

I hope this helps!

~Shan

Re: use desktop with collector

DerekLaw — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:31:58 GMT

Hi Jim,

> We have desktop licensing for all of our products including an internal ArcGIS Server. Can someone point me to some good documentation for using ArcGIS Desktop with ArcGIS Collector?

Collector for ArcGIS works with web maps that contain feature layers.

You can created editable data in ArcGIS Desktop (stored in an enterprise geodatabase), then publish the data as a feature service in ArcGIS Server, then register the feature service with an ArcGIS Online organization to enable a feature layer, add it to a web map, then access in the field with Collector for ArcGIS.

After collecting data in the field with Collector, the data is stored back in the enterprise geodatabase - which ArcGIS Desktop can edit as well.

FYI, Collector for ArcGIS: An Introduction Video | Esri

Hope this helps,