MobileMap 4.4.0+

Field Navigation

MobileMap supports navigating to any selected feature through a range of visual cues, direction information (distance and direction) and audio alerts.  When navigating to a feature over large distances, users may wish to combine driving directions (see item 2 below) with field navigation tools documented here.

To navigate to a feature, such as a plot in MobileMap:

Display Shortest Path to a Feature

The shortest path from your current location to a selected feature can be displayed on the map. The shortest path feature is accessed from either the edit tool or the identify tool.

Proximity Alert

Users can enable a proximity alert to produce an audio alert (e.g. 'beep' sound) when arriving at a selected feature.  This is very useful when navigating to inventory plots, as it can help remove bias when determining the location of plot center.  When the device beeps, you are at plot center. The plot will open again in Edit mode and you can begin recording plot level data.

To enable proximity alerts:

To change Proximity Alert Distance:

To change the Alert Sound:

Navigate to a ‘Projected Point’

If you need to navigate to a point that is a set distance and direction from your current location, you can ‘Project a Point’ to create a new point at the desired new location, then navigate to it using the process described above. For example, if you were standing at a parcel corner marker, and you just recorded the location with a high-accuracy Bluetooth-connected GPS, you could ‘project a point’ to the next parcel corner which is 400 ft. away due North (see Project Points for more information on how to do this). Once the new point has been created, follow the steps above to select that point as the destination point, and proceed with the standard navigation process.

Navigating Along a Line Between Two Points

If you need to navigate along a line between two points, it can be helpful to create a new line that connects the two points. To do this, use the ‘Line To’ tool which is documented here. Once the line has been created, you can either a) select the destination point and navigate to that point using the standard navigation process described above, or b) select the newly created line feature and use the distance to help you understand how close to the line you are while navigating.

MobileMap pre-4.4.0

Overview

This short video provides a quick tutorial on field navigation using MobileMap

MobileMap supports navigating to any selected feature through a range of visual cues, direction information (distance and direction) and audio alerts.  When navigating to a feature over large distances, users may wish to combine driving directions (see item 2 below) with field navigation tools documented here.

To navigate to a feature, such as a plot in MobileMap:

Proximity Alert

Users can enable a proximity alert to produce an audio alert (e.g. 'beep' sound) when arriving at a selected feature.  This is very useful when navigating to inventory plots, as it can help remove bias when determining the location of plot center.  When the device beeps, you are at plot center.

To enable proximity alerts:

To change Proximity Alert Distance:

To change the Alert Sound:

 

Driving Directions

MobileMap supports retrieving driving (or walking via roads) directions accessing ArcGIS Online's routing service.  This functionality requires a user to be a) have internet (e.g., Wi-Fi) connection and b) be currently signed in to ArcGIS Online via MobileMap.  Once the directions have been calculated, the spatial path of travel to the user's destination will be displayed on the screen and turn by turn directions can be displayed.  The route and directions will be automatically stored on the device and thus can be used offline. Note: if your organization uses Portal for ArcGIS, driving direction functionality is not available.

Navigate to a Point or Feature Using MobileMap