EpochField 5.2.21 Release

What’s New in EpochField 5.2.21

We’re pleased to announce the release of EpochField 5.2.21. The following highlights all of the items addressed.

New Features

Mobile

Snapping Support in Work Management

Field users now have the ability to enable snapping when placing or editing points, lines, or polygons. This improves accuracy by aligning new features with existing ones based on geometry proximity and admin-defined rules.

Create and Move Work Feature to Current Location

Users can now:

• Create a new point-based work feature at their current GPS location
• Move an existing point-based work feature to their current GPS location
  These enhancements support faster, more accurate data capture in the field.

Mobile Enhancements

Snapping in Work Management

User Functionality

• Toggle snapping on/off via a new UI switch in Work Management.
• When enabled, drawing tools snap features to nearby map elements.
• Follows feature-specific snapping rules:
  • Points snap to line edges and other points (not text)
  • Lines snap to polygon edges, points, and lines
  • Polygons snap to all point and line features

Configuration

To enable snapping, include the following in the mobile XML configuration:

<WorkManagementToolSettings>
    <SnapToleranceInMeters>10</SnapToleranceInMeters>
</WorkManagementToolSettings>

• Tolerance value is in meters.
• If this element is not present, the snapping toggle will not appear.

Conditions

• Snapping is enabled only when:
  • Toggle is on under the Work Order Filter section
  • The task does not use a feature class reference
  • Feature being placed is a point, line, or polygon

Create Work Feature at Current Location

How It Works

• From a Work Order > View Features > Create New
• Select Work Feature at Current Location
• A point feature is placed using the device’s GPS position.

Notes

• Supports only point features
• Uses existing GPS services
• If GPS is unavailable, an error is shown and the feature is not created

Move Work Feature to Current Location

How It Works

• Open a Work Feature’s kebab menu
• Select Move to Current Location
• GPS location is captured and the point is relocated

Rules

• Only available for point geometries
• Option is hidden if the feature is not editable
• Uses shared GPS capture and error handling logic
• Location update is immediately reflected on the map and stored

Bug Fixes