Collector for ArcGIS. Paul Barker and Russ Roberts

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3 Collector for ArcGIS Paul Barker and Russ Roberts

4 Agenda A quick look at the mobile landscape ArcGIS the platform Looking at the problem What is Collector for ArcGIS Demo Quick tips What s next? Questions and discussion

5 Mobile Landscape Smartphone and tablet use continue to rise in the enterprise and consumer world Over 1.3B smartphones shipped in 2014 Enterprises continue to evaluate and grow BYOD programs Tablet growth in 2014 showed some slowing 720,000 android wear devices (smart watches) shipped last year

6 Mobile Landscape Collector for ArcGIS on Android runs on 6197 devices Additional sensors on devices (internal and external) continue to grow and be explored E.g. external gps, depth/distance camera, finger print sensors,barcode scanners

7 How do I pick a device? Identify the level of ruggedness required Decide on the size Software requirements - Off the shelf, custom, etc. Do you have IT restrictions Choose a platform Do a pilot project before scaling up Cheap is tempting but not always the right choice Source:

8 Web GIS Extends GIS Across Organizations Throughout Communities Casual Users Knowledge Workers GIS Professional Apps Developers Open Data Community Desktop Web GIS

9 Web GIS Extends GIS Across Organizations Throughout Communities Desktop Web Device Portal Providing Mapping, Analysis, Data Management, and Collaboration Server Online Content and Services Available on the Open Web and On-Premises

10 GIS Apps Included as Part of Online, Server, and Desktop Story Maps Templates Explorer Dashboard Collector Maps for Office Web Scene Viewer Open Data GeoPlanner Crowdsourcing Immediately Deployable and Easily Configured

11 Looking at the problem Organizations need a easy way to build or maintain a GIS of authoritative data Some of that data is collected from scratch in the field Some of that data comes from other sources (surveying, photogrammetry, digitizing) - That data needs to be validated by ground truthing Some of that data may already exist and simply needs to be assessed and updated - Condition of assets In the past this was done with notebooks, clipboards, and maps - Can be error prone, and slow down the turn around time to make that data accessible and useful to your organization

12 Collector for ArcGIS Mobile app targets field data collection needs Collect and update data - Using your location or the map - Fill out forms - Capture media (pictures, videos) - Additional tools to help your field workforce Types of use - Collect asset locations and status - Ground-truth their GIS data - Make observations/conduct surveys - Replace paper-based forms/process

13 What can you do? Open maps shared to you for data collection Collect and update features Copy features to save time Measure lengths and area Get directions Switch between basemaps Search features and places Record where you went

14 Publishing data Desktop Publish to your Server in the Cloud or On Premise Add layers to maps and share Templates Offline data needs to have sync enabled - You can also disable editing at the webmap level if you have layers for read only access just for that map Tips: leverage domains, subtypes, default values, scale ranges etc. Choose symbology for the end user

15 Making the map Add your layers to your map Configure the map: forms, symbology, tools Share to your field users Only show the fields that the end user needs Turn off tools the user wont use to do their job (measure, basemap etc) Use scale dependency to hide read only layers till they re needed Side load basemaps to device to save time

16 Demo Russ Roberts

17 Quick tips Paul Barker

18 Let the geodatabase do the work for you Set good defaults Take advantage of min-max ranges Use domains to prevent typos - Use subtypes to enforce data integrity across types Watch out for reserved words across database formats Use attachments for photos Split your layers into logical groupings

19 Thoughtful Symbology What works at your desk or on paper doesn t always work outside in the sun and on small devices Avoid pastels and fine grained color ramps Shy away from intricate symbology Choose symbols that are visually distinct across all your layers.

20 When sync fails Most common reasons for sync to fail - Network timeout or interruption - We are building a dedicated tool to offload and manually sync data from your laptop/desktop - Desktop 10.3 has a recovery option that will take your offline gdb and convert it to a filegdb - Disabling attachments in ArcGIS Online FS after publishing - Known issue, currently planned for summer (work around re-enable attachments on the FS) Improvements this release to sync - There have been a number of improvements this release to improve stability when syncing in ArcGIS Online

21 What s next? Paul Barker

22 Whats next? More tools for planning field work (pre-planned) - Prepare your data in advance - Pre package multiple areas Smarter data collection forms - Auto field population - Inherited attributes Integration of more sensors Full support for ownership based access High Accuracy

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