1. Mobile Field Data Collection: You have choices
IGIC May 2018
Seiler Instrument

3. Who we are….
Seiler Instrument Company is a family owned firm established in We have offices throughout the Midwest with our corporate headquarters located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Our experienced industry leaders provide customers innovative solutions and knowledgeable support. Working with a variety of manufacturers, we provide value added solutions for Engineering, Architecture, Surveying, Construction, Rail, Fleet Management, Government, Utilities, and GIS markets.
We are committed to supporting our clients and are passionate about understanding your needs, challenges, and current technology goals.
Discuss Seiler operations and what we do…..

4. Senior Mapping Tech Support and Trimble Certified MGIS Trainer:
Jay Riester
Trimble Mapping Sales Representative:
Mike DeMory

5. Today’s agenda
Learn about how to collect data with high accuracy with mobile devices.

6. Data Who is collecting data? What type of data can we collect?
Utilities: Water, Electric, Telco, Gas etc.
Signs
Roads
Building inspection/permits/assessing
Parks
Environmental
Emergency Management
Crowd Sourcing specific – reporting a problem
The list goes on…

7. Data Capture Tools Paper records and field notes
Digitizing from paper maps
Scanning
Photogrammetry
Remote sensing
GPS
Historic & Current Methods Used

8. New Methods of Data Sharing
Easy-to-use Applications
Software Hosted in the cloud
Data Hosted in the cloud
Data Collectors easily accessible

9. What are these Methods?
A smart device application used in the field to collect and update spatial data
Puts mapping in the hands of field workers to improve the accuracy of your spatial data
Use your smartphone or tablet to collect in real time or disconnected

10. Trimble TerraFlex/Insphere
Cloud based
Basic – data collection only
Advanced - data collection/data update
Subscription based
Android, iOS, WM 6.5, Windows 7/8 Compatible
Website:

12. Penmap for Android
Trimble Penmap for Android is a powerful, yet incredibly straightforward, cloud-connected application for field surveying and high-accuracy GIS data collection.
Support for MSL and Geoids
Supports Trimble Catalyst software-based GNSS receiver for on-demand precise positioning
Compatible with existing Trimble GNSS R-Series receivers (R1, R2, R8S and R10)

13. Penmap for Android

14. ESRI Collector for ArcGIS v18.0.1
Require a 95 percent confidence interval - When doing data collection, Collector allows you to specify the accuracy you require to use the GPS to collect locations. By default, the accuracy of the location is calculated using root mean square (RMS). 
Get positions from Trimble Catalyst
Pass collection information through the URL scheme - When using the custom URL scheme to open Collector through another app, a website, or an , you can now include information to start a collection. Pass information about the layer to add a feature to, as well as particular attributes and the values to assign to them.
Use Managed App Configuration with ArcGIS Enterprise - Streamline your app deployment by pushing the URL of your ArcGIS Enterprise portal through your mobile device management (MDM). When your users open the app, they'll see the OAuth screen from your portal.
Why are you interested in Collector?

15. ESRI Collector for ArcGIS
Simple toolbar
Common smart device zoom and pan methods
Swipe
Pinch to zoom and Expand
ESRI Background Maps
Why are you interested in Collector?

16. ESRI Collector for ArcGIS
System Requirements:
Android 4.2 or later
iOS 8 or later
Windows 10

17. Collector - The Road Ahead
The Aurora Project
Better maps
Support for vector base maps
Improved user experience
Better layout and easier to capture accurate data locations
Smarter Forms
Conditional logic, grouping, and ordering of attributes
Enhancements to High Accuracy 3D Data Collection
Vertical Datum Transformations
Target Release is Q2 2018, More enhancements around ESRI UC.

18. ArcGIS Online Account Requirements
Level 2 Member
Can view, create, and share content
Portal for ArcGIS is supported
Level 1 only has the ability to view maps and not edits them

19. Survey 123 for ArcGIS
Simple and intuitive form-centric data gathering solution that makes creating, sharing, and analyzing surveys.
Capture data via smartphone, laptop or desktop as a native app and also in your browser
R1 Compatible, but no GNSS metadata

20. Survey 123 – The Road Ahead
Enhancements for sketching and adding photos
Support for audio recordings
Support for post-submission actions on a number of frameworks
External sensor support
Line and polygon support

21. Esri GeoNet
Esri GeoNet “The Esri Community” has may resources for learning more about Esri products and communicating with other Esri users.

22. Questions?

23. Contact Information
Senior Mapping Tech Support and Trimble Certified
MGIS Trainer:
Jay Riester –
Trimble Mapping Sales Representative:
Mike DeMory –

24. Blog: https://www. seilergeo
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