Collector for ArcGIS is a mobile data collection app that makes it easy to capture accurate data from the field and return it to the office. It works with web maps from the ArcGIS Platform, supports high precision data collection, and can work offline for disconnected workflows.

This blog is meant to be a live resource that will be updated to share the latest resources for working with Collector for ArcGIS. FYI: access the general help documentation here.

Last edited: August 27, 2020

Video Resources

• Esri Live Training Seminar: Field Data Workflows with Collector for ArcGIS - 1 hour
• Esri Collector: Aurora vs. Classic (by Anatum GeoMobile Solutions) - 9 mins
• Collector for ArcGIS: Capture High-Accuracy Data - 3 mins
• What's New in Collector for ArcGIS (Dev Summit 2020) - 1 hour
• Collector for ArcGIS: High Accuracy Data Collection (Dev Summit 2020) - 1 hour
• Collector for ArcGIS: An Introduction (UC 2019) - 1 hour
• What's New in Collector for ArcGIS (Dev Summit 2019) - 1 hour
• Collector for ArcGIS: High Accuracy Data Collection (Dev Summit 2019) - 30 mins
• ArcGIS Apps: Taking Your Maps Offline (Dev Summit 2020) - 1 hour
• ArcGIS Apps: Taking Your Maps Offline (Dev Summit 2019) - 1 hour
• Taking ArcGIS into the Field - Collaborative Working (esri UK 2019 conference) - 40 mins

• Mobile Device Management and ArcGIS Field Apps (Dev Summit 2020) - 1 hour

Collector for ArcGIS Tutorial Videos

• Capturing Reliable Data in the Field - 1 hour
• Disconnected Editing with Collector for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Enterprise (by esri Canada)
• How to Record Orthometric Heights in Collector v18.1.0 (Aurora) with Your Eos Arrow GNSS Receiver (by Eos Positioning Systems) - 5 mins
• RTK Laser Mapping Tutorials with Collector (by Eos Positioning Systems) - 5 mins
• Achieve Vertical Accuracy with Trimble Receivers Using Esri’s Collector App (by Frontier Precision)
• Setting up Collector for ArcGIS "Android v20.1.0" with Trimble Mobile Manager (by Seiler Geospatial)

How to Blogs

• Try Collector
• Make your first Collector map
• Crea tu primer mapa para Collector for ArcGIS (by Aeroterra - Esri Distributor) - In Spanish
• Share a map for data collection in Collector
• Coordinates and Measurement Units in Collector for ArcGIS
• Real-Time Differential Corrections Made Easy with Collector for ArcGIS v18.1.0
• Collect data offline
• Increase efficiency going offline and syncing in Collector 
• Define polygon offline map areas for Collector
• Speed up offline Collector deployments using sideloaded basemaps 
• ArcGIS Online Tips & Tricks – Map Areas (by Power Engineers)
• Control access to data in Collector through feature layer views
• Search for assets intuitively in field apps 
• Use barcodes and Arcade expressions in Collector
• Estimate materials for a sandbag wall using ArcGIS Arcade 
• Simplify weather measurements in the field using Arcade 
• Search in Collector with iOS Shortcuts 
• Limit available maps in Collector for ArcGIS 
• Take the same layer offline twice in Collector using feature layer views
• Field Collection Using High Precision GPS – Introducing the Bad Elf (by ssp innovations)
• Install a SSL Certificate on a mobile device 
• Esri Apps for Field Work, Work Together
• Create assignments in the field with ArcGIS Collector 
• Workforce and Collector: Creating assignments in the field
• Integrate Collector with Workforce to Create Assignments from the Field (by GeoMarvel)
• Collector Integration with Survey123 (by GeoMarvel)
• Tutorial: Collector for ArcGIS, create, capture and share data in real time - 3 parts - by Jonathan Macalupu (In Spanish)

Related Blogs

• Why ArcGIS is the Ideal Platform for Data Collection and Asset Management (by esri Canada)
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• Tracking and Traceability 2019 - Part 1
• Tracking and Traceability 2019 - Part 2
• Manage Forest Harvest and Chemical Activities
• Collect and Manage Vineyard Data
• What Esri’s Next-Generation Collector App Means for Trimble Users (by Trimble)
• Catching up with Collector (by esri UK)

Whitepapers

• https://community.esri.com/groups/mobile-gis/blog/2017/10/25/arcgis-secure-mobile-implementation-pat... (mobile security and architecture)
• Take your Web Maps Offline whitepaper

Today we released an update to Collector for ArcGIS on the iOS platform. Please read our official release announcement on the ArcGIS Blog site.

This week we released Collector for ArcGIS v19.0.1 on the iOS platform. This is a minor update but has a few new capabilities.

Please read the following blog post for details.

FYI, nice blog that discusses how to work with coordinates and measurement units in Collector for ArcGIS by Jeff Shaner‌.

Coordinates and Measurement Units in Collector for ArcGIS 

Enjoy,

On Tuesday December 4th, 2018, we released Collector for ArcGIS v18.1.0 on the App Store. This is a significant evolution for Collector and field data collection workflows with the ArcGIS Platform. Please read details about the release here and provide your comments/feedback on the release:

Collector for ArcGIS (iOS) v18.1.0 Released! 

Collector Team

FYI,

Excellent video by Anatum Geomobile Solutions that highlights and compares the differences between current Collector for ArcGIS vs the new Collector (Aurora) release. A nice resource to learn about the changes.

Esri Collector - Aurora vs. Classic (9 mins video)

Enjoy,

A nice blog by Adam Lee, from Esri UK that discusses many of the new capabilities in the forthcoming Collector for ArcGIS (Aurora) release. Check it out.

It’s time to get excited about the Aurora Project

Enjoy,

This week we announced the initial beta release of Collector for ArcGIS (Aurora) on the Android platform! Read more in the ArcGIS blog and join our beta program!

Collector team

Collector for ArcGIS v18.0.2 (Android) Pre-release Announcement

On September 27th, we released a small bug fix update to Collector for ArcGIS on the Android platform. Issues addressed in this update include the following:

• BUG-000106490
• BUG-000115655
• BUG-000116005
• BUG-000116317

Collector Team

A couple of useful videos on Collector for ArcGIS are now available online:

1. What's New in Collector for ArcGIS - YouTube 

2. Collector for ArcGIS: High Accuracy Data Collection - YouTube 

Enjoy,