Center on point in Collector using URL

[joerodmey]

I can center on a particular point and pull up the popup via a URL within a Webmap, but can I do the same in Collector? Or at the least be able to center on a particular point?

[Kylie · Accepted solution]

Hi Joe -- Yes, you can use the Collector URL scheme to launch the app, open a map, and center on a particular location. You can't open a popup through it though.

See "Can my users open Collector from my emails, websites, or apps?" in FAQs for map creation—Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS, as well as the Collector URL scheme GitHub repo.

[joerodmey]

Apparently the only way to zoom to a point in collector is by starting a new feature collect...I don't want to do this

[Kylie]

Hi Joe -- You don't have to start a new feature collect to center. There is an example of this in the Collector URL scheme GitHub repo:

Center at a given location

The location on which to center the map.

center: (optional) Specified as a set of latitude, longitude (y,x) coordinates. Coordinates must be in WGS84.

The following example URL defines a map to open and a location to center the map:

arcgis-collector://?itemID=35b1ccecf226485ea7d593f100996b49&center=34.0547155,-117.1961714

[joerodmey]

I need to center on a previously collected point, not based on coordinates

[Kylie]

Gotcha. Yeah, to center Collector you'd have to know the location of that previously collected point before launching the app. So how you'd get that depends on how/where you are calling Collector from. There isn't a way to find a particular existing feature to center on as part of launching the app.

[joerodmey]

I'm calling Collector from an email and want to pass in an objectID to zoom to

[Kylie]

You'd have to locate that object ID before calling Collector. Centering on a feature isn't currently supported.

[joerodmey]

Is there a work around right now?