Create random point in Field Maps

ErikRieger — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:55:25 GMT

Does anyone have a solution to generate a new random point from the Field Maps app, similar to the Create Random Points geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS Pro?

Ideally, this could be done by either selecting a map radius or a constraining feature class. It would also need to work offline with an Offline Map Area.

I am not yet familiar with the Field Maps designer-arcpy interface--is that a path forward?

Context: This is for an environmental study where a sample point may not be reachable and the field team needs to quickly generate a new, unbiased sample point while in the field.

Re: Create random point in Field Maps

LuisaC — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:36:03 GMT

I'm not very familiar with your use case but if you have a feature class with defined areas it sounds like you might be able to fulfill this with an arcade expression in the popup for that layer.

Something like looping through a constraining polygon's geometry to find the extent and then using those values as the upper and lower limits for a random xy coordinate pair. Then that could theoretically be passed as the geometry parameter for a 'new sample point' url.

Depending on if your users would need to create an actual point feature or if they just need a location marked, these should be offline compatible and fairly doable.

Hope this is helpful - good luck!

topic Re: Create random point in Field Maps in ArcGIS Field Maps Questions

Create random point in Field Maps

Re: Create random point in Field Maps