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 January 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 Earth
- What's New in ArcGIS Earth Desktop (January 2026) here
ArcGIS Online
- What’s New in ArcGIS Image Dedicated? (December 2025) here
Developers
- What’s New with the ArcGIS Geocoding Service? Explore January 2026 Updates here
Esri Demographics
- What's New in Esri's 2025/2030 Household Income Estimates here
Patches & Environments
ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Server 11.1 Utility Network and Data Management Patch 5 here
My Esri
- My Esri Scheduled Maintenance - January 31st, 2026 here
News
Esri Blog
- Behind the Celebration: How Oklahoma City’s Public Safety Team Secured Its Historic Championship Moment here
- Wildfire Prevention in California Gets the Proof It Needs to Drive Funding here
- Mapping Resilience: How CV Carbon and Oyster Fishermen Are Rebuilding Oyster Reefs here
- Video: From Wildfires to Water—Why Data Integration Matters Now here
- How Maps, AI, and Trees Fight Urban Heat in Chattanooga here
WhereNext
- A $12 Billion Bet on Building the Homes of Tomorrow—Guided by Location Analytics here
- Geothermal Projects Heat Up as Energy Demand Rises here
- NextTech: The No-Code Dashboard on Sales Performance here
- A Corporate Rebrand Brings Growth by Acquisition into the Spotlight here
- How Utah—America’s Most Urban State—Uses Data to Solve Housing Affordability here
- Montana Zoning Atlas: Mapping Drives Bipartisan Housing Reform here
Events
Esri Events
- 2026 Esri Education Summit - San Diego, CA - 11/26 here
- 2026 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 11/26 here
- 2026 Esri Public Sector CIO Summit - Redlands, CA - 3/25/26 here
Upcoming Webinars
- Build Mapping Apps & Geoenable Systems - 2/3/26 here
- GIS Methods, Tools, and Workflows for Water Resources - 2/4/26 here
- ArcGIS Monitor User Group Meeting 5: Key Performance Indicators for an Enterprise GIS - 2/4/26 here
- Agriculture Intelligence (AI) or Artificial Intelligence (AI): Trusted Applications of Geospatial AI - 2/17/26 here
- Esri San Antonio Micro-Region Event | ArcGIS Field Maps: Tasks Capability - 2/25/26 here
- AI in Pipeline Operations—Unlocking the Next Generation of Insights - 2/25/26 here
- 2026 Northeast Region Lunch & Learn Collection | Fundamentals of Imagery Management in ArcGIS - 2/26/26 here
Recorded Webinars
Esri Video
- What’s New for Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 3.6: January 2026 here
ArcGIS Blog
ArcGIS
- Coming Soon: AI-Enhanced Support Case Submissions here
ArcGIS Business Analyst
- Variable category sums and differences between Business Analyst Web App and Pro here
- Out with the Old, in with the New: Transitioning to the New ArcGIS Tapestry here
- Reintroducing an easier way to connect to local ArcGIS Business Analyst datasets here
- Migrate from Esri Tapestry Segmentation to ArcGIS Tapestry using ArcGIS Business Analyst here
- Data-driven trade areas with Arcade expressions here
- Got five minutes? Get to know trade areas in ArcGIS Business Analyst here
- ArcGIS Business Analyst at the 2026 Federal GIS Conference here
ArcGIS Enterprise
- Understanding project distribution across ArcGIS Reality Server machines for optimal performance here
ArcGIS Field Maps
- ArcGIS Field Maps: A Quick Start Guide for Tasks here
ArcGIS for Microsoft 365
- The Full Geometry Myth Debunked here
ArcGIS Indoors
- Preparing Immersive Indoor Imagery from 360° Video here
ArcGIS Living Atlas
- Building a Bivariate Color Scheme here
ArcGIS Mission
- Automating Awareness: Introducing Mission Flows here
ArcGIS Online
- Introducing the Road Centerline Community: A New Era for Accurate Road Data here
- ArcGIS Online Map Viewer: The Case for Dynamic Sizing on The Web here
- Metadata Year in Review for 2025 here
- Mastering field calculations with the Arcade assistant here
- Basemap 'Sandwiches' and Label Layers here
ArcGIS Pro
- Create a 3D Printable STL with ArcGIS Pro here
- ArcGIS Pro 3.6.1 Patch here
- Use external object detection training data within ArcGIS here
- Create universal classified raster function templates here
- How to make a layer's labels readable over any background color here
- Use Third Party AI Services with ArcGIS Pro here
- Get Started with ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Pro here
- Make lines legible, and POP, with casing here
- Tips and Tricks for Moving 2D Data between ArcGIS Pro and Rhino here
- Layout advice bonanza: Lessons for creating a great composition in ArcGIS Pro here
- Join the ArcGIS Pro assistant 3.6 beta: Help Shape the Future of Desktop GIS here
- Deploy an enterprise geodatabase in Oracle here
ArcGIS Solutions
- ArcGIS Solutions 2026 Product Roadmap here
- Modernize leak surveys with the Gas Leak Survey solution here
ArcGIS StoryMaps
- How IOM and Esri approach storytelling with technical data here
- Build a connection with your story's audience here
ArcGIS Survey123
- The January Beta for ArcGIS Survey123 - Experience the Next Generation Today! here
Esri Demographics
- Got five minutes? Get to know Esri Updated Demographics here
ArcGIS Velocity
- Real-Time GIS at the 2026 Esri FedGIS Conference here
- Introducing ArcGIS Velocity for ArcGIS Enterprise (Public Beta) here
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java
- Using ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt in a JavaFX based application here
ArcGIS Knowledge
- Discover ArcGIS Knowledge at Esri's FedGIS 2026 here
ArcGIS Navigator
- ArcGIS Navigator with Custom Roads: A Reliable Friend in Remote Areas here
Esri Community
ArcGIS Pro
- Your Ideas in ArcGIS Pro 3.6 here
ArcGIS Utility Network
- Parsing Utility Network Diagnostic Logs here
- Translating utility network models here
- Modeling related network features in a utility network here
Gas and Pipeline
- Understanding Cathodic Protection: Geospatial Data Management here
