topic Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi in Classic Esri Story Maps Questions

Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some points?

AdamOlson — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:16:41 GMT

I am using the ESRI storytelling map tour template.

My photos are loaded as attachments through a feature service. For some map point location I would like to use a URL to a video.

Since I am not using a field for the photos in a url link but instead using feature attachments.

Where can I put a the URL to the video?

I am using WOWSLIDER for a video slideshow of photos taken.

Wowslider basically creates an index.html that opens and plays a slideshow. I am wanting to use that url link to play slide show photos of property. In theory I am thinking this is going to work but has anyone else tried it?

Story book draft. I am wanting to replace the property image with a slideshow.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:36:19 GMT

Hi,
Yes you can (see Help>Data - the last section).
To sum-up because by default Feature Service attachments are limited in size, we don't yet support adding videos when the source is a Feature Service.
But through ArcGIS.com viewer you can edit your data to include a video or any other page (open your webmap in edit mode, edit the field pic_url with the URL of your video). Also if your record has an attribute isVideo, turn it to true, if it doesn't, the URL of your page have to include #isVideo.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:37:11 GMT

Hi,
Yes you can (see Help>Data - the last section).
To sum-up because by default Feature Service attachments are limited in size, we don't yet support adding videos when the source is a Feature Service.
But through ArcGIS.com viewer you can edit your data to include a video or any other page (open your webmap in edit mode, edit the field pic_url with the URL of your video). Also if your record has an attribute isVideo, turn it to true, if it doesn't, the URL of your page have to include #isVideo.

As you are aware with attachments in a feature service there is no field called pic_url. Are you suggesting I make fields called Pic_url and isVideo? then put the URL to the video and the isvideo to true? Then that will use the video instead of the attachments in the feature service?

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:51:26 GMT

Feature Service created from the builder should always have a field named pic_url (alias is 'Picture URL').
If you don't have two fields named pic_url and thumb_url, you won't be able to use video. More details on github here and here.

If you don't want / can't create the Feature Service from the builder, yes you can create those fields yourself, populate them and make sure to have use #isVideo at the end of your video URL.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:17:09 GMT

Feature Service created from the builder should always have a field named pic_url (alias is 'Picture URL').
If you don't have two fields named pic_url and thumb_url, you won't be able to use video. More details on github here and here.

If you don't want / can't create the Feature Service from the builder, yes you can create those fields yourself, populate them and make sure to have use #isVideo at the end of your video URL.

I did not use a builder.

I created a feature class and then published a feature service on our server. It worked fine. Then I took your advice and added the PIC_URL and IS_VIDEO fields. For one of my map points I removed the feature class attachments and added a URL to the PIC_URL field and set the IS_VIDEO to true. I republished the service and now that entire map point is gone from my map. It does not show up at all now.

Please advise.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:22:51 GMT

Using a custom Feature Service is possible but it will require you to read a bit the documentation to make it works. Please take a look at the previous two links I gave you. You need to have two attachments per feature (even for the videos). You need to add pic_url field and also thumb_url.

Alternatively I would recommend that you create a Feature Service from the sample CSV we distribute and start rebuilding your Map Tour from scratch. Add your points with image, then use ArcGIS.com viewer to edit the pic_url when you want a video. if you have an organization, add the CSV as an item and choose to create a service.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:35:59 GMT

Using a custom Feature Service is possible but it will require you to read a bit the documentation to make it works. Please take a look at the previous two links I gave you. You need to have two attachments per feature (even for the videos). You need to add pic_url field and also thumb_url.

Alternatively I would recommend that you create a Feature Service from the sample CSV we distribute and start rebuilding your Map Tour from scratch. Add your points with image, then use ArcGIS.com viewer to edit the pic_url when you want a video. if you have an organization, add the CSV as an item and choose to create a service.

Yes, did you click on the link above? That is working from a feature service with 2 attachments. That feature service has NO pic_url or thumb_url field and it works fine.

I added the Pic_URL field and IS_video field but now that point for which I inserted the URL above does not even show up.

again, the map is currently using attachments to the feature class points to show the pictures. It is not using an URL path to the pictures. However I would assume for the video to work we do need an URL path and that is what I did but it removes the map point completely when displayed.

confused.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:39:54 GMT

When you add pic_url field, you also need to add a thumb_url field. If you don't have these two fields, the attachments are used. If you have these two fields, they are used. If you add only pic_url it doesn't works.

All of that is documented on the previous link. You can't use video if you don't have these two fields.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:56:42 GMT

When you add pic_url field, you also need to add a thumb_url field. If you don't have these two fields, the attachments are used. If you have these two fields, they are used. If you add only pic_url it doesn't works.

All of that is documented on the previous link. You can't use video if you don't have these two fields.

Ok, I added the thumb_url and now the slide show works for the map point I tried it on. However the photo attachments in the feature service now do not show for the other property map points.

Look at the map. Real Estate Map Tour

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:45:15 GMT

Ok, I added the thumb_url and now the slide show works for the map point I tried it on. However the photo attachments in the feature service now do not show for the other property map points.

Look at the map. Real Estate Map Tour

When a video is true. I notice the display area changes to a wide screen 16:9 format area? What is causing that to happen with a video?

I am using wowslider and the size I selected is not that wide.

How do we retain the ratio display size when videos are displayed?

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:22:26 GMT

When your Feature Service has the pic_url and thumb_url fields, those will always be used.
In your case, they are empty for the points you didn't edited manually, that's why nothing will be displayed.
You have to fill these fields for all your points. I thought it was documented in the link I sent, I will make sure to better document that.

You have two solution to edit your points that use picture:
* get the URL of all your attachments and fill the pic_url and thumb_url field in ArcGIS.com viewer (if you activate the popup on the layer you can see the link to the attachment. That can be pretty fast to do)
* use the builder "Change media" and upload all picture again. This will fill the fields correctly.

What you are trying to achieve is kind of hacking. You can still start over and create the Feature Service from the builder, upload all your points with pictures. Then go to ArcGIS.com viewer and edit the URL for one you want to use video or slideshow.

When the media isn't an image, the panel take a fixed aspect ratio, that is not configurable yet.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:01:42 GMT

When your Feature Service has the pic_url and thumb_url fields, those will always be used.
In your case, they are empty for the points you didn't edited manually, that's why nothing will be displayed.
You have to fill these fields for all your points. I thought it was documented in the link I sent, I will make sure to better document that.

You have two solution to edit your points that use picture:
* get the URL of all your attachments and fill the pic_url and thumb_url field in ArcGIS.com viewer (if you activate the popup on the layer you can see the link to the attachment. That can be pretty fast to do)
* use the builder "Change media" and upload all picture again. This will fill the fields correctly.

What you are trying to achieve is kind of hacking. You can still start over and create the Feature Service from the builder, upload all your points with pictures. Then go to ArcGIS.com viewer and edit the URL for one you want to use video or slideshow.

When the media isn't an image, the panel take a fixed aspect ratio, that is not configurable yet.

so your saying I have to populate the URL fields with a url link even though I have attachments in the feature class?

That was a nice advantage of the attachments is we didn't need to fill in the URL links.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

GregoryL_Azou — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:05:15 GMT

Yes.
We will simplify that kind of advanced use case in the future but from now the app is designed with builder use case first.

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:31:23 GMT

Yes.
We will simplify that kind of advanced use case in the future but from now the app is designed with builder use case first.

Yes, if you could make the app smart to be able to use the feature class attachments only if the IS_VIDEO is not true and play video if it is true without having to populate the PIC_URL and THUMB_URL.

That would be nice!

Re: Using feature service for photos. Where to put the URL link to video for some poi

AdamOlson — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:51:12 GMT

Ok, I did as you instructed.

I updated the URL links for pic and thumb.

However, now my Intro photo does not work.

I even removed the images and added them again via the map as new attachments and opened and copied and pasted the URL.

Still no introduction main page photo.

Any ideas as to why that photo does not display but the others do?