topic Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat? in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

NDFAdmin — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:05:28 GMT

I have a form with two geopoint questions, an initial gepoint question and another in a repeat. I haven't been able to figure out a way to change the initial map starting location from 0,0 for the geopoint question within the repeat. Is there a way to do this? I know that I can set the initial location by pulling coordinates from a CSV, but I would like the form users to set their own location. ~Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

Anonymous User — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 12:11:23 GMT

Hi NDF Admin,

We have resolved some issues in the upcoming 3.6 release in regards to geopoint questions inside repeats and setting calculations and defaults on geopoints, which may be related to the issue you appear to be describing. Please check out the latest 3.6 beta builds on EAC and see if this resolves your issue.

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

NDFAdmin — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:03:07 GMT

Thanks! I installed 3.6 and have been reading through the documentation. I'm having a hard time finding what changes have been made for setting geopoint defaults. Would you happen to to know what was changed and what the new implementation is changing the default location?

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

Anonymous User — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 23:01:57 GMT

The main change is that defaults and calculations are now honoured correctly when loading a geopoint in the main part of form or in a repeat, and changes to ensure the location sensor will not overwrite these values on load. The GPS, clear and recalculate button can now be used to set the location depending on if the user wants to overwrite the GPS or calculated value.

Can you explain in more detail or provide an example or your xlsx file of what you are trying to achieve?

Phil.

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

NDFAdmin — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:28:49 GMT

The issue I'm having is with setting a default geopoint location when loading locations using "Pulldata" from a CSV. When the online version of the survey is accessed the initial location is 0,0. I was hoping to change the default location to focus on Nevada. Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

Anonymous User — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:33:26 GMT

Have you tried using the calculation column instead of the default column?

Also, can you share your xslx file so we can take a closer look?

Phil.

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

NDFAdmin — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:46:52 GMT

I haven't tried using the calculation field, but should experiment.

Here is the xlsx file: Form

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

Anonymous User — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:20:04 GMT

Can you please also share the CSV you are using for pulldata() to get the lat/long? I am just taking a look at your survey and it should work the way you want, but using a calculation that uses pulldata() to get lat and long and set that as the default location when the repeat opens on the geopoint is set.

Phil.

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

DerrickWestoby — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:46:00 GMT

Are CSVs and pulldata() supported in the web form? I thought that only worked on the mobile & desktop surveys?

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

Anonymous User — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:52:38 GMT

Hi Derrick,

Yes, pulldata() at CSV works in the web form. You just need to ensure the CSV is configured correctly and doesn't use any special characters in the name fields, have extra blank columns, or extra blank lines in it. See this post here: https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2016/10/27/the-pulldata-function-access-external-data#comment-80111

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Is there a way to change the default map starting location from 0,0 in Survey123 with the geopoint in a repeat?

NDFAdmin — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:57:25 GMT

I ended up creating a default location in a CSV and use pulldata() to get the map's starting location and then set the dropdown default value to the default location. This ended up being a good solution, but it would be nice to have the option to set the starting location for geolocation questions in Connect.