Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find.
This blog provides a comprehensive list of all the July 2026 technical highlights and resources from Esri. It is a buffet-style list, so feel free to pick and choose the topics that interest you.
What's New
ArcGIS
- What's new in AI tools and models in ArcGIS (Q2 2026) here
- What's new in Analytics Across ArcGIS in Q2 2026 here
ArcGIS CityEngine
- What's New in ArcGIS CityEngine 2026.0 here
ArcGIS Experience Builder
- What's New in ArcGIS Experience Builder (June 2026) here
ArcGIS Living Atlas
- What's New in World Imagery - July 2026 here
- What's New with Living Atlas Imagery - Esri User Conference 2026 here
- What's New in Living Atlas - July 2026 here
ArcGIS StoryMaps
- What's new in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (July 2026) here
ArcGIS Survey123
- What's New in ArcGIS Survey123 (July 2026) here
ArcGIS Urban
- What's New in ArcGIS Urban (July 2026) here
Patches & Environments
ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Server Data Management 2026 Update 1 Patch here
- ArcGIS Server 12.1 Analysis Tools Patch here
ArcGIS Data Store
- ArcGIS Data Store 12.1 Relational Store Upgrade Patch here
News
Esri Blog
- Crowdsourcing Ocean Research: How Sailors Are Filling a Gap for Science here
- Maps Went into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. A Chimpanzee Count Came Out. here
- In North Carolina, a Drone Pilot Maps the Coast as the Sea Swallows Homes here
- Texas A&M Is Building the Data Infrastructure That Will Scale American Ranching here
- Corporate Home Buying Expands: Maps Reveal Changing Ownership Patterns here
Podcast
- Living Sensors: What Birds Reveal About Our Planet here
- How Technology Saves Lives After War Ends here
- 1,000 New Stores a Year: Inside OXXOâs Retail Expansion here
WhereNext
- A New Billboard Seeks a Human Touch here
- The Fast Math on Slow Trucking here
- As Delivery Demand Rose, One Retailer Supercharged Growth here
Events
Esri Events
- 2026 Esri European Energy Resources GIS Conference - London, UK - 11/2/26 here
- 2026 Esri European Partner Conference - Frankfurt, Germany - 10/19/26 here
- 2026 Esri European Developer and Technology Summit - Frankfurt, Germany - 10/20/26 here
- 2027 Esri European National Security Summit - Riga, Latvia - 12/2/26 here
- 2026 Esri IMGIS Conference - Palm Springs, CA - 10/27/26 here
- 2027 Esri FedGIS - Washington, DC - 2/9/27 here
- 2027 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 7/12/27 here
- 2028 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 7/10/28 here
Recorded Webinars
Esri Video
- Digital Twins, Real Decisions: Lessons Learned from 3D Modeling to Inform Local Zoning Changes here
- 2026 Esri User Conference here
ArcGIS Blog
ArcGIS
- Esri's approach to responsible AI here
- Simplifying ArcGIS Over The Years here
- Introducing the AI Assistant (Beta) on Esri.com here
- From 2D Plans to 3D Intelligence: How a Digital Twin Can Transform Safety at a Special Event here
- 3D at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
- Esri UC Plenary: Your Backstage Session Guide here
- A New Lens on School Enrollment here
ArcGIS Business Analyst
- ArcGIS Business Analyst at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
- Got five minutes? Get to know local data in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro here
- Introducing the Void Analyzer infographic: Void analysis made simple here
- ArcGIS Tapestry in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro: Perform a suitability analysis here
ArcGIS CityEngine
- Publishing custom metrics from ArcGIS CityEngine to ArcGIS Urban using Python here
- Use Python in ArcGIS CityEngine and import features from Overture Maps here
- Stylizing ArcGIS CityEngine Scenes with a custom Python application using Generative AI here
ArcGIS Dashboards
- From static to smart: power your dashboard with data-driven rich text here
ArcGIS Enterprise
- Custom Python Raster Functions in ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes here
ArcGIS Experience Builder
- Resources for Migrating from ArcGIS Web AppBuilder to Experience Builder here
- ArcGIS Experience Builder at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
ArcGIS Field Maps
- ArcGIS Field Maps: Take Tasks Further with Time Stamps and Activity Logging here
- ArcGIS Field Maps: Let Task Status Drive Location Sharing Using Geofencing here
- Improving ArcGIS Field Workflows by Integrating with Microsoft Webinar Questions and Answers here
ArcGIS Hub
- ArcGIS Hub at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
- Empowering midwives through advocacy and engagement here
- A Hub energizing internal collaboration here
- Collaborating to Improve Communities with GIS here
- Engaging Residents with GIS here
- Fostering Collaboration Among Members here
- Building Engaging User Experiences here
- Equity for Improved Engagement here
- Engaging Volunteers for a Cause here
ArcGIS Indoors
- ArcGIS Indoors: Key Product Updates for H1 2026 here
ArcGIS Instant Apps
- ArcGIS Instant Apps: Introducing Data Explorer (beta) here
ArcGIS Living Atlas
- Building an Automated Flood Monitoring Workflow with Sentinel-1 RTC Imagery here
- Disaster Imagery Explorer - quick-start guide here
- Create more with World Imagery Wayback here
- HydroSHEDS 2.0 Now Available for the Americas in the Living Atlas here
- Global Biodiversity and Conservation Hexagons...but better! here
- New iNaturalist Service Now Available in ArcGIS Living Atlas here
ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Image Dedicated: July 2026 Enhancements here
- How to make textured basemaps with AI, the VTSE, and your wits here
- Use content categories in your organization, groups, and apps here
- Map in a minute: Map smoke from wildfires using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas here
- Keep ArcGIS Online Imagery Layers Up-to-Date with ArcGIS API for Python here
- Second Quarter 2026 Basemap Release Includes Over 170 New and Updated Communities here
- Introducing Review map: Confidently share scalable maps here
- Discover What's Possible in Scene Viewer here
- Discover How Your Layers, Scenes, Maps, and Apps Connect here
- Celebrating America 250 with Casey Trees here
- Call the Exterminator: Debugging Arcade here
ArcGIS Pro
- How ArcGIS Pro multiscale surface tools reveal the hidden seafloor structures that shape ocean circulation here
- Batch Geocoding Service In ArcGIS Pro here
- Spatial Resolution Matters: Choosing the Right Imagery for Geospatial AI Models here
- Every place has a fingerprint: How foundation models are learning locations here
- Flow Maps here
- Introducing Geospatial Foundation Models in ArcGIS here
- Earth Observation with Remote Sensing Foundation Models in ArcGIS here
- Understanding Grid Size for Geospatial Foundation Models for Image Embeddings here
- Beyond latitude and longitude: Giving geographic context to coordinates here
- What if location context came built in? Introducing USA Geodemographic Embeddings here
- An Introduction to Embeddings for GIS Analysts here
- Understand compressed lidar within ArcGIS Pro here
- Evaluating Your Map's Drawing Performance: The Analyze Map Pane here
- Automate Agriculture Monitoring with Satellite Imagery and Raster Analytics here
- Spatial Statistics at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
- Spatial data management at the Esri User Conference 2026 here
ArcGIS Solutions
- ArcGIS Solutions at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
- Introducing the Waze Live Alerts Data Pipeline here
ArcGIS StoryMaps
- How to update ArcGIS StoryMaps to meet accessibility standards here
- Rock n' rolling on tour with ArcGIS StoryMaps frames here
- Cohesive design: Story here
- Get ready for the 2026 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition here
ArcGIS Trust Center
- Action Required: ArcGIS Online and Location Platform SAML Customers here
ArcGIS Urban
- Compare ArcGIS Urban Planning Scenarios in Excel here
ArcGIS Utility Network
- ArcGIS Utility Network migration reading list here
- ArcGIS Network Information Management for Utilities and Telecoms here
ArcGIS Workflow Manager
- Orchestrating End-to-End Field Operations with ArcGIS Workflow Manager here
Developers
- Developer's Lounge: Empowering Users to Navigate Their Way Around Documentation with a New Ask AI Feature here
- Your Complete Guide to Esri's Developer Resources here
- Try out the Esri Developer Ask AI beta today here
- Developer's Lounge: Exposing Location Services to Model Context Protocol (MCP) Clients here
ArcGIS Reality Studio
- Accurate Water Mapping Made Easy with ArcGIS Reality Studio here
ArcGIS Knowledge
- Graph Local Part 2: Common tools to get started in a file knowledge graph here
- Scripted, Visual, and AI-Driven Analysis of Item Dependencies: Combining the Newest Tools in ArcGIS Knowledge and the ArcGIS API for Python here
ArcGIS AllSource
- ArcGIS AllSource at the 2026 Esri User Conference here
ArcGIS Web Editor
- Orchestrating Utility Network Editing Workflows with ArcGIS Workflow Manager and ArcGIS Web Editor here
ArcGIS for Power BI
- Advanced Layer Styling in ArcGIS for Power BI here
ArcGIS Location Platform
- For Location Services, Pick a PaaS That Supports Open Development. Here's Why. here
Esri Community
ArcGIS Data Interoperability
- Scheduling Parquet File Maintenance For Transactional Data - The Insert-Only Data Model Edition here
ArcGIS Data Reviewer
- New Tools for Evaluating Large Datasets with ArcGIS Data Reviewer here
ArcGIS Enterprise
- New Tool for Analyzing Attribute Rule Performance with ArcGIS Data Reviewer here
ArcGIS Reality Studio
- Know your data - Validating a camera session in ArcGIS Reality Studio here
ArcGIS Knowledge
- Query ArcGIS Knowledge Graphs from Map Pop-ups with Arcade here
GeoAnalytics Engine
- Creating Interactive Maps in GeoAnalytics Engine Using the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript here
- Raster change calculations and zonal statistics at scale here
GIS Leadership
- Key insights from the 2026 GIS Leadership Summit community survey here
Application Prototype Lab
- AI-Powered Image and Text Analysis in ArcGIS Pro here
