Latest Contributions by MichaelLohr

I agree that this part of Collector can sure be improved. Retrieval of the photos from the SDE server usually requires higher level GIS support. Collector should provide the option to store the photo to the internal device camera roll, even if it’s not the default setting.   We have worked around this by adopting a methodology where we always take the photo on the iOS device using the standard Camera App on the device, which sends the image to the Camera Roll. When attaching the photo in Collector, we choose the option “Choose From Library”.   This still gets stored in the SDE server with the rest of the new point information, but also allows the ability to download the photos from the camera roll in the traditional way. The SDE stored image remains linked to the online map and the images downloaded from the iOS camera roll are stored unlinked on your network using the standard iOS naming. It is still quite a chore when you have many photos to rename. In either case, the GPS values and image direction are stored in the header image file, assuming that the iOS or Android settings are correct to enable this. I have had survey party chiefs come back with the whole days photos having no GPS values because they didn't check the setting. To handle the issue of having to rename the photos to be able to know where they are located, we use the ESRI ArcPhoto Extension to insert all the photos in a folder onto an ArcMap session, then turn on an aerial underneath that.   Hope that helps. ... View more

Thank you. These are the correct tools I was referring to. Also, information on the Elevation Profile Generator is found at http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4aa7e7ae8b964ee88c78cc261b9faf82  ... View more

Thanks Derek, but you are referring to potable water utilities and its delivery systems like underground water pipes and associated infrastructure. I am referring to stormwater related hydrology, a completely different topic. These are tools developed by ESRI for  use in ArcGIS Online for surface water related tasks. Spatial Analyst I think, has some similar tools. ... View more

I think that extension for Data Interoperability is a good solution for the standard ArcGIS Desktop session. But it doesn't mention anything about how that would apply to the ArcGIS Online mapping. That resides in its own separate world, pretty much. Its hard to find out answers to specific questions like that. I know they have a 60 day trial for the Interoperability Extension. That might be the best way to find out. Maybe someone else will comment. ... View more

Don, any update from your perspective on returning this previous functionality? Any status update is appreciated. ... View more

Thanks Don. We'll keep beating the drum as long as you all keep listening and considering the thoughts. Its always more complicated than it seems on the surface, but, I must say that I never saw any issue with the scalability with CAD attached data layers. ... View more

Jeremy, there seems to be a built in limit to how far you can zoom in for the online mapping. I have guessed, and only a guess, that when you start to zoom below the level where the streamed ESRI imagery starts to get fuzzy, that ESRI cuts off from zooming any further. Even if you have implemented a layer of higher resolution imagery, it doesn't matter, you will be stopped at a certain zoom level, even if you have other layers with more detail. Does that sound like your issue? All we can do is convey these issue to ESRI and hope they include them for consideration in a future update. ... View more

Thanks Rich. It hasn't been too long that this was possible, probably in the last few months this functionality went away. And yes, you are right, you had to back save to an older DWG format. 2010 didn't work, you had to save back to v2007. We convert data all the time from CAD to SHP for use in ArcGIS and the online programs, it's not that we don't know how to do it. It just worked before as a simple, unintelligent attachment, and now it doesn't. You get a nice upgrade and some function disappears. ... View more

I come across this from time to time and here are some things I always start checking. Does the CAD file have a coordinate system internally defined? Like Chris said, many don't. If it doesn't, but the coordinates still match the data frame coordinate system, it will still display correctly, after getting the ESRI message about your "data missing a spatial reference and able to display it but not reproject it".  This is a tip off that it might not display correctly. You have to know what the coordinate system of the CAD file is intended to be, even if it is not defined in the DWG. Is the base imagery being used have a coord system that really matches what you have the data frame set to? Cross check with imagery from another source. If it really is Zone 56 and you say it is Zone 54, obviously that won't work. I have seen mis-displays where the CAD file was correct and the base imagery was incorrect. Go to your CAD staff, if you don't run CAD, and insert imagery of a known source and coord system. If it matches then you know your system. Go to a local surveyor who would be familiar with coordinates in the area where the CAD file depicts data. He may be able to tell you a probable coord system for the CAD file. I have created Projection (PRJ) files to store with the CAD file when the coord system does not match the data frame system. If all else fails, and you know where on your data frame imagery the CAD file should be, and there are enough photo identifiable sources you can pick out from the CAD file (like road intersections maybe), then you can georeference the CAD file. If your CAD data is good and just an issue with figuring out what the coord system is, you should not have to do this. ... View more