idea Please fix stream mode digitizing in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Please fix stream mode digitizing

IanPryor1 — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:54:18 GMT

Stream mode digitizing is still nonfunctional and essentially broken in Pro 2.7. In Arcmap you set a stream tolerance and vertices are created at the specified interval and visibly appear as the mouse is dragged along. In Pro, it is seemingly random how the software decides to create a new vertex while engaged in streaming mode digitizing. Setting the tolerance to 20 feet results in vertices roughly 80-100 feet apart, setting at less than 5 feet results in 4-10 feet spacing, setting it at zero results in imprecise "jagged" results. The results are so horribly inconsistent the tool is practically useless (for my purposes and especially when compared to Arcmap). Please just implement this tool in the same manner as Arcmap or at least give that option.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing - Status changed to: In Product Plan

Scott_Harris — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:40:51 GMT

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing - Status changed to: Implemented

KoryKramer — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:45:11 GMT

Stream mode was improved in ArcGIS Pro 2.9. See for a number of other ideas you can expect to find when you update to 2.9.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

IanPryor1 — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:58:43 GMT

Appreciate the improved stream mode digitizing performance with version 2.9 but suggest it is still lacking when compared with the implementation in ArcMap. Stream mode tolerance remains somewhat random, vertices are created at very irregular intervals no matter what tolerance is entered. One of the most significant differences is how how vertices are shown in real time and "on-the-fly" in ArcMap, this improves the overall experience. In Pro you see a dashed line and vertices only appear after completing the edit.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

MarcHunter1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:54:56 GMT

To add, this issue is still a major hurdle for mappers who rely on streaming, and is unreliable in Pro v3.0.2.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

IanPryor1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:44:46 GMT

shouting into a hurricane on this one, I think esri considers this resolved even though its still essentially useless.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

BrianKreb — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:19:02 GMT

We are having the same issue on 3.0.1 and rely heavily on streaming to make large vegetation maps. It would be great if this was fixed sooner than later ESRI!

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

DaveWilcox — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:54:23 GMT

Echoing from above. We are also the same issue with 3.2.1 and rely heavily on streaming to make vegetation maps. It would be great if this was fixed sooner than later ESRI! This issue may prevent us from moving to ArcGIS Pro or cause us to look for an editing tool that does this correctly.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

HannesBernhardt — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:50:06 GMT

Newest ArcPro version 3.2 as of Feb'24 and I can confirm this issue, or lack of functional parity with ArcMap, STILL PERSISTS. It is NOT possible to stream at a 100% constant, pre-defined distance between vertices.

My institution is terminating it's ArcMap license soon and I will not be able to complete my project in time that absolutely needs this functionality. What am I supposed to do?

You want to push people to use ArcPro, but it STILL does not offer feature parity with ArcMap!

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

IanPryor1 — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:14:58 GMT

Will likely need to submit an enhancement request to get any eyes on this. ESRI changed the status to Implemented and doubtful they will even see this old thread. QGIS 3.2+ offers great, consistent stream mode digitizing. Frustrating to have to rely on different software, but it works.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

DaveWilcox — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 01:34:44 GMT

This has been logged as BUG-000164372. Hopefully that will help it get addressed.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

HannesBernhardt — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 01:55:32 GMT

@DaveWilcox Thank you. Has this bug report just been set up, or has this been fruitlessly brewing for a while?

It should be embarrassing (and hopefully motivating) for Esri that people use their site to recommend moving on to other software. Not achieving feature parity with ArcMap so many years after ArcPro's release and with ArcMap support termination looming is a disgrace.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

DaveWilcox — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 02:06:02 GMT

It was just created after I carefully walked ESRI tech support through the issue and demonstrated how it was broken.

Re: Please fix stream mode digitizing

HannesBernhardt — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 02:20:57 GMT

@DaveWilcox Awesome, thanks!

Funniest thing is, that if you set the vertex distance for streaming mode to let's say 2 km, you'll end up getting actual distances ranging between ~1-3 km. Really weird. That plus the fact that the polyline just ends when you click, i.e., it will not be a whole multiple of the distance you define (which is usually what you want, after all).