Latest Contributions by LanceCole

Andrew, If you are truly using a utility data model, I would be careful there are many interrelations that could be broken.  At this time it may be better to load the full model and just not use the portions you do not need.  This model is meant to be starting point for you to expand upon.  Potions of these can be removed from your project so you do not need to see them but the underlying data schema should remain in place.  Take a look at Utility Network Data Models are just a starting point. ... View more

Hi Todd,  Do you need ArcGIS Desktop, no you can get by without but It is easer to work with data in desktop and publish a feature to ArcGIS Online (AGOL).  For creating a feature service or two in AGOL it is easily possible, but as your projects get bigger it is easier to use ArcGIS Desktop or Pro.  You can purchase a personal use copy at ArcGIS For Personal Use | Buy ArcGIS Software Online for $100 per year.  This version is for personal use only. Collector does not really have questions as such.  You create a feature class, linked table or service that have attributes.  As I believe we discussed previously,  a “table” could be a feature class with the attributes of length, width, height, material, condition, etc.  You can create another feature called “bench” with the same attributes or make it a sub type of feature class called “Fixtures” as it has they have the same attributes.  In Collector you can drop point features based upon a selected feature type and populate the attributes for that feature.   Download and and install the collector app on a mobile device.  Once installed open the app and select “No account - Try It” on the log in screen.  Select one of the available maps such as the “Forest Activity Tracking”.  Once loaded touch the blue + in the bottom corner and add a new point.  You can see how you can input the attributes for this point feature and save the date to an AGOL feature service.  Here is some additional info on Learn ArcGIS | ArcGIS Collector. Another good example of using collector to collect info about assets is the “Hydrant inspection” from the “Try It” listing.  This version uses a AGOL feature service to display hydrants and other info on a web map.  Once you select a hydrant there is an option to collect additional information or questions about the specific hydrant.  This information, for this example, I believe is stored in a secondary data table and liked to the hydrant by the Facility ID.  The same process can be used to open and collect a 123 Survey. Survey123 you create a series of questions in an excel worksheet format called XLSForm.  The Survey123 Connect application takes this excel data and processes to produce a survey that asks the questions you created and collects the answers in the form of drop downs, select buttons, lists, text, etc.  The XLSForm can be customized to be dynamic depending upon how you answer one question to modify subsequent questions. Once you are happy with the survey in Connect you publish the survey to AGOL and you can access it via the Survey 123 App.  See Create your first survey—Survey123 for ArcGIS | ArcGIS or Survey123 for ArcGIS XLSForm Tutorial on YouTube. As noted previously, start small and work up from there.  It sounds like you may be more familiar and comfortable with Survey123.  Try to work through the five part video and create a survey.  Once you get that to work, customize it to collect information for a camp site with a table, add the ability to collect for a bench, add another feature. Once you get a few items working add conditional questions to show hide additional questions.  Keep building from there.  Try to publish it to AGOL and see how it looks in the app.  Do not try and create an entire survey in one setting.  Add a date field and test it in Connect, add a drop down and test it in Connect, add a text questions and test agin.  If you have questions about why something is not working or how to do something, post your XLSForm and guaranteed someone on GeoNet will lend a hand for that problem.  GeoNet, Google and YouTube will become your best friends. Lance - When you like or find a response helpful, please like or mark it as helpful - ... View more

Allisyn‌,  Your configuration is very similar to the setup we are currently using for our operations.  Our RTK is running on GCS NAD 1983(2011).   We are using ESRI base maps for field work on the collector units which are WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere.  The transformation we are using is WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983_2011.  One item you do not note in your question is what coordinate system is your feature data service published to AGOL for collection.  As our enterprise database is using NAD83(2011) Ohio State Plane North, this is what we publish our feature services to AGOL.  AGOL and Collector handle the transformation from GCS NAD 1983(2011) to PCS Ohio State Plane North NAD 1983(2011).  This has worked well for us. We also have to provide our data to several other agencies in WGS84 and NAD83(1986) so we have projection scripts running to process this information on a nightly schedule and generate deliverable files.  To insure there have not been issues introduced somewhere in the process, we have about 30 control points over a 35 square mile area that at least two control points are collected in the field on a daily basis for each device.   We have a set of confirmed points, for each coordinate system, that the script looks for variance between the data and the controls outside the accuracy of the GPS. These control points serve two functions: 1) used internally to pick up potential errors in the collection process or equipment 2) for transformation verification A couple of examples how we used this approach. One morning we came to find an email from our GIS server that the previous day’s data collected from one device was outside our acceptable limits (substantially).  After reviewing the data and the device it was found that the user had selected the correct GPS but forgot to change the profile and wrong RTK was being utilized. The problem was quickly found and we only lost a day’s production data for that device.  We now run a check on the data as it is posted to AGOL several times a day to catch this sooner. Another example as when we first attempted to project our data to from NAD83(2011) to NAD83(86) it did not go well.  No matter what we tried the data was always off after translation.  After a little research, it turned out it was too big of a step to go from NAD83(2011) to NAD83(86). We need to add an intermediate step of converting to NAD83(HARN).  However, because we had control points, available in the deliverable datum, this was blatantly obvious before we delivered the data. In setting up our program, we chose to minimize the number of transformations while collecting and storing the field data and perform post collection transformations to get the data in the form needed.  Each transformation in the field introduces a potential point of error that cannot be undone.  We collect our field data in NAD83(2011) Ohio State Plane North, however, since we also collect our GPS metadata we have the raw GPS data (lat, long and altitude) from our RTK service in GCS NAD 1983(2011), height above elipsoid. One other factor to consider, in comparing your data to control points and day to day repeatability, is the accuracy of your equipment and correction service.  If you are collecting data to 1 foot accuracy, keep in mind that is typically a plus or minus or a 2 foot diameter circle.  If one day you collect a point that is on the plus 1 side and the next day collect the same point on the minus 1 side.  These two points will be 2 feet apart.  Furthermore, that 1 foot accuracy is if the accuracy was 1 foot and not collected under a tree near a building reducing your accuracy to maybe 2 or 3 feet (a 4 or 6 foot diameter circle). ... View more

Hi Allisyn‌,  Two quick questions and I will work on a reply later today. 1) When you say the client wants the deliverable in NAD83 is that NAD83(86) or NAD83(2011).  Also is this GCS or on a different coordinate system such as a State Plane system 2) Are you interested in XY data only or Z data as well? ... View more

alexander nongkhlaw‌,  Yes, just keep going collecting the other data. For the other symbols like fold axis, vertical joints, fault contact, etc.  These will also be oriented with the long axis of the symbol along the direction of the feature.  Not all of these have a related dip but just a direction.  Please see a sample of fault symbols below.  The same would apply for foliation and joints. ... View more

Todd, Sorry for the fire hose.     Let’s try a garden hose this time. Do do you need a consultant? No, you can do it. What do you need?  An ArcGIS Online account Survey 123 Connect  Survey 123 and Collector for ArcGIS apps for your collection device ArcGIS Desktop or Pro (if you want to publish features to AGOL) Time and patience to start slow and build your working knowledge Take a look at Esri Videos | E360 Videos: GIS, Events, ArcGIS Products & Industries and search for Collector and or Survey 123 videos.  There are many that you can work through to gain a better understanding of how all this goes together.  Search online as there are many others out there as well, just try to pick recent dates as there have been many changes.  Do not attempt to build a full survey or collector map in one setting.  Build a small part, test, learn, get it working, build another. Then start putting the parts together, get them to work together, learn some more.  Small steps. ... View more

Hi Todd, The reason I asked my questions is what you used for your example, a “Bench”, is more of a feature that you would collect known attributes of length, width, height, condition, material, etc.  This is conducive to using Collector and having a bench feature class or subtype with the attributes noted above.  You could also have a “Table” feature or subtype in the same feature class as you would likely collect the same attributes length, width, height, etc.  However, if you want to include a feature of “Electric Service”, you most likely would want this as separate feature class as you would be collecting attributes such as number of outlets, amperage, breaker number,  etc.  In collector you could go to a site and collect the various features at a site as applicable and input the attributes for each. Can this be accomplished in Survey 123, absolutely.  You can create a survey that addresses each of the twelve features you are collecting.  You would need to create a section that would address the questions or information you would like to collect for each.  These can be broken down into parts that can be hidden for example a question could ask “Is there a table?” If you answer yes, other questions will show applicable to a table.  Otherwise it would remain hidden and you move to the next question “Is there a bench?” Etc.  You can also include repeats to handle if there were multiple items of the same type, i.e. two benches, but this needs to predetermined in the survey.  This can get a little complicated as you need to address many possibilities that could occur but absolutely possible.   Collector and Survey 123 can also be combined.  You could use collector to input the camp sites and then link the site to Survey123 to collect the other data you are looking for on a regular basis.  They each have their advantages and disadvantages. I really did not answer your question as it is not really possible to have a drop down containing a list of divers items with different questions.  You can use Collector to obtain information pertaining to a large number of features or you can utilize Survey 123 to develop a survey or questionnaire to address the items you are looking for information on at each site.  I recommend experimenting with the examples available from ESRI to see the differences between the two applications, how they function and differ and thinking about how you would like to collect the data.   I would be glad to offer help. ... View more

Alexander,‌ Looks like you got it If the symbol you have on your map was straight up and down it would be 180, you got 177 which looks close.  You can make your symbols a little bigger to make it easer to see and align.  Yes, you can rotate the symbol either direction, just make sure the dip symbol is on the correct side once rotated. Here is a video on how to Convert from Azimuth to Quadrant. You can also find Excel calculators online or create your own. ... View more

Alexander, You do have Strike values.  The long line of the strike dip symbol on your map is oriented along the strike direction.  The number is just not printed on the map. 1) Go back to your symbology settings and set the "Rotate Points by Angle in this field" to Strike.  Yes, you have all "0" values initially. 2) Next go to the symbol you have shown above and rotate it so it lines up with the one on the map.  The strike value should change to something around 170.  This is your Strike in degrees azimuth.  FYI, you should only need to set the Strike and Dip fields to integer. 3) Add another symbol, rotate, repeat... You can convert this to quadrant bearings if you would like.  For example a azimuth bearing of 170 degrees is equal to S10E.  However, strike is normally reported from the north quadrant so it would be reported as N10W.  The full strike and dip for this example would be N10W, 35SSW. It is easer just to leave everything in azimuths. If you want the dip direction simply add 90 degrees to the Strike azimuth bearing.  So 170+90=260 degrees for the dip direction or South Southwest (SSW). Pertaining to the correction for magnetic declination.  Looking at the map legend again, it looks like everything is referenced to geographic north not magnetic, so you should be good to go.  ... View more

Alexander, You are are getting there.  1) you should be linking the rotation of the symbol to the Strike field not the Dip field.  2) if ArcGIS renders the this symbol along the long axis, for the symbol you have shown, you should have about 170 input for the strike.  I will look at this on my system as soon as I get a chance. 3) you may also need to correct for magnetic declination for the area this map is collected as strike is magnetic north. ... View more

Mallory, When you build the custom url for Survey123, have you tried to encode any strings with an apostrophe as ‘%27’ for the apostrophe, such as “Mary%27s_Rock”? ... View more

Francine, If I understand your question correctly and you were in reference to an ArcGIS Online map you have published, yes.   The pop ups are substantially configurable and even support some HTML and Arcade code.  Although size is not directly controllable you can modify the content which indirectly affects the size.  Take a look at: Configure pop-ups—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS  Supported HTML—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS  Combining Arcade and HTML for a Real-life Pop-up Display  ... View more

Todd, How many different features do you have and how many different questions? From your example, it sounds as if you may be better off with multiple feature classes using attributes with ArcGIS Collector rather than Survey 123 using questions.  There are several ways it can be can be performed with Survey 123 but if you have many features and questions it can become very cumbersome. ... View more

Alexander, Yes, if you set this up as noted above the strike field will contain the rotation of the symbol from north in azimuth degrees. You would need to apply the right-hand rule to convert the azimuth strike value to quadrant values if needed.  For example, an azimuth of 30 and dipping 15 degrees to the SW would be N30E, 15SW.  It has been so long since I worked with Strike and Dip I do not remember all the rules to give other examples. ... View more