{"id":77241,"date":"2017-06-05T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/collector-for-arcgis-updated-today\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:13:10","slug":"collector-for-arcgis-updated-today","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/field-mobility\/field-mobility\/collector-for-arcgis-updated-today","title":{"rendered":"Collector for ArcGIS Updated Today!"},"author":3651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23261],"tags":[28091,28101],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36641,36551],"class_list":["post-77241","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","tag-gnss","tag-gps","product-apps","product-collector","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"On June 5th, we released a new version of Collector that is now available in the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and the ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>On June 5<sup>th<\/sup>, we released a new version of Collector that is now available in the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and the Windows Store.<\/p>\n<p>This is a minor update but adds some strategic new enhancements that will improve the way you work with high accuracy GPS receivers, manage attachments, work with basemaps and use Collector in a connected environment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CollectorUpdate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-79836 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CollectorUpdate-278x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>GPS Averaging<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0can be used to improve the precision of your high-accuracy collection workflows. 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