{"id":1047631,"date":"2020-11-02T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1047631"},"modified":"2020-12-08T20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T04:16:14","slug":"migrate-to-arcgis-field-maps","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/field-maps\/field-mobility\/migrate-to-arcgis-field-maps","title":{"rendered":"Migrate to ArcGIS Field Maps"},"author":8742,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23261],"tags":[43671,756392,43801,27841],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36641,36661,679821,350952],"class_list":["post-1047631","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","tag-administration","tag-migrate","tag-migration","tag-mobile-app","product-apps","product-collector","product-explorer","product-field-maps","product-tracker"],"acf":{"short_description":"Resources for migrating to ArcGIS Field Maps from ArcGIS Collector, ArcGIS Explorer, and ArcGIS Tracker.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-field-maps\/overview\">ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a> allows mobile workers to collect data, mark up maps, and track their location\u2014all from one app. Field Maps is available on Android and iOS, and it currently incorporates the capabilities of three mobile apps\u2014ArcGIS Collector, ArcGIS Explorer, and ArcGIS Tracker. In future releases, it will also bring in functionality from ArcGIS Workforce and ArcGIS Navigator. As mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/field-mobility\/introducing-arcgis-field-maps\/#existing-apps\">Introducing ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a>, Collector, Explorer, and Tracker will be moving toward retirement. There are no new capabilities planned for these apps\u2014all future updates will be focused on Field Maps. With that in mind, it\u2019s a great time to start thinking about how you and your organization can migrate your existing Collector, Explorer, and Tracker workflows over to Field Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Field Maps was built with migration from Collector, Explorer, and Tracker in mind. 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If workers have maps downloaded onto their devices, they need to be copied into the Field Maps Map Packages folder on the device. Instructions are provided in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/content\/dam\/esrisites\/en-us\/media\/pdf\/implementation-guides\/field-maps-migration-guide.pdf\">ArcGIS Field Maps Migration Guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>App Linking<\/strong>\u2014App links are constructed and work in similar ways to the links you created for use with Collector, Explorer, and Tracker, but the base URL and some parameters have changed for Field Maps. See <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/field-maps\/android\/help\/deploy-your-map.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_F7DE2402BA8743E5BFC4A1241072960E\">Open your map from a link<\/a> to learn more about constructing app links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p>There are a variety of resources available that will be updated as the app is updated, including the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/content\/dam\/esrisites\/en-us\/media\/pdf\/implementation-guides\/field-maps-migration-guide.pdf\">ArcGIS Field Maps Migration Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/content\/dam\/esrisites\/en-us\/media\/pdf\/implementation-guides\/take-your-web-maps-offline-field-maps.pdf\">ArcGIS Field Maps Offline Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-field-maps\/resources\">ArcGIS Field Maps Resources page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.arcgis.com\/en\/paths\/try-arcgis-field-maps\/\">Try ArcGIS Field Maps Discovery Path<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/field-maps\/android\/help\">ArcGIS Field Maps Help Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Later this year, a companion web app will be released for Field Maps. 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