Is off-road navigation possible?

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06-15-2016 02:01 AM
FinnianO_Connor
Occasional Contributor II

We're currently using Survey123 to capture data at sample sites which are off-road. What would be great would be to pre-populate a list of sites that have to be visited and then use Navigator to get to each one. Rather than routing it would be more  GPS-style straight line navigation e.g. 100m East, 50m East etc.

Is this something that can currently be done, and if not is functionality such as this planned? This would be beneficial to many different field workers where survey sites are not on roads e.g. forestry, environmental monitoring.

Cheers,

Finnian

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ScottSandusky
Esri Contributor

Hi Finnian,

Thanks for the comment and requirement, it is a great idea and something that esri is considering for our field apps.  Currently, straight line navigation (or compass/bearing directions) this is not in apps like Navigator nor Collector nor Explorer.  Today, as work-around's you could:

1) create network paths between the locations, and create a custom navigation map (in Pro) for routing on those paths with Navigator.  Navigator 2.0 supports navigating on custom data created in Pro.

2) use Collector's blue pulsating dot (indicating your current location) to orient yourself in the field, in relation to the points in the map.

The above however isn't exactly what you are requesting.  We do plan to look into designing and developing this in our field apps roadmap.

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FinnianO_Connor
Occasional Contributor II

Thanks for the reply Scott. Good to hear that this type of functionality is being looked at for the future. Appreciate the potential workarounds too!

Cheers,

Finnian

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ScottSandusky
Esri Contributor

Check this out - Trek2There app released by Esri Labs:

https://community.esri.com/groups/appstudio/blog/2016/10/19/introducing-trek2there 

FinnianO_Connor
Occasional Contributor II

Thanks for the update Scott. That's exactly what I was looking for!

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