This activity provides
an overview of using Survey123, an ESRI app for gathering survey data. This
application has compatibility with phones, computers, tablets, and other
electronic devices. The tutorial for this application provides insight into
creating a survey, completing it, analyzing results of it, and sharing it via web app. This
tutorial's scenario was creating a survey for the Home Owner Association (HOA)
to collect data on how to prepare for earthquakes and home fires.
Methods
The criteria for the
survey included using the 9 "Fix-its" created by Resilience by
Integrating Societal and technical Knowledge (RISK) (shown in Figure 2.) and
data collection. Once logged into Survey for ArcGIS, a new survey was created.
Referring to Figure 2. Shows the toolbar on the right side under the
"Design" tab. Multiple tools were used to add a variation of
questions to this survey. In total 29 questions were created. Questions were
created using the Date, Singleline Text, Single Choice, Multiple Choice,
GeoPoint, and Number.
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| Figure 1. "Fix-its" |
The Date
question-allowed for participants to choose what day they took the survey or
allowed the creator to set a date that the survey was only open.
The Singleline Text- was used for questions that required text, i.e. participant name or location
Single Choice- allowed participant to choose only one answer to multiple choice question.
Multiple Choice- allowed participant to choose all that applied to answer multiple choice question.
GeoPoint- Inserted a map within the survey to allow a geographic location of the area the participant was from.
Number- used for questions that asked specifically of how much there was of something.
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| Figure 2. Design tab overview |
The most common tool
used for questions was "single choice". As shown in Figure 3. It
allowed for a set range of choices to choose from. Then using this as a
baseline more questions could be asked based on what the participant answered
by setting a rule that is outlined in red in Figure 3. This allowed a follow up
question to appear only if the participant choose a specific choice. Each
question comes with the option of being required under "validation",
shown outlined in blue in Figure 3. This allows the creator of the survey to
require certain information that can be analyzed. For this survey the Date, Participant
name, location and all 9 "Fix its" were required.
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| Figure 2. Single Choice |
The next step of the
Survey was to gather data. The Survey was then shared within the UWEC
organization making it a private survey compared to public within ArcGIS. The
Survey URL was shared to open directly in the browser. Figure 4. Shows the Survey in a desktop format and Figure 5. Shows the mobile
phone format.
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| Figure 4. Survey completed on Monitor |
While completing the
survey via mobile phone, you have the option to send now or send later. The
desktop version does not have this option.
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| Figure 5. Survey completed on a Mobile phone |
After gathering the data
it was analyzed under the "Analyze" and "Data" tabs. Figure
6. Shows the data in two views, Pie and Bar graphs. There are multitude of
other ways the data can be viewed.
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| Figure 6. Analysis of Data |
Figure 7. Shows the data
in a table format much like how ArcMap portrays their attribute data. It also
shows a map of the areas that data was collected from. Each column can be
sorted and show the statics of data for the specific question. The data
can then be downloaded as a CSV, Excel, KML, Shapefile, or File
Geodatabase; depending on how it will be used. It can also be opened in map
Viewer and used in compatibility with ArcGIS online.
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| Figure 7. Data overview |
Results/Discussion
The data gathered for
this map is visualized in Figure 8. in Map Viewer. The map was created in web app online. It allows sharing of the results of a survey but map form. The creator is able to change the theme and layout of the map to some extent. As well as run different analysis tools on the data.
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| Figure 8. map of data |
Conclusion
Survey 123 is a very
applicable application. Especially with it's compatibility with ArcGIS. It can
easily be imported to ArcMap or analyzed in a Web Map. Having an open platform
apps allows for easy access from the public. This application is perfect for
crowd sourcing natural disasters and preparedness. On the other hand like
all technology, having your personal home information can make
you vulnerable and since these surveys can be shared and are on public
domain anyone can see the data that is accumulated.
Reference
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-survey123/lessons/create-a-survey.htm
