https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/can-i-stop-geopoint-from-autopopulating-with-the/m-p/1506297#M57940 <P>I have several geopoint questions and want to avoid having the geopoint auto-populate to the location where the survey is happening - just open a map without automatically dropping a pin.</P><P>So my first question is: Is it possible to prevent the geopoint questions//maps from autopopulating (dropping a pin at the device location).</P><P>An alternative workaround I thought of could be to set it to autopopulate in a very specific location (and if it is left there that's our indication that the person did not actually drop a pin).</P><P>So second question is: Can we set the geopoint questions to autopopulate at a very specific location (no matter where the device is)?&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you!</P> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:14:08 GMT jcucsc 2024-07-17T19:14:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/can-i-stop-geopoint-from-autopopulating-with-the/m-p/1506297#M57940 <P>I have several geopoint questions and want to avoid having the geopoint auto-populate to the location where the survey is happening - just open a map without automatically dropping a pin.</P><P>So my first question is: Is it possible to prevent the geopoint questions//maps from autopopulating (dropping a pin at the device location).</P><P>An alternative workaround I thought of could be to set it to autopopulate in a very specific location (and if it is left there that's our indication that the person did not actually drop a pin).</P><P>So second question is: Can we set the geopoint questions to autopopulate at a very specific location (no matter where the device is)?&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you!</P> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:14:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/can-i-stop-geopoint-from-autopopulating-with-the/m-p/1506297#M57940 jcucsc 2024-07-17T19:14:08Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/can-i-stop-geopoint-from-autopopulating-with-the/m-p/1507423#M57998 <P>Hello&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/792361">@jcucsc</a>,&nbsp;</P><P>Please see the <A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/geopoints.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_6B32C981BC5E490AAAFCE52E15993DC3" target="_self">Defaults section of the Geopoints documentation</A> for more information. You can prevent the geopoint from auto populating with the devices location by using `null` in the default column of the XLSForm.&nbsp;</P><P>You can also set specific coordinates to set the geopoint location by default, or you can calculate the geopoint based on a preset coordinate location. For more information on dynamically calculating the geopoint location please see the "Calculate Location from CSV" sample in Connect.&nbsp;</P> Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:51:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/can-i-stop-geopoint-from-autopopulating-with-the/m-p/1507423#M57998 ZacharySutherby 2024-07-19T19:51:26Z