1. Collector for ArcGIS a Data Collection Application
Chris Pouliot - MNDNR
Jacqueline Kovarik - MNDNR
Build a feature service and use a few different applications to create an interactive data collection application in Collector for ArcGIS.
Survey:
How many people in this class have collected data with a GPS before? Has anyone collected data and attributes together on a Trimble Juno, or other device?
Collector for ArcGIS is a data collection app that you can use on any mobile device – phones or tablets, that streamlines the data collection process by providing organized drop-down menus for the collector. Users don’t have to be GIS savvy to be able to go into the field and collect data.
We’ll get into details about how the application works in a few slides, but it essentially uses a feature service to store and edit data.
Later we’ll go through a demo on publishing a feature service and accessing it in Esri’s collector for ArcGIS app.

2. GIS Experience?
ArcMap/ArcCatalog
ArcGIS Online
Collector for ArcGIS

3. Class Goals Learn about ArcGIS Online Learn about Collector for ArcGIS
What is it?
What can it do for me?
Learn about Collector for ArcGIS
How does it work?
How can I leverage it in my class?
Through the next hour or so, we’ll cover the following:
Go over the plan for incorporating activity between IMS and Spatial Data - timeline

4. ArcGIS Products in Schools
3 year license agreement between the State of MN and Esri, through June, 2017
FREE Desktop
ArcGISArcINFO, ArcEditor, ArcView (single/concurrent)
Analyst Pkgs (3D, Network, Spatial, others)
FREE Server GIS
FREE ArcGIS Mobile, ArcPad, others……
FREE ArcGIS Online
FREE ArcGIS Collector
School Support > School Technology

5. ArcGIS Online

6. What Is ArcGIS Online? Cloud-based service
Easy way to add, store, and visualize data
Access ready-to-use layers and basemaps
Perform Simple Analysis on Layers
Provides jumping off point for Collector Maps

7. ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online (AGOL) subscriptions are FREE to all K-12 districts, teachers and clubs.
To receive a subscription
contact
Scott Freburg - MDE

8. ArcGIS Online Overview Demo
Gallery
Map & Tools
My Content
My Organization
Groups

9. Collector for ArcGIS

10. What is Collector for ArcGIS?
Mobile App that allows users to collect and update geospatial information in the field
Easy to use
Easy to create
a prototype Collector app for a simple project can be created in just a couple hours!
Works with Android & iOS devices
Utilizes ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Collector is a mobile app that allows people to collect spatial information in the field.
Users don’t have to be GIS-savvy in order to use it – the application is user friendly and easy to get the hang of.
Works on android and ios devices
The application needs some sort of host for a feature service (such as ArcGIS Online or the Amazon Cloud, or an ArcGIS Server), and you’d need an ArcGIS Online account in order to log into the app on your device. We’ll get into details about this stuff later.

11. What Can You Do With Collector?
Collect spatial information directly to your Android or Apple device
Utilize disconnected editing for collecting data in remote areas
Capture geotagged photos
Collector for ArcGIS is really different than other common GPS collection devices and software.
For one thing, it works on mobile devices, utilizing the internal GPS of the phone or tablet.
Using a feature service published to the cloud, it can remotely synchronize collected data via a cellular or Wi-Fi connection.
It allows you to specify a location within the app and will create a route or get directions for you.
It also allows for increased attribute data quality with data driven forms.
We’ll get into this a little more later, but in creating a feature service, you can generate domains which specify valid values for attributes.
When you compare this method of data collection with another common method, which is just providing comment and text boxes for people to collect attributes in, you can get a sense of how implementing domains is –
by just giving people values to pick from instead of having them enter values manually
And finally, the app allows you to easily capture geotagged photos.

12. Account Login (Free 30 Day Trial Available)
System Requirements
ArcGIS Online *
Account Login (Free 30 Day Trial Available)
Android
Android 4.0 or later
Armv7 processor
OpenGL ES 2.0 support
iOS
iOS 7
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
More on ArcGIS online on next slide
Ensure everyone has devices with system requirements listed above (this should’ve been setup prior to class, was included in handout we sent).

13. Create File Geodatabase

14. Paper Data Entry Form to File Geodatabase
What’s being collected on paper?
Shapes (points, lines, polygons)
Attributes
Consider how to convert to File Geodatabase
Shapes (points, lines, polygons) convert to feature classes
Field types (long integer, text, etc.)
Domains: organize your attributes into domains for easy data collection (drop-down menus), increased efficiency and error reduction
Subtypes: categorize and organize domains and valid values
In this lesson’s exercise, we’re going to look at a paper data collection form, and turn it into a file geodatabase that will be used in our Collector application.
This might not always be the process you use, but unless you have a file geodatabase ready to go, I find it very beneficial to plan out your fields, domains and subtypes on paper before creating anything on a computer.
There are a couple things to consider when converting a paper form to a geodatabase:
What’s being collected on paper and how do you transfer it into a GDB
Shapes being collected – areas, trails, points of interest – points, lines or polygons?
Attributes – what field types are they? Can they be organized into domains? Are subtypes needed?

15. Geodatabase Properties
Working with attachments
Images from your device
Can add existing images, or take a photo
Can attach many images to one feature
Relationship classes are used to maintain the linkage
Attachments are created through the management option in a feature class’s context menu
Once a geodatabase has been created, you can enable a couple other features that will be beneficial to your Collector app.
Enabling attachments allow you to take or upload one or more photos to a feature you collect.
Relationship classes are used to maintain a link between the photo which is stored in it’s own table alongside the feature class.
Enabling attachments is done by right-clicking on the feature class, under Manage. You guys will do this in the next exercise.

16. Geodatabase Properties
Other ‘Manage’ options
Global IDs
Necessary for checking in/checking out data
Maintains object uniqueness across replicas
Non-editable, auto-populated when added
Editor Tracking
Feature services can track who has made changes to the data and when
This information is stored in fields directly in the dataset
In addition to attachments, you can also add Global IDs to your feature classes.
Global IDs are non-editable GUID fields that are added to the feature class’s attribute table and are necessary for checking in and out data.
You can also enable Editor Tracking, which adds fields in the attribute table that track when edits have been made last, and by whom.

17. Create Feature Service

18. Optimizing Features in ArcGIS Desktop
Feature Classes will be configured in ArcGIS Desktop before publishing to AGOL
Symbolize feature classes
Set scale ranges*
Rename feature classes in Table of Contents (this is what will be displayed in AGOL)
Label features* Annotation is not recommended
Add definition queries
Turn off fields that are not needed* *Can be adjusted in AGOL after publishing
Some feature properties you’ll want to configure in ArcGIS Destkop to optimize your features in AGOL include:
Feature symbols
Scale ranges
Feature class name
Labels – not annotation
Definition Queries
Unnecessary fields
Some of these can be adjusted after publishing too – such as labels, scale ranges, and turning on/off fields.

19. Required Information for Service Publishing
Metadata is required when publishing to AGOL
Required metadata can be entered by going to File > Map Document Properties
Required items:
Title
Summary
Description
Author
Credits
Tags
Meta

20. Publishing to AGOL
Features will be published to AGOL directly from ArcMap
Sign into AGOL via the File Menu
AGOL account will display in server connections when publishing
Once your feature classes are set up how you want them in ArcGIS Desktop, you can publish right from there to AGOL.

21. Specifying Service Capabilities
Specify the capabilities you want to enable for your service
Within the service editor window that appears when publishing your features, you can specify the capabilities you want to enable.
By default, mapping and KML capabilities are checked. Checking feature access enables feature and data collection for a collector application.
By default, Mapping and KML capabilities are checked
Check Feature Access to enable feature and data collection for a Collector application

22. Accessing Published Resource in AGOL
In AGOL, find Feature Service under MY CONTENT
Features can be added directly to a new map
Once you’ve fixed errors and have published your service successfully, you’re ready to add it to an ArcGIS Online web map. The feature service will display under your AGOL content, and can be added via the drop-down menu next to the features.

23. Configuring Web Map
Symbology, scale ranges and attribute field names will be carried over from MXD settings
Settings can be adjusted in AGOL by clicking on the Feature Service drop-down in your web map

24. No GPS on your device? Don’t worry!
You can bluetooth in a GPS device
Garmin Glo
Qstarz
GlobalSat
Nav-Gear
Wintec
Etc.
We have a Garmin Glo for people to use.

25. Real World Applications
Aquatic Vegetation Surveys
Explain the aquatic vegetation survey procedures
Developing a aquatic vegetation survey collector application that will allow staff to collect multiple types of vegetation at each survey point they visit, based on what they find.
These are just a couple of the first projects that we’ve created with ArcGIS Collector since we started using the software last October. Since piloting these projects, the DNR’s GIS Section has been receiving a lot of project requests from interested staff.

26. Real World Applications
Non-Game Wildlife Observations
Terrestrial Invasive Species Observations
Culvert Collector
Aggregate Polygon Mapping
Native Bee Surveys
Explain the aquatic vegetation survey procedures
Developing a aquatic vegetation survey collector application that will allow staff to collect multiple types of vegetation at each survey point they visit, based on what they find.
These are just a couple of the first projects that we’ve created with ArcGIS Collector since we started using the software last October. Since piloting these projects, the DNR’s GIS Section has been receiving a lot of project requests from interested staff.

27. Classroom Exercises Asset Management Biology Other
Collect locations of all playground equipment, trails, ballfields, etc
Biology
Record locations of invasive species in a prairie
Monitor water clarity in local pond or lake throughout the year.
Other
Talk to local nature centers, cities, state parks for real-world ideas

28. Collector Installation

29. Login Start the app Home screen enter http://www.arcgis.com Sign In
Username: geofest
Password: geofest2015

30. Cache the Map for Disconnected Editing
Before heading out we will cache an air photo image of our project area.
Disconnected Editing - We will be collecting data without cellular or Wi-Fi access.
Allows for working in remote locations or using a device without a data plan or nearby Wi-Fi.
Caching the map allows you to collect data offline, without a cellular or wireless internet connection. By caching the basemap area and turning off WiFi and cellular services on your device, you can collect data offline then synchronize the collected points when you return to a wifi or cellular-enabled area. Caching allows users to collect data in remote locations, and prevents cellular data storage costs.

31. Cache the Map In Collector, browse to the available map.
Click the Cloud icon or “Download” to cache the map to your device.

32. Setting the Map Cache Extent
Scale the screen to adjust your work area.
The box represents the area that will be downloaded
Specify Extent for Work Area and Map Detail for zoom levels
When you’re satisfied with the area selected, click Download in the top-right corner of the screen.

33. Downloading the Map
As the map area downloads, the application will return back to display a downloading status.
When the map is finished downloading, the status on the thumbnail will change to ‘On Device’

34. Collecting a Location
In Collector > Click on the map image of the Utility Collector Application.
Tap the ‘+’ sign to collect a new data point.
Tap on the utility type you are collecting. (ex. Pole – Power/Tele.)
Note: If you're working on an iPad, you do not have a Collect New tool on the toolbar nor a Collect panel. Instead, you'll use the Collect a new feature panel on the right side of the screen.

35. Refining the GPS Location
It is very likely that your GPS location will be feet from the feature you are collecting.
The Green box has a number inside it that shows the approximate GPS accuracy in meters + or -.
The app allows us to move the location

36. Refining the GPS Location
To move your point - Click on the map rectangle
Tap and hold to get a magnifier in the map screen.
While still holding move the magnifier’s cross-hairs over the utility location.
Let go

37. Refining the GPS Location

38. Editing or Deleting a Site
If you need to Edit or Delete a site you can do so by tapping on a location.
You will see a blue highlight around the location if selected.
Then tap the icon of a rectangle box with an up arrow.

39. Editing or Deleting a Site
Here you can edit or delete the site selected.
When editing follow the directions viewed in the previous slides.

40. Updating Location of Existing Features
Select feature to move
Choose “Edit” from feature options
When attribute window appears, tap the map icon to manually place the point – you can also update any attribute information on this page as well.
Once it’s in the location you want, click Update to update the feature’s location

41. Geotagging a Photo In the attribute screen click on the ‘camera icon’.
In the Attachments window click ‘Add’.
Select ‘Take Photo or Video’ in next screen.
Take photo of utility.
When happy, click ‘Use Photo’ > ‘Done’

42. Submitting Features When finished collecting a feature, click ‘Submit’
Using cell network/wi-fi: features are now in the cloud
Cached map: features are stored on device until synchronized

43. Synchronizing Cached Data
If data and basemap are cached on device, you must synchronize to upload data to AGOL
If needed, re-enable wi-fi and/or cellular when ready to synchronize
Click cloud button next to App (will be labeled ‘On Device’)
Times vary depending on wi-fi/cellular connection and amount of data being synchronized

44. Exercise 4 Field Trip! Put Our Applications to Use
Build a feature service and use a few different applications to create an interactive data collection application in Collector for ArcGIS.
Survey:
How many people in this class have collected data with a GPS before? Has anyone collected data and attributes together on a Trimble Juno, or other device?
Collector for ArcGIS is a data collection app that you can use on any mobile device – phones or tablets, that streamlines the data collection process by providing organized drop-down menus for the collector. Users don’t have to be GIS savvy to be able to go into the field and collect data.
We’ll get into details about how the application works in a few slides, but it essentially uses a feature service to store and edit data.
Later we’ll go through a demo on publishing a feature service and accessing it in Esri’s collector for ArcGIS app.

45. Access Collected Data Login with our class ArcGIS online account
Username: geofest
Password: geofest2015
Click on ‘Gallery’ at the top of the page

46. Access Collected Data Find and open your web map
The map will display features in real-time
You can view and edit features in the web map, as well as within Collector

47. Access Data in ArcMap
Select the feature service you want to view in ArcMap
Click ‘Open’ > ‘Open in ArcGIS Desktop’
A .pitem file will be downloaded to your hard drive
Make sure you are logged out of ArcMap before opening the .pitem file

48. Access Data in ArcMap Open the .pitem file by double-clicking
The feature service will load as a service in ArcGIS Desktop
In ArcMap you can:
view the data
Change symbology
view the attribute table
Export to a feature class/shapefile edit and/or process the data
Right Click on layer > Data > Export Data

49. Questions?
Chris Pouliot - DNR Jacqueline Kovarik - DNR
Scott Freburg - MDE