{"id":377741,"date":"2020-11-03T19:59:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T03:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=377741"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:08:32","slug":"arcgis-field-maps-three-field-apps-in-one","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/arcgis-field-maps-three-field-apps-in-one","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Field Maps: Three Field Apps in One"},"author":6921,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[465131,407892,275952],"tags":[195832,35372,1311,200732,170422],"arcnews_issues":[472031],"class_list":["post-377741","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-field-maps","category-field-operations","category-technology","tag-digital-maps","tag-esri-field-apps","tag-field-work","tag-mobile-app","tag-web-app","arcnews_issues-fall-2020","arcnews_sections-esri-technology"],"acf":{"short_description":"The new app gives users the ability to collect data, view maps, and track locations all within a single mobile experience.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"ArcGIS technology has advanced over the past decade to more fully meet the needs and requirements of organizations that perform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/field-operations\/overview\">field operations<\/a>. Whether those mobile activities lie at the center of a company\u2019s business model or are ancillary to an organization\u2019s goals, the results of their execution can significantly influence outcomes.\r\n\r\nIn the last five years, Esri\u2019s field operations offerings have evolved, too. They\u2019ve progressed from initially focusing on map viewing and data collection to encompassing optimized routing, work management, and location tracking. Now, the way users employ these mobile apps is evolving, too."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377701,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"While having a flexible framework that allowed the separate use of one or more field apps at a time was valuable, customers have experienced some pain points around deploying and maintaining multiple apps. Mobile users were also challenged by having to individually sign in to all the different apps, deploy offline maps on a per-app basis, and switch from app to app when completing workflows that required using more than one.\r\n\r\nTo resolve these issues and provide app users with a better experience, Esri\u2019s field apps team created a single app that incorporates the full range of field operations capabilities: planning and managing work, navigation, data capture, and monitoring projects and personnel.\r\n\r\nThe new ArcGIS Field Maps app, introduced to customers in the early adopter beta program in July and now available to everyone, brings together the functionality of ArcGIS Collector, ArcGIS Explorer, and ArcGIS Tracker to give users the ability to collect data, view maps, and track locations all within a single mobile app.\r\n\r\nField Maps has two components, a mobile app and a web app. The mobile app is powered by maps created with ArcGIS and configured using the Field Maps web app. The web app streamlines map configuration and deployment by bringing together the experiences throughout ArcGIS that support offline capabilities\u2014including configuring feature templates, form capabilities for data capture, and editing in the field\u2014in one place.\r\n\r\nIn addition, with Field Maps, a single map can support all field workflows, meaning it\u2019s no longer necessary to have separate maps for data collection, map exploration and markup, navigation, and work management. This minimizes device storage consumption that often results in reduced app performance.\r\n\r\nMobile personnel who use Field Maps benefit from map-centric workflows that make it easy to explore a map of a work area, search within the map to find assets or places of interest, and record location tracks. Data that they edit or capture feeds directly into the organization\u2019s ArcGIS system, where it\u2019s available for others to use in near real time. Field Maps works seamlessly in disconnected environments, too. It retains collected data on the mobile device until connectivity is available, and then it syncs with the organization\u2019s ArcGIS platform."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377711,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"For GIS administrators who manage an organization\u2019s mobile devices, having all these field apps available via one app makes it easier to assign apps to mobile personnel. There\u2019s only one app to manage and update\u2014Field Maps\u2014rather than having to do all this work separately in Collector, Explorer, and Tracker. In future releases, Field Maps will also include the work management capabilities of ArcGIS Workforce and the navigation functionalities of ArcGIS Navigator.\r\n\r\nExisting customers that currently use Collector and Explorer either as stand-alone apps or through the Field Worker user type license get the same data collection and map viewing capabilities with Field Maps. Those that also use Tracker experience the same location tracking capabilities they currently have. And all the capabilities that have previously required the use of three separate apps are now available within the Field Maps app.\r\n\r\nFor users who are only now getting ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/digital-transformation\/overview\">digitally transform<\/a> their mobile operations, Field Maps is the best place to start. It\u2019s where all future development and new capabilities will be delivered.\r\n\r\nThe use cases for Field Maps vary widely. For organizations that manage significant infrastructure, such as utilities or pipeline owners, Field Maps provides a streamlined experience for inspection and maintenance workflows. An inspector, for example, can use Field Maps to find assets that need service; follow a built-in inspection form to document any findings; and if necessary, confirm through location tracks that the correct asset was inspected.\r\n\r\nHome health workers, as another example, can use Field Maps and its smart form capabilities to complete built-in health surveys for their patients. They can also employ app-based location tracks to show supervisors that they\u2019ve covered their areas of responsibility.\r\n\r\nWith Field Maps, decision-makers can stay aware of how work is progressing and where their crews are by viewing location tracks. If an associate in the field doesn\u2019t report in when expected, managers can see that person\u2019s last known location, making it easier to provide help if needed.\r\n\r\nFor anyone involved in field operations\u2014from GIS administrators to crews and supervisors\u2014it\u2019s game changing to be able to deploy, use, and manage all the robust GIS capabilities that are so critical to field activities from one app.\r\n\r\nLearn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/introducing-arcgis-field-maps\/\">ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a>."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ArcGIS Field Maps: Three Field Apps in One | ArcNews | Fall 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ArcGIS Field Maps gives users the ability to collect data, view maps, and track locations all within a single mobile 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