Configure Railroad Crossing Inventory

Railroad Crossing Inventory can be used to develop a railroad crossing inventory and inform stakeholders.

In this topic, you'll learn how to configure the Railroad Crossing Inventory solution to meet specific needs of your organization.

Load data

If you already have started a railroad crossing inventory using another system you can load your existing data to speed up the inventory creation process.

Load railroad crossings from a shapefile or file geodatabase

To load railroad crossings from a shapefile or file geodatabase, complete the following steps:

1. Create a .zip file of your shapefile or file geodatabase.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the RailroadCrossings feature layer.
3. From the item page, click Update Data.
4. Follow the steps in the Update data wizard to load your data.

Tip:

For more information about uploading data, see Manage hosted feature layers—Append data to layers.

Extend editing template

Note:

This workflow is optional and doesn't need to be completed in order to work with the solution.

The Railroad Crossing Inventory solution was designed using the Federal Railroad Administration's data specifications. For asset management and more extensive attribute storage, additional fields can be added to the template.

To extend the editing template, complete the following steps:

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Railroad Crossings layer.
2. Click the Data tab.
3. Add desired fields to the Railroad Crossings hosted feature layer.

   Note:

   For more information about adding a new field, see Add fields from Table view.

4. Click the Apps button in the header of the site and click Field Maps Designer.
5. Click Railroad Crossing Field Map .
6. Use the form designer to add to, modify, or update the data collection experience.