Latest Contributions by JeffShaner

Today we updated Workforce for ArcGIS on the Android platform. The 1.2.1 release addresses a number of key defects that were causing stability issues. The update is available now on Google Play and will be available soon on the Amazon App Store. Workforce Team ... View more

This is a PDF of the Collector for ArcGIS presentation given in today's user group meeting. Thank you for inviting me to present to you today! Jeff ... View more

On June 5 th , we released a new version of Collector that is now available in the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and the Windows Store. This is a minor update but adds some strategic new enhancements that will improve the way you work with high accuracy GPS receivers, manage attachments, work with basemaps and use Collector in a connected environment. GPS Averaging –  can be used to improve the precision of your high-accuracy collection workflows. You can capture a number of positions and create a location from the average of those positions. Rename Media Attachments -  now you can provide a meaningful name to the photos that you take around a feature. This is one of the most requested enhancements. SD card support (Android) -  you can use the SD card to store and manage basemaps for easier, faster deployment of data. Continuous Collect Improvements -  now supporting feature types that contain relationship classes. Layer Refresh Support -  if your feature layers have a layer refresh interval set, Collector will honor the refresh setting. This is valuable when working with maps in a connected state as the graphics of a feature are cached when on the device and this will force a query/update. In addition to these updates, we have several additional bug fixes and minor stability improvements. Please refer to our documentation website for more information. The Collector Team ... View more

Recycling, Graffiti and Tech services teams working for the City of Palmerston North New Zealand are getting a little help combatting Fly Tipping (Illegal Dumping) by using Workforce and Survey123. Read more about what they are doing here Location Based To Do Lists – Anything Mapping.  ... View more

During a recent EGUG Birds of a Feather webcast, Kurt Towler from Sulfer Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC), presented on how they used Collector for ArcGIS with Eos Positioning GNSS receivers to inspect 7,640 locations, capture over 34,000 asset records in just 32 days. That's 235 collections per day! Paired to the Eos Arrow receiver, their median accuracy was 4.6 cm, dramatically improving the accuracy and currency of their data. The webinar was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. You can view it here: ... View more

The Workforce team is excited to announce that the Android version of the Workforce mobile app is now available within Google Play and the Amazon App Store. Workforce on your Android device integrates seamlessly with Navigator for ArcGIS, Collector for ArcGIS and Survey123 so that you can build end-to-end workflows on both the Android and iOS platforms. NOTE: If you are an existing beta tester of Workforce through the store, please note that we will disable beta testing on Friday Feb 17th. We recommend that you remove yourself as a beta tester now and download the released version. For more information about Workforce for ArcGIS, please visit our documentation site. Workforce team ... View more

We released a minor update to the Workforce for ArcGIS web app inside of ArcGIS Online today (Jan 31st, 2017). It includes a few focused enhancements that improve the way that you dispatch assignments to mobile workers. Here are a few highlights worth mentioning. Disable Clustering Clustering can be an extremely useful method for visualizing work assignments, especially when viewed at a small scale. However you have asked us to provide the flexibility to turn off clustering so that dispatchers can see individual assignments even when multiple assignments are visible in a small area. To provide the utmost flexibility, this is a subtle switch available to all Dispatchers directly within the web app. You can now turn on/off clustering when you see fit. Filtering Assignment Types and Priorities When creating assignments using the web app we have added some targeted enhancements that help improve productivity. Using the keyboard can be much faster than using the mouse and if you haven’t yet discovered, you can use tab and enter to move quickly through the experience of filling out the new assignment form. To help with this process, you can filter long assignment lists by typing characters that will get you to the type you want to set quickly. We added this same ability to the Priority drop down as well. Worker Thumbnails Take that favorite selfie and making it your user thumbnail pays off in Workforce. It can be difficult to associate the worker on the map with the worker in the list but by adding the worker’s thumbnail image into the icon in both helps Dispatchers make that mental leap. Assign to the closest Mobile Worker When picking the Mobile Worker that you want to assign work to, it can be quite useful to see how far away they are from the assignment you want to give them. A subtle addition into the web app is a recognition of distance away. For a list of all additions to the web app, please read our What’s New. So What’s Next?? You might be wondering when Workforce will be supported with ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5? We are busy working on this right now. Coming either at the end of March or early in April we will provide a standalone setup that lets you install the Workforce web app on top of your 10.5 Portal install. Workforce projects, maps and services will be written to the ArcGIS Data Store. How about Android? Are you going to release it soon? Well yes we are! We are finalizing certification right now and look for an update coming soon to Google Play and the Amazon App Store! We have a lot planned for 2017! Please stay tuned for announcement of future updates as we move into the spring! Workforce Dev Team ... View more