topic Re: GeoShape default map location in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

GeoShape default map location

RussellSturm — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:00:17 GMT

I'm trying my first survey with the geoshape. Is it possible to set the default location for the map when opening the geoshape question? I tried in both the default and calculations columns in the excel form but neither appears to work. I was hoping it would work like the geopoint question where I can set the location. Also, will geoshape use the default zoom level from the settings of the survey?

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:06:36 GMT

Hi Russell,

You should be able to set the default location from Survey123 Connect>Setting>Map tab to set the home location and the zoom level.

Re: GeoShape default map location

RussellSturm — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:29:56 GMT

I have a default location and zoom set in Survey123 Connect>Settings>Map tab. I tried a geopoint question and those defaults do change the geopoint. However, they don't seem to do anything to the geoshape question. I have also tried setting the lat/long in the default column for the question and the calculation column. Neither of those appear to change the map location either.

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:45:52 GMT

It works for me when creating geoshape using a basic template deployed from Survey123 Connect. Could you share your xlsx form for us to take a look here?

Re: GeoShape default map location

RussellSturm — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:16:23 GMT

If I removed my default value for the geoshape question and just use the survey default the map is at the location for based upon the survey settings. However, the survey is used globally so I can't just use one location. I want to set the map location based upon a known lat/long for the survey. I use a concat like this: concat(${centroidlatitude},' ',${centroidlongitude})

That syntax works for the geopoint question but doesn't seem to for the geoshape.

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:35:40 GMT

Hi Russell,

Could you share your XLS form or take a screenshot of how you set the default value in the form?

Re: GeoShape default map location

RussellSturm — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:51:54 GMT

This is a slimmed down version of the survey, but you should be able to see what I'm trying to do. The geopoint question works, the geoshape does not.

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 21:21:31 GMT

Hi Russell,

Thanks for your form. I was able to repro your issue at my end. As geoshape is still in Beta, we will invenstigate if there is issue with default vale setting for geoshape and will address this issue.

And for your information, I saw you are using a repeat for your geoshape and we just address an issue with 3.5 hot fix release to fix the geopoint calculation within the repeat(not geoshape though).

Re: GeoShape default map location

RussellSturm — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:26:46 GMT

Thanks for the feedback and verification of the issue. We'll wait for a new release that addresses this issue as we move forward.

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:21:39 GMT

Hi Russell,

After further investigation, the way to set the default location for Geotrace and Geoshape is using the map setting from Survey123 Connect. The default/calculation column in the xls form only works for Geopoint as we did use lat/long value to calculate the point, but not for Geoshape/Geotrace, as the field type is different. Thus, the current support for geotrace/geoshape default location is to use Survey123 Connect to set.

Thanks,

Shwu-Jing

Re: GeoShape default map location

DataOfficer — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:10:19 GMT

Has there been any update on this. I.e. is there now a way to center a geotrace or geoshape question map based on the coordinates from a previous question?

My use case is that the user selects a survey site, from which a pulldata function gets the lat and long. I would then like the geotrace (or geoshape) map to center on those coordinates pulled in from the previous step.

Many thanks,
Rob

Re: GeoShape default map location

Shwu-jingJeng — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:35:08 GMT

Hi Rob,

We haven't made any updates to support the use case you mentinoed with geoshape and geotrace. I encourage you to contact Esri Support. Our Support team will assign an official enhancement number for your records. Similar requests from other customers can then be attached to the same enhancement request, which helps us assess demand for the enhancement and prioritize it accordingly.

Re: GeoShape default map location

tnscoffee_admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:25:47 GMT

Any update on this..?

Best,

Mannan

Re: GeoShape default map location

Mondi_GIS — Thu, 12 May 2022 10:08:23 GMT

I calculate the four corner coordinate pairs to create a polygon that I use to set the default location in the geoshape. Then the user needs to clear the polygon and draw their new shape, which is a bit of a nuisance but so far my users have been happy to do this.

Re: GeoShape default map location

ahargreaves_FW — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:39:46 GMT

@Shwu-jingJeng , any update on this 2 years later? We need to be able to dynamically set the GeoShape location based on an earlier GeoPoint value...

Re: GeoShape default map location

PhilipMarty — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:47:23 GMT

Is this available yet? Not seeing any documentation, and it's been several years. It's a needed enhancement. Thank you

Re: GeoShape default map location

DJB — Fri, 17 May 2024 16:24:27 GMT

@Shwu-jingJeng, @Ismael

It has now been 5 years since this initial post. Has Esri made any progress on this issue.

I have a survey that includes a geopoint question and then and a related group that has a geoshape question that requires the user to capture all of their field boundaries. I think it is very inefficient to ask uses to find their location twice in the same survey. Why can I not use the geopoint location as the default map extent for the geoshape question.

Esri, PLEASE include this functionally in a future update.