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In case you're asking about side-loading in general, a good place to start is the "Go Offline" section of the Collector documentation: Go offline—Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS You might also want to take a look at the "Using your own Basemap layers with Collector for ArcGIS": Using your own Basemap layers with Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS Blog  Otherwise, hopefully my replay above to Ron Knepper covers what you need? ... View more

Most of the time we are working with our own imagery. We use Desktop to create tile packages of that imagery, and then side-load those tile packages. For ESRI basemaps, the overall workflow is to set-up the project up on one device for offline use, then use side-loading to copy the basemap tile package from that device to all the other devices.  The basic steps for an iOS device are: Configure your web map in ArcGIS Online for offline use. Download the web map in Collector on a device, during which you will be asked to specify the ESRI basemap's Work Area (or extent) and Map Detail (or maximum resolution or zoom level). In iTunes, select your Device, then navigate to its Apps settings screen, then scroll down to the File Sharing section. Locate the Collector app in the list, select it, and on the right you'll see the list of "Collector documents" on your device. Select the Basemaps folder in that list of documents, and click on the "Save to..." button near the bottom right of the screen. The Basemaps folder you just saved on your computer will contain folders for all the basemaps you currently have stored on your mobile device.   So if you have more than one basemap on your device, then you'll need to figure out which one is the one you want. Inside each basemaps' folder is the Tile Package or .tpk file for that basemap.  This is the file you want to copy to all your other devices. I usually rename the .tpk file to something more meaningful, as that is the name that will show up in Collector's Basemap menu when you are selecting a basemap to use. Proceed with your other devices, using iTunes to side-load the above tile package to your other devices. You can follow the standard side-loading directions to do this.  Basically it is just the reverse of above, attach a device, goto the Apps settings screen, down to the File Sharing section, select Collector, and now use "Add.." to copy the .tpk file to the new device. If you are using Android devices, then it's pretty much the same thing.  You just use your file browser, instead of iTunes, to copy around the appropriate tile package. Hope that helps! ... View more

We often find ourselves in a similar situation, and we usually leave the GPS on, so that it pans the map to the general vicinity of where we want to collect the data.  When we go to collect an actual feature, we simply drag the location from where the GPS placed it to the correct location, based on our own high-resolution aerial photo we're using a basemap. If you traveling a distance between locations -- at least the scale of the map -- we find it helpful and saves a bit of time to have the GPS get us close to the right place and do the panning and zooming work for us. Also, even though we are operating online, we still find the performance is better when you have the high-resolution aerial photo stored locally on the device as your basemap.  As our imagery is usually quite large, we leverage the side-loading approach to quickly and easily get it on the devices, rather than downloading it over wifi to each one. ... View more

You can also toggle an apps' access to the camera on or off via the device's Settings.  Go to Settings --> Privacy --> Camera, and look for Collector in the list. As you discovered, apps only ask that question once.  After that, you have to go to the Settings page to change your answer. Note also that an app will not be shown in that Settings list until AFTER you have answered that question. ... View more

We are mostly an iOS shop, however, I'll see if I can find an Android device or two with which to test. Is there a list of suggested enterprise login solutions and their reliability with Collector? Should we be considering something else besides Shibboleth? There was a bug in Collector and Explorer last summer which prevented us completely from using Shibboleth logins online or offline.  Is using ArcGIS built-in store the only reliable way to go at this point for user and role management? Thanks! -peter ... View more

I left a copy of the original problematic Map Journal at: http://umich.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/?appid=f5adefea12414083b8b75a337c2edd62 If that helps you troubleshoot where the builder is letting the user go wrong. Thanks. -peter ... View more

It is working again for us. Thanks Gregory L'Azou​! ... View more

Thanks, Gregory.  Any estimate on when the regression will be addressed and the audio tag again permitted? -peter ... View more

I should mention that I'm seeing this problem in both Chrome 41.0.2272.89m on a Windows 7 machine and Safari 8.0.3 on a Mac OS 10.10.2. ... View more

Thanks, Gregory!  That worked. Is there a way to use the ArcGIS Online Assistant with enterprise logins?  I seem to only be able to login to Assistant using an ArcGIS Online account, which I've added to our organization. ... View more