Utilizing Esri Out of the Box Tools for Field Data Verification
- 2. Informal Poll
How many operators are electronically collecting data in
the field?
How many operators are using ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS
Server to deploy field maps?
How many are using Collector for production data
collection?
- 3. Collector is Part of ArcGIS Online
Collector is an OOTB App
for iOS, Android and Windows
Consumes Web Maps Published in
ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS
Licensed via your ArcGIS Online
Organizational Account
- 4. ArcGIS Online – GIS Evolving
The Landscape of GIS is Changing
ArcGIS – A Complete GIS Platform
Mapping, Analyzing, and Managing Geographic
Information
Desktop Web Device
Server Online Content
and Services
- 6. ArcGIS Online – GIS Evolving
Powered by Services
Server Online Content
and Services
- 7. What it Means to Pipeline Operators
Leverage your existing investment in:
ArcSDE
ArcGIS Server
Configurable out of the box solution to collect/update asset
attribution and supporting features
Keep your On-Premise GIS Data Secure Behind Your
Firewall
Create New Field Workflows – Quickly!
Integrate/Automate/Empower Field Data in the Back
Office
Provide easy to use tools for field office or remote data
collection/verification
- 8. Publishing Feature Services for
Collector
Feature Service Options
Operator-Hosted ArcGIS Server
Service Managed Internally
Data Stored on Operator-Owned Server
ArcSDE Feature Classes are EASY to publish
ArcGIS Online-Hosted
Cloud Hosted, Reduces Load on Your Servers
Can publish via Shapefile, CSV, or File Geodatabase
Need Plan to Transfer/Replicate Data to Back Office
- 9. Publishing Feature Services for
Collector
Create New Feature Class
Points, Lines, or Polygons
Publish Existing Feature Class
Best Practices
Create a dedicated dataset to contain all editable classes
Use Domains wherever possible for easy field data entry
Apply Defaults to any applicable fields to minimize field interaction
- 10. Publishing Feature Services for
Collector
Enable Attachments
Collector has Native Attachment Support
Creates related _ATTACH table
Stores Attachments in DB
Best Practices
Review and determine permanent storage options for back office photos
Default is in GDB but table space can get HUGE
Options for custom workflow to export pics to a share drive
- 11. Publishing Feature Services for
Collector
Publish to ArcGIS Server
Editable Feature Service
Enable Editing Access
Best Practices
Secure your ArcGIS Server + Web Adaptor with SSL (https only)
Secure your Feature Service with ArcGIS Server Security
- 12. Create a New WebMap
Add Backdrop Data Map Services
Add Feature Service from Org
Save & Share WebMap w/Groups
Best Practices
Test adding collection points in the ArcGIS.com WebMap
Fix Issues on ArcGIS.com before testing Collector
Creating your AGOL WebMap
- 13. Consume WebMap in Collector
Collected Data is Instantaneously Saved to Server / SDE
Available in ArcGIS.com, ArcMap, Dashboard, any AGOL App
Will include attachment data
- 14. Consume WebMap in Collector
Log In to Organizational Account
Only Maps with Collectable Items are Available
Click the Map Button on Add Screen to place point on map
Simple, Easy Create and Editing Tools
- 15. Empower New Data Use Cases
Collect Supporting Features for Pipeline Attribution &
Analytics:
HCA/Class Structure Verification
Foreign Line Crossings
Encroachments
Right-of-Way
Field Office Collection & Inputs
Risk Inputs
Pipeline or Feature Verifications
Easily deployed and used by ‘non-GIS’ users and contractors
- 16. Focus on the Collector Pattern
Expose New Data to Field Operations
Collect New Data from Field Operations
Empower Your Operations with Integrated Workflows
The value of the solution lies in using the out-of-the-box Collector application
Esri maintains the software and releases quarterly via auto online distribution
Keep your automation in the back office – increase ROI, simpler upgrade path
- 17. What About Disconnected Access?
Supports three map service types:
Feature Services w/Editing Operations
Tiled Map Services
Esri Basemap Services
- 18. Enable Feature Services for Offline Access
Allows for Map to be Downloaded to the Device & Edits to be
Synched Back to Feature Service
Disconnected - What Can We Do
- 19. Disconnected - What Can We Do
Downloading the Map:
Defines a specified spatial extent (my work area for today)
Defines a zoom level for the cache
Caches the tiled basemap
Caches the Feature Service
Collects Features Locally Just as If Connected
After Establishing Network Connectivity, Syncing the Map:
Passes the local features back into the Feature Service
Feature Service doesn’t know about the offline collection
- 20. Demo – Field Data Collection
with Collector & ArcGIS Online
Editor's Notes
- STREETLIGHT USE CASE
Another quick use case starts with us exposing a public web map via ArcGIS Online. This webmap will allow our end customers to view and interact with our utility data. A customer is jogging at dusk and notices a streetlight is out. This web map allows them to GPS the location and capture the streetlight outage very easily. They can even include a photo of the location. This data is transmitted instantaneously to the back office. But how can we empower this data?