Enhancement: Support for Line and Polygon Features

[clareprice]

I have come across a future electric utility solution template use case for the geoform template. The workflow requires the user to add line features not point features. Example: A cable, fiber, telecom is looking to attach their infrastructure to utility poles. Attachers could use this application to sketch in the proposed attachments (in general between 100-150 utility poles per attachment request), complete request form, and submit.

[driskull]

Thanks @clareprice. We'll look into adding this but probably for a later release. I think its a good workflow but can be tricky on mobile devices.

[pjdohertygis]

@clareprice Would the Collector for ArcGIS meet your needs? http://doc.arcgis.com/en/collector/

[clareprice]

@pjdohertygis The workflow outlined would be completed in the office from a web browser so collector would not be applicable. I have already completed a sample of the attachment request using this template and it is great for the long form required and a very intuitive interface for non-GIS users. Looking forward to using this more (with or without this enhancement). Thanks!

[pjdohertygis]

Julio -

Could we chat about design ideas for polygon / polyline editing in our next meeting?

• Paul

[driskull]

Ushahidi has a toolbar like this:

[pjdohertygis]

Another request for polygons and polylines from a User, this time in New Zealand.

"Polygons – Property company attempting to manage property sales events Etc. Fibre Utility – Attempting to collect information from the field regarding the trenching and laying down of fibre lines."

[ghost]

Hi Paul. The person from New Zealand was me (You know this via Nathan whom I meet at OZRI?).

We'd love to have another option or an extension of the Geoform to collect all 3 basic geometries. The 2 use cases above are just a small example of what we could be achieved with such a form.

[nfeuerstein]

In case you're looking for more use cases:

GeoForm would be perfect for a patrol debrief if points, lines, and polygons were supported.

Points: Point of Departure, Key Terrain, Point of Return, Enemy Installations Lines: Departure Route, Return Route Polygons: Enemy Observed, Enemy Encountered

[driskull]

Thanks for the additional use cases @nfeuerstein.

[GISfast]

+1 for polygons GeoForms are great (easy to implement) for small historical society - need polygons to define protection AREAS for reported historic sites (like family cemeteries).

[jmdye]

On top of this, I'd like to see support for Table Services, in which case the map div would be hidden. Sometimes I just want Collection of simple attributes with no geometry.