topic How to download photos from a hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online Questions

How to download photos from a hosted feature layer

ACA — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:13:35 GMT

I have a hosted feature layer "TREEINSPECTIONS" that contains a related inspection table and associated photos. The photos are visible through Field Maps.

I have tried downloading the "TREEINSPECTIONS" feature layer, which includes the related inspection table but there are no photos included in the download. I am downloading as a FGDB. See image below.

Am I doing something wrong to get the photos?

Thanks

Re: How to download photos from a hosted feature layer

Katie_Clark — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:16:56 GMT

When you download the fgdb, it should include all layers and tables unless you've specified otherwise with a query. The photo data is stored as BLOB data in the table with _ATTACH

Re: How to download photos from a hosted feature layer

ACA — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:31:17 GMT

Thanks Katherine:

I see the name of the photo in the _ATTACH table but where is the actual photo? I don't see it in the downloaded zip file.

Thanks

Re: How to download photos from a hosted feature layer

Katie_Clark — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:48:30 GMT

You'll need to run a script to extract the BLOB data from the table and create the image files. You can follow this workflow to do that.

https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000017450

Re: How to download photos from a hosted feature layer

ACA — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:21:52 GMT

Thanks Katherine!

This worked perfectly!