topic Re: moving a point with the Edit web app in ArcGIS Online Questions

moving a point with the Edit web app

ClemHenriksen — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:51:04 GMT

I am using the Edit web application with a simple web map/feature service with point features.

all is going well and I have figured out how to add points, select a point, and update attributes.

When adding a new point I can place the point, then adjust its location.

but when I select the point, I am unable to move its location. I want to do this in cases where I return to make edits later.

should I be able to adjust the position of a point feature? if so, what click stream is used to accomplish this?

thanks.

Re: moving a point with the Edit web app

MikeMinami — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:13:22 GMT

You should be able to move the point. try clicking once then clicking again and you should see some selection handles to drag the point.

Is the layer a feature service? is the feature service configured for full editing? there is an option on a feature service to allow creating new features but not edit existing features.

Thanks,

Mike

Re: moving a point with the Edit web app

ClemHenriksen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:08:01 GMT

Sorry, no selection handles showing up in web app. Clicking twice zooms the map.

Wait a minute! I just moved position on a point in the web map (not app)! No selection handles, but somehow I managed to click on just the right spot and it took my clicks as a location update request. Click in the wrong spot and you get either a map zoom, or the attribute popup appears. How to tell the exact right spot to click on is a mystery to me. Either I am dense or there is a design flaw, IMHO.

Another odd thing: when editing in the web app, the point symbol reverts to the default when a point is selected.

URL to web app is

https://dfm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Editor/Chrome/index.html?appid=fbc9f862c7bf41d48cf3b222a9954d5a&webmap=46592689db054f48b088cd9b8815554c

shared with Everybody, as is underlying web map and feature service.

layer is feature service, configured for full editing. Edit tracking is on.

Web map is at http://bit.ly/MVFOJc