Latest Contributions by MichaelLohr

I just tested it out- If you delete the field maps map, the data and photos are still there in feature layer associated with the map. ... View more

Thank you for the response. We discovered that in the attribute table of the GPS points data the latitude and longitude values collected by the GPS receiver are stored correctly (before datum transformation). This means that all of the coordinates are in the same geographic coordinate system which was NAD83(2011). This saved us from having to separate the GPS points collected using a different iPhone that did not have the correct transformation setting applied.  Here is where we found that information: https://fwp-gis.mt.gov/arcgis/help/en/field-maps/android/help/high-accuracy-data-collection.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_C992B4FE465A4AFAB98A4972E336E808    Supported GPS metadata If using a single GPS location to set a point's location, the following GPS metadata values are recorded: Receiver name Latitude—Position received from the GPS receiver before applying data transformations in the location profile Longitude—Position received from the GPS receiver before applying data transformations in the location profile Altitude—Ellipsoidal height received from the GPS receiver (not orthometric height, as used for z-values) ... View more

We just started having this issue a couple of weeks ago on one of our devices.  Has there been any cause or resolution found yet? ... View more

@JenaHBG , regarding your RSS feed post, the issue may be that you don't have an RSS feed reader extension installed on your browser. If you're using Chrome, there's one called RSS Feed Reader that you could install. Hope this helps, but if you do have an RSS feed reader and still cannot subscribe to this RSS feed, let us know and we'll have an Esri Community team member reach out to you. ... View more

Hey folks, I got it figured out. The GPS might be working now. It required an update of both the firmware on the Elf as well as the underlying GNSS Engine. We'll know more as our foresters collect data. Thank you all for chipping in your ideas. They all helped. Thank you, Abi ... View more

You are welcome, sir. Good luck. ... View more

I will usually make changes to the map content, fields, symbology in the desktop browser, not from the field. Field changes are usually just new data records being created, photos attached and attributes being populated.  The software is not really set up to do map changes on the mobile devices. If the map author is using a cellular/internet enabled laptop in the field, then some map changes could occur under those conditions.  Certain changes do not require resetting the pop ups, but after a republish due to significant map content changes, like for a new data layer, additional fields, different symbology, best to recheck you pop ups to see if any were affected by the republish operation.  They could change the software where it woulds always show all the fields present and all the attributes all the time but you would lose the flexibility to customize how the pop ups look and work. I am in favor of the current flexibility, once you learn how they work. We had some complex client maps with many layers and  very specific pop up requirements. The client would need a new layer and we would have to reconfigure all the other layer pop ups everytime we added a new layer or made some other kind of map content change. To keep continuity and uniformity, we had to keep track of all the pop up configuration in Word documents so we would know how to reset them. ESRI kept improving the software to where this became less and less of an issue.  Glad you got your issue solved. ... View more

Yeah, that is strange. This issue has existed in the past in previous Field Map versions and Collector prior to that. I saw the post that says it has gotten a lot better in recent releases.  What results do you get if you look at the same map on multiple mobile devices? Do they all reflect the same size symbology? And what about other published maps, have you tried changing symbol sizes on the source map and republishing, then seeing no change on the mobile devices?    Try changing the symbol entirely, republish and see if the cache is really being cleared. I've also had to reboot the mobile device in certain odd circumstances to eliminate some unexpected behavior. Or physically reload a different map then switch back to force a reload and calls back to the data server. It can be quirky. Keep chasing it.  ... View more

Thanks to both of you for the helpful responses. I checked to make sure the editing switch was turned on in the Map Viewer for all layers and it was, so that wasn't the problem. Then I enabled popups via Map Viewer Classic, just like the screenshot you shared. Then had to delete/redownload the Field Maps mobile app to clear the cache. And now it's fixed, I can tap on the assets and edit in the app!! Thanks again! ... View more

Wonderful, thank you very much @BernSzukalski! ... View more

Thank you for that information, Sarah. I have tried it and it does in fact work as you mentioned. For those of us who are more used to the traditional data creation scheme in ArcMap/ArcPro and data storage on an internal ArcGIS Server, this is a little outside of that methodology. Creating a data layer in Field Maps Designer results in a 'hosted' data layer stored on the ESRI AGOL Servers. As such, that layer is not available, I don't think, to the desktop users not on AGOL. The hosted data layer can be exported to a stand alone shapefile via the AGOL interface and made available in the traditional way to desktop users. But if you had a dynamic dataset being updated by AGOL data collection, you would be challenged in keeping sync'ed up with that with a series of Exports to a traditional shapefile. Thanks again for your guidance, Sarah. ... View more

Hi @MichaelLohr - I can help with Field Maps Designer. Field Maps Designer's purpose is to allow folks to easily curate the mobile experience for their users in one app. From Field Maps Designer you can create layers for the field, design the form and enable capabilities like Geofences, Layer Filtering and going offline.  In regards to using other web clients such as the Map Viewer to author forms you can absolutely do that if that's your preference. These forms will work just the same in Field Maps and you can even edit them further in Field Maps Designer if you did need to do some tweaks.  If you would like to learn more we have our documentation and we hosted a webinar a few weeks back which showcases some of the capabilities of Field Maps Designer. In the next coming months we will be releasing a blog series which goes into the different capabilities in further detail. ... View more

Sorry for the extraneous pogo stick link. I deleted that before posting the reply, but it still persisted. ... View more

In addition, you may have an editable layer, but the layer is turned off (not visible) or has an error while loading. Both would be evident when you check your layers list in Field Maps Mobile. ... View more

When authoring the arcade expression in the Arcade Editor, the "test" $feature may not exist.  If it does exist its $Geometry may be null.  The "test" feature is the first feature in your dataset.  If you don't have any data collected yet then this is a case where you may get an error or 0 because the Arcade editor didn't find a feature in which to test with; but once you are in field maps you'll have a feature and its geometry to work with... its geometry will change as you add points to the line and you calculation will update as a result. Also, a point feature won't have a length. In Arcade, you will want to protect yourself from null geometries before trying to using it as a argument in a function, such as with the Length functions. Otherwise, you may get errors until the geometries exist. Here is an example using a couple of test geometries unrelated to a feature:   // CREATE a POLYLINE TO TEST WITH var polylineJSON = { "paths": [ [ [-97.06138,32.837],[-97.06133,32.836], [-97.06124,32.834],[-97.06127,32.832] ], [ [-97.06326,32.759],[-97.06298,32.755] ] ], 'curvePaths': [[]], "spatialReference": { "wkid": 3857 } }; // TEST 1 -> Non Empty Geom var geom = Geometry(polylineJSON); // Test 2 -> Empty Geom // var geom = Geometry({}) console(geom); if (!IsEmpty(geom)){return Round(lengthGeodetic(geom, 'feet'), 4)}; // ^^^ Returns 0.0294 feet -> Testing with the "Non Empty Geom" // ^^^ Returns Null -> Testing with the "Empty geom"    The same thing, but using the feature's geometry:   if (!IsEmpty(Geometry($feature))) { /* -> Handle No Geometry*/ return round(lengthGeodetic(Geometry($feature), 'feet'), 4) }; // ELSE -> Return Nothing   @MichaelLohr  makes some great points below about the shape_length or area fields.  I would not use them for the purpose you need them for.  Instead access the geometry itself to determine the length on-the-fly with Arcade. Keep in mind, that this too will stop being a source of truth if the lines are manipulated outside of field maps or the map viewer that uses the field maps form as the calculation won't update if not editing with the form.  You would then need to calculate manually again for it to be correct.   ... View more