Getting Technical - April 2025
When is the 2025 Esri Canada User Conference? How can you integrate ArcGIS CityEngine 3D designs with Twinmotion? What's new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for native apps 200.7? What’s new in ArcGIS for Microsoft 365? How to change the region for your ArcGIS Online Organization? How do you make map icons with orthographic projections? What are the best practices for connecting your community with ArcGIS Hub Premium? Get answers to all these questions and more in this month’s edition of Getting Technical.
Features
Esri Canada User Conference is Back – Register Now!
November 3–4, 2025 | Toronto, Ontario
The Esri Canada User Conference is returning to Toronto and we can't wait to see you again! We hope you will make plans to join us at this national event!
Continuing to Expand Access to ArcGIS
User Types are the primary way to access ArcGIS capabilities, apps, and services. With the upcoming June 2025 update of ArcGIS Online, Esri is further expanding access to and streamlining licensing for ArcGIS.
Integrating ArcGIS CityEngine 3D designs with Twinmotion
Read the blog post to find out how you can create a master plan proposal complete with scenarios and compelling visuals by integrating ArcGIS CityEngine 3D designs with Twinmotion.
Coming in HOT: Resources to Keep You Informed this Wildfire Season
The 2025 wildfire season is here, and we want to make sure you have the resources you need to stay informed.
What's new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 200.7
The 200.7 release of the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps refines the editing experience for mobile workers with a particular focus on editing utility networks in the field. We’re also introducing queries on dynamic entity layers, a new way to overlay content on 2D maps, significant capabilities to the new Flutter SDK, new toolkit components across the various SDKs, and more.
A guide to migrating data from ArcGIS Online to an enterprise geodatabase
In today’s data-driven world, organizations are looking to optimize their geospatial data management workflows. Migrating data from ArcGIS Online to an enterprise geodatabase can be a transformative step, providing numerous benefits.
What’s New in ArcGIS API for Python 2.4.1 (April 2024)
If you are a GIS administrator responsible for managing content within the organization, including backing up content or migrating content between portals, you will be interested to learn about item dependency graphs.
Harness the full potential of Near Me for Spatial Analysis
Learn how to leverage the Near Me widget in Experience Builder to quickly answer location-based questions such as “What hospital is closest to my current address?” and “Which customers are impacted by an outage?”.
Introducing dual-axis charts in ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards now offers dual-axis charts, making comparing trends and relationships between different metrics easier. This is especially useful when the data has different value ranges, which would make it difficult to represent them effectively on a single axis. Dual-axis charts allow you to compare two different series of data with different scales or measurement units, helping you uncover relationships, patterns and trends between two variables that might not be comparable on a single axis. Additionally, dual-axis charts conserve screen real estate and reduce clutter in your dashboard.
ArcGIS for Microsoft – Helpful resources
Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced ArcGIS for Microsoft user, this blog article provides a list of all the product resources you need to get started.
Hack a dramatic portrait mode effect for your ArcGIS Online map
Unleash Powerful Insights: Enrich Your Application with People, Place, and Business Data
ArcGIS GeoEnrichment service empowers developers to easily access information describing people, places, and businesses in an area of interest around the world.
Connecting, Collaborating, and Cultivating your community with ArcGIS Hub Premium – Best Practices
This three-part article series collectively acts as a guide for successfully managing your community organization.
- Part 1: Connect your community
- Part 2: Collaborate with your community
- Part 3: Cultivate your community
GeoSnaps: How to change the region on your ArcGIS Online Organization
Have you ever wanted to change the region of your ArcGIS Online organization? Well, this GeoSnap shows you how you can do that just by changing your default ArcGIS Online region settings.
FAQ: How to Make Map Icons with Orthographic Projections
This blog post will guide you through the steps to make map icons with orthographic projections
Hot Tip: Optimize Your Popups for Accessibility and Internationalization
Arcade’s expression language enables feature data to be dynamically populated to support more locales and technologies, providing a more inclusive experience. In considering internationalization and accessibility in our popups, we can improve the popup’s UI/UX and reach wider audiences.
View all product specific blogs on the ArcGIS Blog site.
Announcements
New Trusted AI section of the ArcGIS Trust Center
Introducing Content Store for ArcGIS: Enrich your GIS with Premium Commercial Satellite Imagery
New Redesigned Indoors Mobile is Released!
View more announcements in the ArcGIS Blog | My Esri on Esri Community
Service Packs, Patches & Product Support Updates
Esri Support App
Download the Esri Support app to subscribe to important product updates and bug-related notifications. Also, try its newest feature – scan and solve error messages. You can also take advantage of Esri’s in-app generative AI chatbot to answer some of your questions. This Esri Support AI Chatbot can also be accessed on the Esri Support website.
ArcGIS Trust Center
Visit the ArcGIS Trust Center for critical security announcements and updates to privacy and compliance information.
Migrating from ArcGIS Engine
ArcGIS Engine, launched more than 20 years ago for building and deploying custom GIS desktop applications, is scheduled for retirement on March 1, 2026. In this post, the first in a series dedicated to the migration of ArcGIS Engine apps to a new generation of ArcGIS developer products, we will delve into deprecation specifics, the impending retirement of ArcGIS Engine, strategies for planning your migration, and an introduction to one of the key migration routes leveraging ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.
ArcGIS and the Impact of MFA Enforcement in Snowflake
Read the FAQ to find out about Esri’s recommendations to mitigate potential disruptions.
Announcing the Deprecation of ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server is deprecated and will be retired in 2030.
Retiring Apps and Features
Please find below more information about the upcoming retirement of several apps and features included in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise, including metadata editor classic, ArcGIS AppStudio, Map Viewer Classic, ArcGIS Configurable Apps, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder and classic Esri Story Maps.-
Map Viewer Classic is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026-
Map Viewer Classic will be removed from ArcGIS Online upon retirement and can no longer be accessed. We recommend that you start using Map Viewer, built on Esri’s latest web mapping technology, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript. For more information, read the retirement announcement as well as the Map Viewer Classic Roadmap for Retirement blog.-
ArcGIS Configurable Apps is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026-
To provide users with more time to migrate their applications, the retirement date has been extended-to Q1 2026. Apps built using Configurable Apps will no longer be accessible upon retirement, so we recommend you begin the process of recreating them in ArcGIS Instant Apps. For more information, read the retirement announcement.-
ArcGIS Web AppBuilder is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026-
You will not be able to create new apps or edit existing apps after retirement. Apps will continue to work after retirement. However, we recommend you migrate your apps to ArcGIS Experience Builder as updates to browsers could introduce functional or security issues which will not be addressed by Esri. For more information, read the retirement announcement.-
Classic Esri Story Maps is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026-
To provide you with more time to migrate relevant classic Esri Story Maps stories, the retirement date has been extended to Q1 2026. At that time, classic Esri Story Maps will be removed from ArcGIS Online, and any stories created with classic Esri Story Maps will no longer be available. We recommend that you transition to ArcGIS StoryMaps now to allow sufficient time to evaluate whether to recreate existing classic Esri Story Maps stories and build them in ArcGIS StoryMaps. For more information, read the retirement announcement and review the Classic Esri Story Maps Roadmap for Retirement blog.-
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Training
Introduction to Geospatial Concepts for Intelligence Using ArcGIS AllSource
Apply geospatial capabilities to support mission success.
Learn foundational geospatial concepts that support the intelligence cycle. In the context of real-world scenarios, you will practice applying ArcGIS AllSource tools and workflows to prepare, visualize, analyze and disseminate data that supports intelligence operations.
Esri Canada Seminars & Webinars
Made in Canada: Your Guide to the Community Map of Canada
May 14, 2025
Join us for an engaging discussion as we explore the Community Map of Canada – the definitive basemap built by Canadians for Canadians. Attendees will see how easy it is to access the basemap, work with the technology to make it their own and discover how they can get involved in creating a more connected Canada.
Seeing the Bigger Picture: Wildfire Mapping & Imagery in ArcGIS
May 29, 2025
Discover how to access and analyze wildfire imagery across the ArcGIS ecosystem. This webinar explores different types of wildfire imagery, their applications, and how to integrate them into your workflows for better decision-making. Ideal for GIS professionals and emergency responders using GIS for wildfire response.