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ArcGIS licensing in six user type choices

This blog was updated in March 2025 to reflect new changes coming to the user types. The ArcGIS system contains a diverse portfolio of individual products that meet the wide needs of our customers. From a capability and technology perspective … Continue reading →

Integrating ArcGIS in your Microsoft 365 workflows.

I was recently reading our blog about ArcGIS for Excel and went on a deep dive into how we can integrate spatial visualisation with our everyday workflows in Microsoft applications. Along with new tools, comes access to your existing ArcGIS … Continue reading → Continue Reading

British National Grid goes 3D in ArcGIS

Today we are excited to announce the Beta release of our new British National Grid Terrain 3D Elevation Layer. This opens a whole new world of 3D data and experiences in ArcGIS Online. Best of all, the layer is freely … Continue reading →

Getting started with ArcGIS and Snowflake data warehouse

The use of data warehouses to store and analyse large amounts of information within organisations is growing. Many of those organisations are wanting to better understand how this can work with their spatial data and in particular, ArcGIS. ArcGIS is … Continue reading →

Mapping your spreadsheets with ArcGIS for Excel

I recently had the opportunity to explore ArcGIS for Excel and find out what it’s for and what it can do. At this moment in time, I have a bit more experience in Excel than in ArcGIS so I was … Continue reading →

Utility Network web editing tools at your fingertips (literally)

Why edit a utility network? You can switch on your lights, fill the kettle, and turn on the heating thanks to complex networks distributing electricity, water, and gas to our homes and businesses. Without a good understanding of a utility … Continue reading &rarr

What is GIS? Five key concepts to improve your understanding

When you’re running late for work and trying to find shortcuts along your route, you’re using GIS. When organisations have digitised plans of their estate, also GIS. Biologists tracking animal migrations… You can guess where I’m going with this. So, … Continue reading →

Getting started with URL parameters in Survey123

Like many aspects of ArcGIS Online, web forms built using Survey123 can be accessed and modified in unique ways using URL parameters. In this blog, I’ll dive into how we can use them to help make submitting surveys a more … Continue reading →

Cover more ground with the new Maps+ beta services

The new Maps+ Beta services are now live and available to existing Maps+ subscribers from within the ArcGIS Marketplace (sign in required). In anticipation of this, I took the opportunity to get to know the new arrivals to the Maps+ family. … Continue reading →

Create pop-ups that perform in ArcGIS Online

Mapping your data tells a visual story. But sometimes it feels like you’re only getting a chapter, or perhaps the first book of a semi-successful trilogy. Trying to present lots of data, or data with many relevant attributes, gets cluttered … Continue reading →