Latest Contributions by simoxu

‎08-26-2015

Hi there, I am thinking of using Collector to collect data in the field, but I am not sure what base map I should use. ESRI provides lots of base maps with great cartography, but my concern is the projection. as you know, those ESRI base maps (maybe not all of them) are using Web Mercato Auxiliary Sphere (WKID: 102100) which used to be a very controversial projection (Google/Bing maps started using it) and is not very accurate. although it's well accepted by the GIS industry now, I am wondering whether or not it will cause problems when using GPS in the Collector? I don't know what kind of GPS my users will have on their devices, but we know all the GPS will use WGS84 datum. Web Mercato Auxiliary Sphere is using the same datum, will this guarantee there won't be any accuracy loss when displaying the GPS locations on the map? we don't really care about the accuracy to the true location, only relative accuracy to the map matters. I did some test using my phone, the result is not too bad, but don't know if that's just a individual case, or it's guaranteed to be working on other devices as well. I am in Australia, the most popular projections in my work are GDA1994_MGA (283xx) and GDA1994 Lambert (3017) Thanks, Simo

‎08-06-2015

Hi Robb, I don't know how you can auto-populate the facility ID in the related table using relationship. basically, the only thing will be populated in the related table, when you add a record, should be the GUID which is the key linking to the GlobalID in your feature class. So the point is, the table only relates to the feature layer, the relationship won't pre-populate / auto-populate any fields in the related table.Robb Hodges Cheers, Simo

‎08-05-2015

I don't know how hard it is to allow the users to choose which camera app to use in Collector, maybe an option in Collector settings? I am not a IOS developer, I don't really know if it's possible or not.Russell Roberts

‎08-04-2015

Will it be nice to have the above function in the Webmap in ArcGIS Online? I searched around and found this article in ESRI Knowledge Base: http://support.esri.com/es/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/43075 but, contrary to what stated in the article, I found join via relationship class does not work in ArcGIS Online, it only works as a relate. A unique feature of join is the appended fields which can be used to symbolise the features and label the features. there are no appended fields in the service in ArcGIS Online, so I don't think the genuine join is working. There are some ideas in ArcGIS Ideas, but I don't know if ESRI is considering the fuction. let's promote them anyway if you think it's a useful function. https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E0000000CxLr&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a300000004xET#sthash.8htTvKfH.dpuf https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=087E0000000CxPF&mc=0

‎08-04-2015

It's essential!

‎08-04-2015

Hi Tom, Polygon filling is tricky in AGOL. I used hatch and crosshatch in my feature layer, then I published the map to AGOL, I found the crosshatch simple was missing in the Webmap. But if I view the map from Collector I can see the crosshatch symbol. Anyway, there's no way to select a hatch filling in AGOL. Point symbol is much easier, you can just use simple markers from the truetype fonts. Hope my experience is helpful for this issue. Cheers, Simo

‎08-04-2015

It seems there's no way to avoid this. I had a discussion with a peer user, this is the reason for him to stick to ArcGIS mobile on Trimble. Hope an ESRI employee can clarify this for us.

‎08-04-2015

what do you mean by saying "that grabs the facility ID from the valves"? do yo mean you add the existing valve locations as a feature layer (hosted feature layer in AGOL, or hosted in your own ArcGIS server) ? when I don't use GPS, I turn it off on my device. what device are you using?

‎08-03-2015

Thanks Russ. It works, this is Great! At the same time I am surprised, because I tried this a few weeks ago and it didn't work back then. that's why I mentioned "...disable editing for the layer in the webmap you are building, but your webmap won't be recognised by the collector..." I am looking forward to more changes in editing function. currently, if I choose " Update feature attributes only " for the feature layer, I won't be able to add any records in the related tables. why do I need to update the attributes of my feature layer? I want to change the symbol of the feature once I finished the inspection for it. This is another subject anyway.Russell Roberts Cheers Simo

‎07-30-2015

Is there a way to prevent users from editing the features while allowing them to edit the related tables? When you create the feature layer in AGOL, if you only select "only allow editors to add attributes", you won't be able to add any records in the related table in Collector. you will end up selecting " Add, update, and delete features " option, and disable editing for the layer in the webmap you are building, but your webmap won't be recognised by the collector, because you don't have an editable feature layer!! So what should I do then? It think it's quite common that you don't want the non-spatial people to mess up your authoritative spatial data while you still allow them to edit their own business data in the related table, is it right?

‎07-26-2015

I have a strange problem with Collector, and it's really bizarre. when I use the cellular network (Testra 4G) to take the map offline, I can't open the related tables in ArcGIS collector. but if I use my home wi-fi to take the map offline, there are NO problems. Has anyone else come across the same issue ??

‎05-29-2014

Hi Greg, I have some public facing applications and I do NOT tick the box " Allow anonymous access to your organization.", and by default it's not ticked. I think it's about how you share your maps or apps. if only maps, you can make a map in the mapviewer in arcgis.com, and share it by choosing the Twitter or Facebook. copy the link from there. The result url should be looking like: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=XXX DO NOT copy the link in the address bar, which will be like http://dcsi.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=XXXX for apps, if you are using the templates and hosting the app in arcgis.com, you just follow the steps, and share it to everyone in the process, then you will be ready to go. this time the url will be like http://dcsi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=XXXX Seemingly ArcGIS Online treat webmaps and apps differently in terms of security! If you download the template, customize it and host the app somewhere else, you need register your app to arcgis online, and useOAuth to authenticate and authorize you app to allow it to use your maps or layers. but I don't think this is your case at the moment. Hope this helps. Simo Xu GIS Developer and Analyst Great Question. It is a Mix, some are bit.ly's and some are https://uwsupplemental.maps.arcgis.com/apps................. A mix of both worked and one bit.ly didn't, one https:// didn't. It appears that some of the Maps as Apps provide a 'bit.ly' option whereas others do not, hence the https: versions. It is great to discuss this, I greatly appreciate the questions and back/forth. Regards, Greg

‎05-25-2014

it will make the bar and pie chart useful if the user can specify the color and add a legend for those chart. the bar chart and column chart only have one color ---blue! what should I say? please complete the function in the final release.

‎05-22-2014

Hi Mike, Is it still the case? it will be nice if we can set the color of the bars and columns in the bar charts and column charts. No, there is no way to change colors at this time in the ArcGIS.com map viewer. Thanks, Mike

‎12-15-2013

Hi Samir, I'm experiencing a very similar issue. The chart width property holds in Firefox and IE, but not Chrome. Did you find a solution to this? Thanks. - d I am having the same issue, I found it's the "display:none" property in the CSS that is causing the problem. if you set "display:none", dojo chart can't work out the dimension of the container and it will use a default size "400X300". I haven't completely solved the problem, although it seems I'v found the reason. because I need the display property to be set "none". Hope this helps in some way.

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Latest Contributions by simoxu

Is it a good idea to use AGOL basemap with GPS in Collector?

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Re: Capture facility ID with related table

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the related tables are not working in Collector when the map was taken offline using the cellular network

Re: 'Public' AGOL maps are requiring a log in, even though they are PUBLIC!

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