Latest Contributions by ChristopherThompson

Items in AGOL are classified as layers, apps, web maps, etc.  Please consider adding Operations Views as one of these types. ... View more

Items in AGOL are classified as layers, apps, web maps, etc.  Please consider adding Operations Views as one of these types. ... View more

Create default item view in ArcGIS Online Groups.  Often users don't need to see all the items that get shared to a group in order to use applications that are created for their use.  For instance, a user may want to use an App that includes a web map and 5 feature services that are shared to the group.  Having a default view that displays only the Apps in the group will keep users from being overwhelmed by items that they don't have a need for and just confuse matters. ... View more

Please bring back the ability to zoom to a user drawn box in web maps.  The +/- button approach often does not allow for the level of control over zooming in that is necessary for users. ... View more

Please add a Zoom to Make Visible option for layers in webmaps.  This feature is available within ArcMap and seems like it would be very helpful in web maps when visibility scales are set. ... View more

ArcGIS Online needs a simple and visible tool for adding XY coordinate locations to a map.  Currently one can 'find' a location with the search bar when entering coordinates.  Several issues make this a less than useful mechanism for adding points to a map.  First, searching for a coordinate location isn't exactly intuitive, also AGOL requires entering coordinates in long-lat order which is counter-intuitive,(see and promote an idea about reversing this order here: http://shar.es/1fBJS) , and finally this method doesn't actually place a marker. Another method for adding a point to the map is the Map Notes tool, however this does not provide any mechanism for entering specific coordinates.  While a .csv or .txt file can be added to the map, this is extra work that some users may not prefer, especially when coordinate data are coming in via email or text messaging. ... View more

Is anyone using particular software to analyze the ArcGIS Server logs?  I find viewing these through the manager interface to be clunky and not always very informative and am wondering what software others might be using to parse those and generate reports. ... View more

Please allow me to invite a user from another organization when i am provided their AGOL user name.  When inviting a user from another organization to a group, the user's name has to be publicly visible. Sometimes organizations have good and legitimate reasons for not allowing their users to be discoverable.  Not being able to collaborate with these users via group invites diminishes the utility of this capability.   ... View more

Some enhancements that would make the Spatial Join tool more useful: Allow user to name the "join_count" field automatically generated by the tool.  Currently if i want to perform several joins to the same target each creates a 'join_count' field, which ultimately has to get changed so its clear what data are being counted. Allow serial join operations, that is, allow multiple 'join feature' feature classes per target feature class.  Sometimes I want to summarize/aggregate several layers to a single layer (such as county or census block), currently I have to do this one at a time or build a model to handle this. Make data summaries easier to specify.  If i want to summarize a numeric attribute in a join feature I have to manually add a new field to the field map, specifiy the merge rule, then specify the input field.  If I want Min, Max, and Average for just one field this means 9 operations I have to complete.  We should be able pick all the desired summary statistics for a field just as we do with the Summarize tool when summarizing a table. ... View more

I have an input that reads a GeoJson feed from a source and initially I want have that output to a REST cache.  The geoevent definition has the fields organized as groups - features, geometry, properties, and coordinate system.  However, the output doesn't appear to be parsing the several fields into these groups and is creating output that looks like the following: [INDENT]GeoJason_IncidentPoints,Feature,,,"0.0,0.0,0.0"[/INDENT] I had thought GEP would parse the fields contained in the groups - is this not the case? ... View more