topic Location offset in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/location-offset/m-p/777090#M5282 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm brainstorming a way of offsetting a coordinate using the existing tools if standing at the location is impractical or dangerous e.g.:</P><P></P><P>1. Badger hole opening in a cete</P><P>2. Land mine near path</P><P>3. Geyser opening</P><P>4. Roadkill on busy street</P><P>5. Dog in yard</P><P>6. Duck on pond<BR /><BR />My current solution is to take the coordinate using the Survey123 geopoint widget and manually add distance and direction as a choice for every location collected on the form (e.g. if there are repeating points. Default is 0 if no offset added) to the geopoint if it is greater than the estimated error location error.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Anyone put similar thought to this and encountered an elegant solution?</P><P></P><P>Even laser tool solutions appreciated.</P><P></P><P>My form workflow solution as currently imagined is:</P><P>1 collect geopoint</P><P>2. measure/estimate&nbsp;offset and units</P><P>3. measure bearing and north type (true, magnetic)</P><P>4. Post-process and correct locations OR write formula to&nbsp;adjust geopoint with distance and bearing&nbsp;upon completion of question, storing both.</P><P></P><P>Joe</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:56:13 GMT Joseph_Kinyon 2016-09-26T18:56:13Z Location offset https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/location-offset/m-p/777090#M5282 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm brainstorming a way of offsetting a coordinate using the existing tools if standing at the location is impractical or dangerous e.g.:</P><P></P><P>1. Badger hole opening in a cete</P><P>2. Land mine near path</P><P>3. Geyser opening</P><P>4. Roadkill on busy street</P><P>5. Dog in yard</P><P>6. Duck on pond<BR /><BR />My current solution is to take the coordinate using the Survey123 geopoint widget and manually add distance and direction as a choice for every location collected on the form (e.g. if there are repeating points. Default is 0 if no offset added) to the geopoint if it is greater than the estimated error location error.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Anyone put similar thought to this and encountered an elegant solution?</P><P></P><P>Even laser tool solutions appreciated.</P><P></P><P>My form workflow solution as currently imagined is:</P><P>1 collect geopoint</P><P>2. measure/estimate&nbsp;offset and units</P><P>3. measure bearing and north type (true, magnetic)</P><P>4. Post-process and correct locations OR write formula to&nbsp;adjust geopoint with distance and bearing&nbsp;upon completion of question, storing both.</P><P></P><P>Joe</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:56:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/location-offset/m-p/777090#M5282 Joseph_Kinyon 2016-09-26T18:56:13Z Re: Location offset https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/location-offset/m-p/777091#M5283 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Right now, the process you are describing (adding in additional fields for the extra metadata and post-processing after data is submitted) would be the correct method. &nbsp;As you've noted, there are several use cases and we've received a few of them. &nbsp;Could you place this in ideas.arcgis.com - I'm not seeing an appropriate entry there and your description covers well the issue.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:37:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/location-offset/m-p/777091#M5283 JamesTedrick 2016-09-27T19:37:59Z