The latest release of ArcGIS Online last June benefitted Collector for ArcGIS greatly resulting in some cool features for users.

Okay, here’s a rundown of why Collector for ArcGIS just got better according to Esri’Kylie Donia:

• Easily include GPS metadata in layers from templates – Esri’s Kylie Donia explains that “Collector can record GPS metadata for users. With the ArcGIS Online release, layers created with the feature layer templates can include the fields required to record GPS metadata. Just check Capture GPS receiver information when using a template to create a new hosted feature layer.”

•   New Template: Ground Control – Donia explains that “with the new Ground Control template, you can create a hosted layer to store ground control points (GCPs). With your GCPs, imagery data, and Drone2Map you can  create amazing imagery products with high accuracy.”
• Links to the Microsoft PowerBI app now works on iOS -  According to Donia, “Collector users that also use Microsoft PowerBI can now put links in pop-ups that launch PowerBI, providing access to other reporting information associated with a given asset or location.”

There are some caveats, though, according to Donia, like some updates in ArcGIS Online cannot be used by Collector until a later release. For example, Arcade expressions in pop-ups would not yet work in Collector. Also, since vector basemaps are not yet support in Collector, enabling Use Esri vector basemaps in supported ArcGIS apps could cause some issues.