idea ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

MooreCounty — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:15:46 GMT

Please add a GPS toolbar with similar functionality to the ArcMap GPS toolbar. In particular, being able to connect to a USB GPS unit and auto-panning would be great.

When up voting this Idea, please add a Comment with information about how you use connected GPS with Desktop (ArcMap). How do you connect the unit, what type of work are you doing, and what functionality from the current ArcMap GPS toolbar do you use most? Is there important functionality missing from the existing toolbar that would be beneficial in a Pro GPS "toolbar"?

Re: ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

KoryKramer — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:28:28 GMT

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We added some questions in an info box in the description, and I wanted to reach out to present the same to those who have already voted for this idea:

How do you connect the unit, what type of work are you doing, and what functionality from the current ArcMap GPS toolbar do you use most? Is there important functionality missing from the existing toolbar that would be beneficial in a Pro GPS "toolbar"?

Providing more information will be extremely helpful to us when thinking about what this might look like in ArcGIS Pro.

Thank you!

Re: ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

JerryChase2 — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:53:52 GMT

I'm currently testing a Garmin Glo (Bluetooth connection) with my computer and Android phone. My experience with GPS/GIS has been primarily limited to ArcGIS Desktop and I have made that work for my purposes although it has been challenging and confusing. Bluetooth connections bring a level of complexity all its own, but that seems to be the path of the future for peripherals. So the only comment that I have to offer is I wish for a day when PCs connect to external devices as easily as do my smart phone. Having used survey grade GPS units before when the only way to interact with them was to use a specific unit connected with a cable. Now most GPS units will connect with Bluetooth to handheld computers and most smartphones.

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KoryKramer — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:58:28 GMT

Thank you, Jerry!

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EvanMosher — Tue, 30 May 2017 16:31:51 GMT

Hi Kory,

We would like to connect to GPS through either a Serial-USB adapter or just through Serial port. In our business we would like to put ArcGIS Pro on our fishing vessels, and have them view the current vessel location with correct heading, or Course over Ground, so displaying some sort of custom icon that has a front and rear would be great. Might be nice to have a window or something that constantly displays the current location, heading, and speed. Also, our crews like to use a "vector arrow" that reaches out ahead of the vessel at a specified distance, this would be nice to have. Any way to add a "Distance to Mouse location" and/or "Distance to a waypoint" and/or "Time to go to waypoint" and/or "Time to go to Mouse location", "Bearing to Mouse location" and/or "Bearing to a waypoint" and have these also displayed in a window or something that is updating would be a nice to have.

Regards,

Evan

Re: ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

KoryKramer — Tue, 30 May 2017 16:34:47 GMT

Excellent input. Thank you, Evan!

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PerryBeale — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:49:45 GMT

I would like the GPS toolbar to connect a GPS via USB to Pro. A large portion of our work is mapping crops, which requires in-the-field location capabilities for editing, especially cutting field border polygons. This work flow often requires desktop tools rather than using Collector. ArcMap is the current desktop environment for connecting to GPS, but moving to Pro will require this same connectivity.

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JoelMcKechnie1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:11:50 GMT

In my work we have been using ArcMap on a windows tablet, connected to a QSTARZ GPS Receiver via bluetooth.

I have read a few posts on Geonet that have similar experiences, and I can agree that bluetooth connectivity is an issue on it's own.

ArcGIS Pro needs GPS connectivity. We have almost completely migrated to Pro at the desktop, however cannot progress to Pro in the field without a GPS toolbar. We are trialing Collector, however need functionality Pro/ArcMap provide that Collector cannot.

Re: ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

KoryKramer — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:47:35 GMT

Thank you for the input, Joel!

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ThomasColson — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:35:10 GMT

For CADD (in vehicle police dispatching), the ability to have a GPS-connected to the laptop (where the GPS is part of the CADD hardware in the trunk), and Arc running on the laptop, is a must-have. And no, we can't use collector or explorer, most CADD systems have ArcMap baked into the rest of the system, either on the dispatch side, vehicle side, or both. If (when) ArcMap is ultimately retired, and Pro doesn't have this functionality, we'll have to find another solution.

Re: ArcGIS Pro GPS Toolbar

KoryKramer — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:39:33 GMT

Good detail. Thank you, Thomas!

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AndyClark3 — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 01:33:33 GMT

We use a Garmin Bluetooth GPS device with ArcMap for field work. However since upgrading our tablet to a high resolution screen, ArcMap is unusable for field work due to resolution issues. For our editing and mapping environment, we have almost completely migrated to ArcGIS Pro which has been a fantastic decision and we would like to move on from ArcMap for good.

We have been trialing Collector for ArcGIS for our field operations however as we require displaying large areas of complex data (our mapping area is 18 million hectares - the state of Queensland), Collector can struggle displaying our broad scale, complex data. There is also a known bug with publishing feature services from ArcGIS Pro to AGOL and downloading a web map for offline use using the collector app with Windows. Tiling our imagery is also time consuming and a bit of a hassle.

Ideally we would like to be able to take our ArcGIS Pro project out into the field with us and have the GNSS (GPS) functionality like ArcMap has. Although Collector for ArcGIS will have its place for us, we really need the full desktop GIS functionality with GNSS/GPS location displaying and tracking.

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MatthewDorsey — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:46:28 GMT

If developed, it needs to support NMEA sentences via USB AND Bluetooth...

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MatthewDorsey — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:50:17 GMT

If developed, it needs to support NMEA sentences via USB AND Bluetooth...

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ThomasColson — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:25:56 GMT

...and Bad Elf

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SteveOliver — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:50:31 GMT

I use the GPS Feature in ARCmap to track my movements and to mark locations were I drop kids of on their Paper Sales Route. I used to use QGIS GPS feature, and miss the autopan feature that came with it, but love how ARCMap has a better connection. I use BLUETOOTH connection from my Android Phone.

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JoshOsher — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:43:12 GMT

Just make sure its not just pulled directly from ArcMap. I have been using ArcGIS for 15 years and the same zooming bug has been in every version since the early 2000's.

Basically when connected to GPS, if you zoom in and then zoom out, within a minute or two after you start moving again it zooms back in.

The only work around I have found is to save the doc after every zoom out.

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BruceAnderson1 — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:42:42 GMT

used with USB connected and bluetooth connected GPS units for animal surveys conducted from aircraft

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CurtisJohnson1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:59:58 GMT

Waiting on this feature to fully migrate to ArcGIS Pro...

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ShanaGail1 — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:27:18 GMT

Hi,

We have AMI Engineers and Metermen using MS MapPoint to display Fixed Network meters that are not reporting in, or have a low RC quality issue that needs mitigating in the field. MapPoint is deprecated, and so I have been working on a prototype to use Pro instead. Plus, the users are moving from Win 7 to Win 10, which is the final nail in the coffin for MapPoint.

However, I discovered today, much to my dismay, that there is no GPS Toolbar, and the users are adamant that they want navigation functionality as part of the solution. They are currently using an external GPS antennae with a Win 7 laptop... "Under Consideration" is close to being in "In Product Plan"... right??

Thanks,

Shana