{"id":542772,"date":"2019-07-19T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=542772"},"modified":"2019-07-19T08:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T15:48:36","slug":"use-polygon-offline-areas-collector","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/use-polygon-offline-areas-collector","title":{"rendered":"Define polygon offline map areas for Collector"},"author":8072,"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":[39831,30121,306072],"industry":[],"product":[36641],"class_list":["post-542772","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","tag-data-collection","tag-offline","tag-preplanned","product-collector"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use polygon offline map areas in Collector as another way to streamline your offline data collection workflows.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Preplanned offline map areas are a great way to prepare for working offline. Defined as part of your web map, they make work easier for both the GIS administrator in the office and the mobile workers as they head out the door. <\/span><\/p>\n

The June release of ArcGIS Online further enhances the ability to optimize your inspection or asset inventory work by defining polygon offline map areas in addition to rectangular extents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As compared to a rectangular extent, polygons offer the ability to minimize the download area size, while still maintaining the desired levels of detail needed.\u00a0 This flexibility is particularly useful when working with long linear areas such as road corridors or utility lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at how you create these polygon map areas in ArcGIS Online for a map that already has preplanned map areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you want to learn more <\/span> about preplanned map areas, see Create, edit, and manage map areas in\u00a0ArcGIS Online<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Create, edit, and manage map areas in\u00a0ArcGIS Enterprise<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

1. Create a new map area<\/h3>\n

Start by creating an offline map area for a web map that can be taken offline.\u00a0 Add the pertinent information, including a name.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":568012,"id":568012,"title":"Create PP Polygon Area 2","filename":"Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","filesize":101986,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/use-polygon-offline-areas-collector\/create-pp-polygon-area-2","alt":"","author":"8072","description":"","caption":"","name":"create-pp-polygon-area-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542772,"date":"2019-07-17 22:25:05","modified":"2019-07-17 22:25:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1165,"height":807,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","medium-width":377,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":532,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","large-width":1165,"large-height":807,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","1536x1536-width":1165,"1536x1536-height":807,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","2048x2048-width":1165,"2048x2048-height":807,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2-671x465.png","card_image-width":671,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Create-PP-Polygon-Area-2.png","wide_image-width":1165,"wide_image-height":807}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

2. Sketch the polygon<\/h3>\n

Next, use the polygon tool to define the area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":567492,"id":567492,"title":"Polygon PP Define Area","filename":"Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","filesize":787330,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/use-polygon-offline-areas-collector\/polygon-pp-define-area","alt":"","author":"8072","description":"","caption":"","name":"polygon-pp-define-area","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542772,"date":"2019-07-17 20:49:49","modified":"2019-07-17 20:49:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1164,"height":805,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","medium-width":377,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":531,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","large-width":1164,"large-height":805,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","1536x1536-width":1164,"1536x1536-height":805,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","2048x2048-width":1164,"2048x2048-height":805,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area-672x465.gif","card_image-width":672,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Polygon-PP-Define-Area.gif","wide_image-width":1164,"wide_image-height":805}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Double click to finish the polygon.<\/p>\n

If the polygon shape doesn’t include the area you want to take offline, you can modify the polygon shape as needed.\u00a0\u00a0You can move or scale the area, or update a portion of the polygon include the desired area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":567972,"id":567972,"title":"Completed Polygon Preplanned","filename":"Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","filesize":110087,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/use-polygon-offline-areas-collector\/completed-polygon-preplanned-area-2","alt":"Pre-planned map areas can now be irregularly shaped.","author":"8072","description":"","caption":"","name":"completed-polygon-preplanned-area-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542772,"date":"2019-07-17 22:23:02","modified":"2020-02-13 19:21:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1165,"height":807,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","medium-width":377,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":532,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","large-width":1165,"large-height":807,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","1536x1536-width":1165,"1536x1536-height":807,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","2048x2048-width":1165,"2048x2048-height":807,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2-671x465.png","card_image-width":671,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Completed-Polygon-Preplanned-Area-2.png","wide_image-width":1165,"wide_image-height":807}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

3. Save offline area<\/h3>\n

Click Save <\/strong>to create your offline area.\u00a0 This will begin packaging the offline area.<\/p>\n

4. Download and use in Collector<\/h3>\n

Once packaging is complete, this new offline map area is available for use in Collector.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":567532,"id":567532,"title":"Collector - Open Preplanned area","filename":"Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","filesize":521478,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/use-polygon-offline-areas-collector\/collector-open-preplanned-area","alt":"","author":"8072","description":"","caption":"","name":"collector-open-preplanned-area","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":542772,"date":"2019-07-17 20:52:52","modified":"2019-07-17 20:52:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":220,"height":480,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","medium-width":120,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","medium_large-width":220,"medium_large-height":480,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","large-width":220,"large-height":480,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","1536x1536-width":220,"1536x1536-height":480,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","2048x2048-width":220,"2048x2048-height":480,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area-213x465.gif","card_image-width":213,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Collector-Open-Preplanned-area.gif","wide_image-width":220,"wide_image-height":480}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Considerations<\/h3>\n

This initial support for polygon offline map areas does have some limitations.\u00a0 Currently support is limited to specific tile layers:<\/span><\/p>\n