Latest Contributions by JeffShaner

ArcGIS Online updated last night (December 8th) and you may be wondering what's new with ArcGIS Field Maps? Perhaps you've been waiting for updates to appear on your phone or tablet or looking forward to reading a blog announcement from us on all the great new features we've added? Unfortunately, we encountered an issue with Android 12 that is holding back our general release. We found a pretty nasty bug and just didn't feel it was right to release with the bug inside. So we are busy trying to stomp it out (with vengeance I might add) before releasing both the iOS and Android updates. We've held back our general announcements and our documentation updates as well. However, you are going to notice that there are some new updates that have appeared inside of your organization anyway.  Map Viewer now authors forms With this latest update, smart form authoring is now available inside of the Map Viewer providing more opportunities for you to create forms. Also, if you take a look at what's new in Experience Builder, you are going to find a new Edit widget that you can use within your own focused web app with form editing as well. Both of these enhancements will compliment the work you do with Field Maps by providing a focused form editing experience in the office as well. New expression builder for conditional visibility Inside of the Field Maps web app, you are going to find a really amazing new enhancement for authoring and editing conditional visibility on fields and groups. We've introduced a new expression builder that lets you define an expression without having to write any Arcade syntax. In fact, it will even write Arcade on-the-fly for you! If you are an Arcade ninja though, you can break open the Arcade editor and continue writing code as you see fit.    Viewing location tracks The Map Viewer has some nice new updates when viewing track views. Now when you add a track view to your map it will appear as a group layer with the last known location layer, track lines layer, and track points layer symbolized similar to the way you view tracks in the Field Maps mobile app and it has scale dependency set for you as well so it knows when to display track lines vs track points. A nice, new custom pop-up will appear when tapping on tracks as well.    We have more updates to come in both the Field Maps web application and in the mobile apps for iOS and Android. The above mentioned enhancements and the new mobile features will be released and available as soon as we squash this Android 12 issue. Apologies for our tardiness. Field Apps team ... View more

On the evening of December 8th, we updated the Workforce web app within ArcGIS Online. With the update, you can enhance and streamline data capture integrations by integrating all fields in your assignment layer with ArcGIS Field Maps or Survey123. Please read this ArcGIS blog release announcement for details: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/field-maps/field-mobility/whats-new-in-arcgis-workforce-december-2021/   ... View more

Today we opened an early adopter program for ArcGIS Field Maps that includes a number of exciting new features for both map authors and mobile workers: A new conditional visibility expression builder that writes Arcade expressions for you A new map authoring experience for building form elements from scratch Map settings for auto-populating location tracks with categories A newly engineered Android app that has lots of new features including dark theme support. You can read more about the update and join the beta from a link in our blog article on the ArcGIS blog site: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/field-maps/field-mobility/arcgis-field-maps-early-access-release-october-2021/ Please note that the new Field Maps web app capabilities require using ArcGIS Online.  ... View more

Our fall 2021, quarterly release of ArcGIS Field Maps went live September 21st. Please read the details of what's new and see a glimpse of what's coming in our December release here: https://t.co/iV3WAhKPYR?amp=1 ... View more

We are excited to announce the release of a new ArcGIS Field Maps app for Integromat. Please read about our release from the official ArcGIS Blog site and give our tutorial a spin! ArcGIS Blog article: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/field-maps/field-mobility/arcgis-field-maps-app-for-integromat-released-sept-2021/   ... View more

We've been releasing a number of small, focused updates to ArcGIS Workforce and are about to add more. We've opened up an early adopter program that includes some highly requested updates to the sync workflow and we'd like you to join our beta program and give the mobile app updates a try.  Please read all about it in this article ... View more

ArcGIS Field Maps updated (both the Field Maps web app and the iOS/Android apps) with a number of great new features including: A new and improved sharing experience for map authors Quality of life improvements when working with conditional visibility expressions A new switch input type for those yes/no type questions that appear so often on forms A brand new user experience for working with smart forms on the iOS platform that provides great contrast in direct sunlight conditions New capabilities for copying features within and between layers that optimizes data collection workflows A new map setting that requires location tracking be turned on when using a map Updates to the latest released version of the ArcGIS Runtime SDK You can read all about it in our official release blog: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/field-maps/field-mobility/whats-new-in-arcgis-field-maps-june-2021/ ... View more

This document provides a list of product resources created by the Field Maps team. We are constantly adding new content so please check our Resources page for updates. The list below is current as of April 29th, 2021. Videos There is a new ArcGIS Field Maps playlist on YouTube you can subscribe to. There are 10 videos available now with more coming soon: Get to Know ArcGIS Field Maps 5 Things to Try in ArcGIS Field Maps ArcGIS Field Maps: Data Collection Capabilities Asset Collection using ArcGIS Field Maps ArcGIS Field Maps: Location Tracking Introduction to Location Tracking in Field Maps ArcGIS Field Maps: Indoor Mapping ArcGIS Field Maps: Offline Capabilities: Map Areas Explore the Map Viewing Capabilities Offered with ArcGIS Field Maps Explore the Markup capabilities offered with ArcGIS Field Maps Blog Articles Here is a link to all ArcGIS Field Maps blog articles that are sorted by date so you can easily find the most recent blog. Here are blogs organized by category. Release Announcements: What’s New April 2021 Field Maps and Map Viewer What's New December 2020 Announcing ArcGIS Field Maps Discovery and Migration: 5 things to try in Field Maps Migrate to ArcGIS Field Maps ArcGIS Field Maps and the iOS platform Data Collection Series: Create a map for data collection in Field Maps Try data collection in ArcGIS Field Maps Configure a map for data collection in Field Maps Introducing smart forms in ArcGIS Field Maps Configuring maps for the field Location Tracking: Field Worker user type – more opportunities to use location tracking Location Tracking Analysis with ArcGIS Field Maps and ArcGIS Velocity Location Tracking and Field Worker User Type Track location with Field Maps Creating animations using location tracking data Automation: Use webhooks to automate workflows in ArcGIS Field Maps Discovery Path/Learn Lessons We have started down the path of writing new learn lessons that fuel getting started with Field Maps. Our initial path is focused on data collection workflows but look for many more to come in 2021. Try ArcGIS Field Maps Try data collection in ArcGIS Field Maps Analyze track data captured in Field Maps Guides Guides are downloadable PDF's that focus on a topic of interest. Migrating to ArcGIS Field Maps from Explorer, Collector or Tracker can be daunting and the migration guide can prove useful when looking for specific functionality. The offline guide provides all the detail and links to topics on making the most of your outdoors experience void of internet connectivity. ArcGIS Field Maps Migration Guide ArcGIS Field Maps Offline Guide Help Documentation Site The detailed content of the ArcGIS Field Maps documentation website is a must link-to. We’ve added some new and notable topics with the December update that are worth looking at. Prepare maps for indoor use - did you know that Field Maps works great with the maps you construct using ArcGIS Indoors? Configure the map - a one-stop destination for all things you need to know about configuring and deploying ArcGIS Field Maps Configure map settings – new for the April 2021 release, learn how to simplify map deployments by configuring map settings. Configure the form - all the detail you need to reference when getting started with smart forms. Case Studies/Success Stories With Field Maps launching in November of this year, we are actively searching for case studies and success stories that we can write, publish or record so others can learn from your successes. Please email fieldmaps@esri.com and let’s connect! Stories: Cave Creek Arizona – biking rapid asset collection Charlottesville Fire Department – hydrant inspections City of Rahway New Jersey (Colliers Engineering & Design with Eos Positioning) Training Enroll in a 2 day (16 hour), instructor-led training that includes ArcGIS Field Maps as well as many other products: Field Data Collection and Management using ArcGIS Surveys We currently have a couple of surveys that are open and would love your feedback: Android device survey – if you are deploying Android devices within your organization, please fill out this survey and let us know what devices you are using. This survey will close on May 30th, 2021. Learning resources survey – we want to ensure that you have all the resources you need to be successful in learning how to use mobile apps. This survey will close on July 20th. ... View more

On the evening of April 13th, we updated ArcGIS Field Maps with some great new functionality across the web and mobile applications. We've posted an official announcement on the ArcGIS blog site. Please give it a read, update your apps and get to the field! ... View more