Measure by gps points

bbieb — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:13:18 GMT

Is there way to measure a driving distance in ArcGIS Mobile application?

Using the ArcGIS for iOS app, you can measure a distance by clicking on Measure, then use gps to add a points for each line vertex. The user can continue measuring by clicking the gps button as a vehicle is moving.

My thought would be to measure by streaming, meaning the user just turns on the gps to start collecting point. When they stop, they stop the streaming and get the distance. This wouldn't involve the user constantly depressing the gps button. The gps button works for straight line distances but when collecting a distance around a curve (or corners), the user constantly has to be collecting gps points (via clicking).

The streaming function in the ArcGIS Mobile app for collection line features works great as it slows/speeds up collection of points as the speed of the vehicle changes. This is really nice. Now could a person apply that to just measuring??? Can this be done without custom coding? In the next version?

I realize that you could collect a feature then measure that feature but it seems that is a lot of clicks for something that should be simple to do.
Thanks.
brian

Re: Measure by gps points

bbieb — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:46:09 GMT

If you think this would be helpful please vote for it on the ideas web site.

http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=08730000000btedAAA

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Measure by gps points

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