ArcGIS Online gets high resolution elevation data for England and Wales

Last autumn the Lidar data captured by the Environment agency of England and Natural Resources Wales were released as open data, collectively covering 70% of England and Wales. This amazing data resource has now been incorporated into the Esri World Elevation services, by including data from the Lidar derived DTM (bare earth).

Using the OS Maps API in ArcGIS Online

You can access map services supplied by the Ordnance Survey directly in ArcGIS Online by using the OS Maps API. Here's how...

Another leap for ArcGIS Online

The next update to ArcGIS Online is planned for 29th February. There are new features for smart mapping, 3D web apps and analysis. Along with more flexibility for administering ArcGIS Online there is also a new a way to login using a Facebook or Google account.

So here's a taste of what will be coming. 

The November updates make it easier to tell stories.

As well as a bunch of improvements and some new features in the November update of ArcGIS Online, there were also some changes to the story map tools. These are focused on making it easier to create your story map.

Remember, remember the November update for ArcGIS Online

We had our Esri UK Scottish Event in Perth this week and Charles Kennelly shared some of what's planned for the next ArcGIS Online update. You can read about all of the planned updates here.

What ArcGIS Online did in the summer holidays.

It's officially the end of the summer holidays but not to worry as ArcGIS Online had lots of great new features added. The following blog article aims to give you an overview of five of my favourite updates, including the new functionality and content for UK users.

New OS Open Basemaps available for free in ArcGIS Online

With the latest release of ArcGIS Online you now automatically get access to free high quality basemaps for Great Britain. We have created the new basemaps using the latest Ordnance Survey Open Data products and enhanced them for use in the ArcGIS platform. Enhancements include a consistent cartographic style to provide a clean and consistent mapping from small to large scale, as well as additi

A Month Of Handy Hints For ArcGIS Users

The Esri training team ran a tip a day in June and have pulled all 30 together in this blog article. A couple of the desktop ones are things I’d done recently on a project to make life easier: setting the extent for the Full Extent command and giving the elements in ModelBuilder meaningful names. Continue Reading

Smart Mapping in ArcGIS Online

It just got easier to add Esri UK Online Content into ArcGIS Online