Geographic Information Systems

I've used OSM Tracker for basic field work. You have OSM as base and some predefined point types / tracks. It works out of the box and is really easy to use.

My company uses pretty much exclusively Esri products (unfortunately) as we're a partner organization. Here's a basic run-down off the top of my head:

ArcGIS Field Maps

• Allows feature collection (Points, Lines, Polygons)
• Smart Forms allow for calculated values, i.e. calculating volume of a trench based on standard measurements
• Works with GPS recievers and collects GPS metadata (we recently began using the TDC-650 by Trimble, and get sub-inch accuracy in good conditions.)
• Includes markup layers by default
• Uploads directly to a feature service in ArcGIS Online
• Offline collection supported
• Editing and deleting supported My use cases: Inlet location, survey point location collection

ArcGIS QuickCapture

• Designed for rapid location data collection
• Typical usage is click button, take picture, upload, repeat
• Meant for point collection
• Less focus on accuracy and attributes My use cases: Quickly capturing potholes on roads while riding passenger in a vehicle, accuracy is typically 1-2'.

ArcGIS Survey123

• Incredibly powerful XLSS form based platform
• Extendable via JavaScript functions (
• Allows Point and Polygon collection
• Highly customizable
• Supports regex for input validation, conditional visibility, conditional required fields
• Desktop browser compatible My use cases: long-form inspections, desktop permit entry, data validation via JavaScript extensions.

I'm unfamiliar with open source alternatives - I'd prefer to use FOSS options but not up to me unfortunately.

I'm sure there's more I'm missing though. First Lemmy post so apologies if formatting is awful.