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Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:59:38 GMT

There is an app for iPhone and android called Solocator. This app prints the street address or gps location of the camera on the face of the photo. You can also add the direction the camera is facing and the elevation to the 8mage face, along with the project name etc. This would be ideal for the Damage Assessment, Public Works, and Welfare Check apps I am working on.

Is it possible to write a python script that would call Solocator rather than the native camera app?

Does anyone have another suggestion for a way to approach the problem?

Many thanx......jt

#Solocator. #Survey123. #AlternateCamera

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JohnathanHasthorpe — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 03:55:10 GMT

Hi Jim

It is possible to launch another camera app from Survey123 by putting a url in the calculation field of a note question.

This is an example from the Trek2There sample availble in Connect.

concat('<a href="arcgis-trek2there://?stop=',${lat},',',${lon},'">Launch Smart Compass</a>')

However, IOS requires the whitelisting of the apps that Survey123 can launch, and at the moment we have not whitelisted any external camera apps. At the moment your best option is to open the Solocator app, take the photo and save it to the device. You can then use an image question in Survey123 to open, attach and submit the photo with the survey

Please note that we do have an enhancement request open that would provide the ability to save text in the captured image and I will add your request to it.

Thanks

John

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:19:29 GMT

Thanx for the note. What would it take to get Solocator whitelisted? Is there info the developer can provide? Do you have any indication of the relative priority of the feature request or time it might be considered? Many thanx.... jt

Jim Tolbert

Burnett County Emergency Management

Siren, WI. 54872

715-222-9376 voice/text

Sent from my iPhone

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:44:56 GMT

Following up on this...... is there any request I can put it in or place to make a case for “whitelisting” an app? Is there information the developer can provide? Thanx much.... jt

Jim Tolbert
Burnett County Emergency Management
Siren, WI. 54872
715-222-9376 voice/text

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JohnathanHasthorpe — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 09:00:03 GMT

Hi Jim - we have this as an open enhancement request which is currently under review.

Can you confirm that the app supports being launched by another app, and if so what is the url to launch it, and does it support any parameters?

Thanks

John

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:31:15 GMT

I will find out.

Jim Tolbert

Burnett County Emergency Management

Siren, WI. 54872

715-222-9376 voice/text

Sent from my iPhone

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:24:20 GMT

Hi Johnathan…………

I think Solocator is ready to go in terms of being ready to be launched by another app. Can we take this off conversation to email and off the forum? I would like to connect you, or someone in ESRI, and the app developer so required evaluations can be completed.

Thanx much………….. jt

Jim Tolbert, Director

Burnett County Emergency Management

7410 County K, #127

Siren, WI 54872

715-222-9376 24 hr Emergency Contact voice/text

jtolbert@burnettcounty.org

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:59:08 GMT

Hi Johnathan…………

Thanx much………….. jt

Jim Tolbert, Director

Burnett County Emergency Management

7410 County K, #127

Siren, WI 54872

715-222-9376 24 hr Emergency Contact voice/text

jtolbert@burnettcounty.org

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:58:03 GMT

Hi Johnathan…………

Can you please send me a note to say that this reached you?

Thanx much………….. jt

Jim Tolbert, Director

Burnett County Emergency Management

7410 County K, #127

Siren, WI 54872

715-222-9376 24 hr Emergency Contact voice/text

jtolbert@burnettcounty.org

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JohnathanHasthorpe — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:52:34 GMT

Thanks Jim - Will drop you an email today.

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JimTolbert — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:01:48 GMT

Thanks, Johnathan..... I’m looking forward to it....... jt

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

FranciscoAndrade1 — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:14:38 GMT

Please let me know if this functionality is available as mentioned by Jim..

I could use this app for different state mandated inspections such as General Order 95 and General Order 128 or for when we are doing other customer request inspections.

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

SteveTueting — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:05:24 GMT

How am I able to launch the system camera app within a survey instead of the embedded esri camera?

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

JorgensenSDR — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:39 GMT

Was there any movement on this?

Re: Is there anyway to use an alternate camera app in Survey123?s

Ganorr — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:17:13 GMT

This would be an extremely useful upgrade. The watermarking capabilities of survey 123 are lacking, and the spatial data capabilities of solocator are lacking. combining the two would be the best of both worlds!