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Very Glitchy and Potential Safety Issues for Users
Paid for subscription to use all features for a hiking trip. Tons of issues. Cached maps are not showing up consistent when offline, could present a safety issue for users if imagery is being relied upon to navigate.
Switched from one project to another, when I went back to the first project, all data was gone and lost.
Will continue to use the legacy GIS app by Garafa, hoping they get these issues fixed. It has the same potential to be quality product, if and when it works.Show lessGrakyn
Very Disappointed
I have used the two older versions of their legacy, GIS and GISPro, and was extremely excited about the upgrades that Touch GIS was offering. We have had issues with the exporting of data, it doesn't want to convert the meta data into data points. What is more disappointing is the lack of support, or even the acknowledgement of our requests for this app. We have reached out numerous times via phone, email, support page and twitter with zero response to any of our communication attempts.Show lessFrustrated TouchGIS User
Not Worth It
If I could send zero stars I would. This App would be amazing if it actually worked. Crashes constantly. No one returns messages about said crashing. Hundreds of dollars for a subsciption for an app that crashes before you can even zoom in to see the map. 👍👍 All of my colleagues experience the same issue, with brand new iPads, and lots of free space. Boo. Fix it!Show lessdeeeeeeeeeean
Intuitive and fast - but sync issues and lack of support
My mapping group has been testing touch GIS as a digital geological mapping software for mineral exploration.
Creating attribute tables is a breeze - very intuitive. It’s easy to add pick lists, barcode scanning for samples, photo fields etc.
Drawing tools are also the best of the various platforms that I’ve tested.
The integration of structural attitude collector similar to FieldMove is great, and is what convinced my company to try touch GIS this year. Unfortunately it only records planar data and not lineations.
This is the closest approximation to mapping on paper that I have ever used. The additional ability to collect and record sample data and photos is excellent.
However, the data has to be exportable in industry standard formats to be brought into enterprise-level GIS (ESRI or MapInfo), or it ultimately can’t be used. Touch GIS offers several export options including a lossless proprietary file format that is convenient for daily backup, ESRI shapefiles, .kmz, .csv, and geojson.
However, several of these exporters have glitches: we have found that once a map project reaches around 60mb in size, the ESRI shapefile exporter breaks. Carriage returns in your notes may cause additional junk entries in a .csv, corrupting the file. Importing georefferenced photos has been a problem.
I have emailed support several times but never received a response. Several of these issues are probably fairly simple fixes, or they could recommend workarounds. I’m sure the development team is very busy, but without some level of tech support, users are going to be forced to retreat from this very promising software and go back to less friendly alternatives that can sync seamlessly with ARC or MI.
Hey guys! Please get back to me!Show lessNot Stan
Developer Response
Sorry to hear that you were having issues with exports and tech support. We've recently brought on more support staff to ensure issues like this get the attention they deserve so if you're still experiencing issues please reach out to us at support@touchgis.app and we'll be happy to investigate.Adequate
Does what it promises. However, I am not a big fan of annual renewals which is about the same as their one time purchase predecessor GIS pro.
It is a wonderful field- friendly app. To make the best use of its features, presetting attribute fields is essential. Touch GIS could use fields that record coordinates for easy export.Show lessGiacometti.
Crashes
Cannot handle large databases. The app gets stuck and will ‘auto-close’ itself immediately after opening the project. Only remedy is to delete the project and start again. This type of app is for people who collect large amounts of IMPORTANT data, and this app is unable to preform this requirement without crashing and losing data/days of work. Make your app function correctly before you put a ridiculous price tag on it.Show lessplkfsrbfsfn
Developer Response
We've responded to your support request and are eager to get the issue resolved. If you can answer the followup questions we sent that would be helpful, thanks.Intuitive, extremely useful
Excellent tool99Perspiration
Steep price
Looks beautiful and intuitive, and I was in fact looking forward to the public release, but with the current pricing model of $300/yr I cannot afford this piece of software. The developers definitely deserve to make benefits on their work, but I wish they had a non commercial or at least educational license scheme as well. Until that happens, I’ll stick to the ESRI tools on my iDecices. A feature that seems to be missing from TouchGIS is also the connection to WMS services, both direct and through a scripting interface.Show lessMonomeric
Developer Response
We do have educational pricing. Also WMS support is coming in the near future. Please contact us (support@touchgis.app) to learn more!Love it!
The updates that have been made are fantastic!Dis guy jaysohn
