Latest Contributions by ColinLawrence

Im glad that its working after signing in again. It sounds like you were previously signed in but the app had been idle for about two weeks, can you confirm this? It can be helpful to diagnose what might have went wrong. Your token should be valid for 90 days.  I can also take back your UI feedback to the team. There should be a message displayed when we detect that there is no connectivity to the portal but that message may not be persistent or not showing for you for some reason. Ideally it would be clearer in any cases where a connection cannot be established. In most cases swiping down on the map list should attempt to reconnect to your portal and reload your maps and swiping away and reopening the app should fully re-load the portal and user so im surprised that didnt work for you. Signing in again should be a last resort.  ... View more

Hi @ZacharyUhlmann1 , is your account on ArcGIS Online or Enterprise? A few of things you can try, assuming you have data/wifi connectivity on this device. First, try swiping down on the Maps list to reload it. If this does not work, swipe away the app to force close it and then relaunch it; this should attempt to re-connect to the portal. As a last resort, you can try signing out and then back in again. The app is restricted to only locally available maps when no connection to the portal is available. If you have verified you have connectivity one of the steps above should get your maps back and if not we can help dig further.  ... View more

Hello, there is an in-app camera setting now in the Android version of Field Maps. If you are having issues capturing photos in Field Maps using the default OS camera it is worth a shot trying this out. Its found under the Collection Settings in the Profile in the app.  Did you notice if the app itself was resetting after adding a new photo? Are you losing any edits that are in progress when adding a photo? ... View more

Hi @AndrewBraun , you dont seem to be running into an accuracy constraint but rather the position coming from the GPS is stale. If you were falling outside of the required accuracy the message would be slightly different. If you tap to open the GPS details there is a row right at the top that shows when the GPS was last updated ie "Updated just now". What does this say for you when you receive this message? Is you location dot on the map blue or grey? ... View more

Hi @MarieDawes , the coordinates in the GPS metadata (Lat, long fields in your screenshot) are raw values from the receiver and as you note these match what is shown on your GPS receiver or receiver app. The values in the popup header come from the features geometry which could be slightly different depending on the basemap being used, Location Profile set up and the transformation(s) used.  I hope this helps! ... View more

Hi @OliverIshmael , do you know what workflow you are performing when the app crashes? For example, opening a map or editing a feature. Also, what tablet model and OS version is it? ... View more

Did you try switching the Location Provider to Integrated and then back to the R1? You can also try removing the R1 as a provider and re-adding it. This should reestablish the connection with the Trimble app. It sounds like Field Maps is not receiving updated locations for some reason. If you tap the GPS details, does it show when the last location you received was? It will either say "Updated now" or tell you when the last location was received.  ... View more

A couple of things to clarify: >  there is one Tracks layer for all field accounts (4 separate field accounts feed into one singular tracks layer -  not ideal, but the way our org works.. Track Views can be created with the Track Viewer app. You can create individual Views for each user or group them as you please. It wasnt clear if you were aware of this. >The blue lines you see weaving above are the original "Track Lines" that come directly from the Tracker layers.  The "Track Lines" layer is generated server side after the track points are uploaded. The track "lines" you see in the Field Maps app, which appear in the Layers tool as the My tracks layer, are not necessarily the same lines you may see in the Track Lines layer on when reviewing in a Web Map after upload. This is part of the reason I was asking how the lines appeared on the mobile device for the My tracks layer. By this time those original points are likely gone from the device. However, if you did see the lines drawing like this in the Field Maps app as a part of the My tracks layer it may indicate an issue with the GPS signal but that also seems unlikely based on your screenshot. Have you stepped through the original track points, while observing the timestamps? Do they seem to follow along the path in the correct order? ... View more

Hi @EGallant15 , What do the tracks look like on the device, if they have not been cleared already? And what device was used to capture them? Just for clarification, are all of these tracks coming from the same user and same device? ... View more

Hi @CPHSDnelson , The "Source Type" and "Receiver Name" fields exist in the metadata schema and can indicate what device is being used to generate that location. The Provider and Location Profile are also displayed in the GPS details in the app but the current Location Profile is not an existing Metadata Field. The team is exploring methods to define Web Map settings via Field Maps Designer that could potentially restrict usage to certain Profiles or Providers on a per map basis, for example. Currently in Designer you can set required accuracy and require a Fix Type which could catch if a Field Worker was not connected to their Arrow receiver, for example. Not exactly what you are looking for at this time but hopefully this helps.  ... View more

Hi @Mannus_Etten , were you testing with or without battery optimization on? This is a setting in the Field Maps app that should be toggled on by default but would be good to double check. When "On" we shouldnt see as much noise with your locations when the device is stationary as we use the activity monitor in the device to shut off the GPS when the device is not moving. If you are constantly moving then this setting would not make much of a difference.  Can you clarify the OS and device you are using in this example? Both Android and iOS have some battery usage statistics that can be found in the Settings which can help pinpoint the battery usage on a per app basis. We would of course want to make sure something else isnt draining your battery. One hour of usage should certainly not be draining your battery, regardless of the optimization setting. ... View more

Hi @AbiDhakal , You can use a tpk(x) file as the basemap in Field Maps but the workflow has changed a bit from Collector. We do not have the same screen for selecting a local basemap that you might be familiar with from the Collector days. This is now configured in the Web Map settings ahead of time either in AGOL/Portal Web Map settings or using Field Maps Designer. Essentially you are writing a property to the Web Map to tell it to use a local file (.tpkx) instead of downloading the Web Maps basemap. The steps are outlined in this doc. This does not apply to mmpk which are consumed as maps and cannot be dissected to only use the basemap from that file elsewhere, if that makes sense. That being said, if the tpk files are loaded in the correct place you should be able to use them as a basemap in any map, offline or online, using the Basemap tool. This does mean that if you are downloading a map it will still take the default basemap offline, resulting in a longer download time. That is why the workflow linked above is the recommended practice. Let me know if you have questions. ... View more

Hi @ChrisBerryman , the mobile workers, or anyone interested in viewing that tracks that is not an admin, will need the privilege called "view location tracks". You may need to set up a custom user role with this privilege as I dont believe it is included in most of the roles by default.    ... View more

With this data in the local county coordinate system already, it seems to make more sense to stick with set up #1. Is my thought process off on this?   I agree with this; I believe you are on the right track. I cant comment too much on the Z value results though as I have less experience in the area of vertical datums.  ... View more