aidan_kf

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[–] aidan_kf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.