The Esri UK Open Data site is here and here’s how to set up your own

Have you seen ArcGIS Open Data, which you can set up free from your ArcGIS Online Organization Subscription? This article will give you a broad introduction into what ArcGIS Open Data is, how you can activate it and show you examples of Open Data Portals already available for you to use.

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Fancy Adding Your Own Rasters to ArcGIS Online?

Ever wanted to have your own raster data in ArcGIS Online, but don’t have ArcGIS for Server? Well now you can with the help of ArcGIS for Desktop!

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ArcGIS 10.3 Delivers Lots of GIS Goodies

ArcGIS 10.3 has arrived and brings with it a host of new features, enhancements and some new apps. This summary will give you a flavour of what's new and includes links to further details on each item.

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There’s a Buzz About Story Maps

A couple of Esri blog articles about story maps caught my eye this week. The first was an interesting post about how the story map templates evolve. The second post was about using presentations in story maps.

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The Web AppBuilder For ArcGIS Makes Tailoring Your Organisation’s Portal Easier.

The Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Beta) makes tailoring your organisation’s Portal easier. It allows you to tailor the style and functions of applications more closely to the needs of your users. Not only that but the application uses JavaScript and HTML, making it cross platform. If you want to use the same configuration for multiple applications you can export it as a template.

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2011 UK census webmaps and layers available in ArcGIS Online

We have been working on improving the way to access UK census data and have provided 2011 UK census data as a series of dynamic map services allowing users to change symbology, view pop-ups and carry out analysis using the data in the ArcGIS Online Platform.

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Getting Started With The New Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (beta)

The Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS was released in beta with the latest ArcGIS Online update in September 2014. It allows you to create custom apps using a library of ready-to-use widgets. No coding or programming is needed, and your applications can be run on different devices. Just follow these steps.

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Getting your hands on ArcGIS Pro

The pre-release version of ArcGIS Pro is now available on My Esri. I was up and running in less than an hour and have pulled together the information you'll need.

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An update on an update.

The September update of ArcGIS Online is largely focused on improving the usability and capability of the existing features. There are some useful tools that are now out of beta and fully supported, including the GeoForm configurable app. These are followed by some new features in beta, one of them being the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS.

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Goldilocks and the 3 steps to a Story Map

A story is a way to entertain and/or convey a set of information by describing a linked series of events, usually with a progression of time. Many stories have several locations and ArcGIS has made it easy to present your stories in their geographical context using one of the Story Map templates. The three key steps are: decide what your story is, decide how to present it and th

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