Yesterday I was asked to make an FAQ on how to hook the Android version of Collector up to an RTK receiver with Bluetooth. It is simple and honestly it works great and it works every time. It takes a few minutes to setup the first time and then in less than 1 minute I have fixed solution with a picture of my house on my phone.
Here is the final result (standing in the driveway at my house, under the big tree):
You have to click on the image to blow it up to see the left lower corner.
Sad.
I mean, once you decide to not use decimal feet, why would you choose decimal inches? Wouldn??t ??3/8?? make more sense? Or perhaps ??25/64ths ????ÿ
I messed around and could not figure out how to switch units. I am left wondering if it is implementing the GEOID correctly? Hard to say because I can't find a status screen that even displays XY coordinates or height.?ÿ
When I get back from delivering equipment at the end of the week I will beg some help from one of my GIS buddies. Hopefully I am missing something. Is this really the flagship collection tool?
The current version of Esri ArcGIS Collector does not support geiods. They are currently working on a beta version that uses geiods as well as more enhancements. The current version of Collector is great for its intended purpose. ??Survey grade accuracy? for non-survey data collection. It captures HAE and not elevation, so you have to do some back-end processing to get that. It works well for capturing assets that have extensive attributes and domains, such as utilities. However, if I need elevations I still use Trimble Access. With the GIS module in Trimble Business Center, I can import my GIS database schema and create a feature definition library for use in Access. It all depends on what the project needs. ?ÿI can use my Trimble R2 receiver with Collector or Access on the Trimble T10 Windows 10 tablet. Both apps have their pros and cons.?ÿ
