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Tech Corner: Get the Latest Patches & Upgrades

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Author Adam Buchholz

Before you run off on summer vacation, why not give ArcGIS some love and attention by making sure you’re up-to-date with the latest patches and upgrades? Install any one of them and you won't hear ArcGIS serenading you with "You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore" anytime soon.

Give ArcGIS some love and attention—like surprising someone with flowers—by downloading the lastest patches and upgrades on Esri products.  A quick reminder that software must be current on service packs to implement patches and fixes. If you have any questions, please contact our Technical Support Team. Also, if you have any ideas on upgrades or enhancements you’d like to see, get in touch with us. We’d love to hear from you.

ArcGIS 10.2.2 for Desktop Non-Textured Multipatch Transparency Patch
This patch addresses an issue related to the Transparency tool on the 3D Effects toolbar in ArcScene when it fails to set a transparency on a non-textured multipatch feature.

ArcGIS 10.2.2 for (Desktop, Engine, Server) Update GeoPackage Support for the OGC Standard Version 1
This patch upgrades ArcGIS for Desktop and Server to better support the 1.0 version of the GeoPackage standard. This patch fixes several issues found with our implementation, adds several new utilities to allow the validation of a GeoPackage and improves loading/import performance. The GeoPackage is a recently adopted OGC standard (OGC 12-128r10) that defines an open SQLite container for distribution and direct use of geospatial data, including vector features and tile matrix sets.

Mapping and Charting Solutions 10.2.1 - Patch 2
This is a general maintenance patch for the Mapping and Charting Solutions, including ArcGIS for Aviation: Charting, ArcGIS for Maritime: Charting, Esri Defense Mapping and Esri Production Mapping. This patch is cumulative of all previously released 10.2.1 patches and hot fixes.

ArcGIS 10.2.1 for (Desktop, Engine, Server) Spatial Reference Consistency Patch
This patch addresses critical issues introduced into spatial reference metadata after upgrading Oracle enterprise geodatabases. These Knowledge Base – Technical Articles explain the issues this patch resolves:

  • Article ID: 42335
    Bug: Invalid spatial reference (4326) set when inserting/updating the sde gdb_items table when modifying the content for upgraded ArcGIS 10.0 geodatabases
  • Article ID: ID 42461
    Bug: Unable to insert or update Oracle st_geometry feature classes, encountering ORA-20085 errors

Esri Business Analyst 10.2.2 Patch
This update contains performance improvements and maintenance fixes for users who have installed Business Analyst 10.2.2.

ArcGIS 10.2.2 Workflow Manager for Desktop Multi-Layer Groupings Patch
This patch addresses an issue where the job version is only set for the objects within the first layer grouping when multiple layer groupings exist in a map document.