ArcGIS Earth Mobile August 2021 update - version 1.4 is live!
We are excited to share with you that ArcGIS Earth mobile version 1.4 is now available in App Store and Google Play Android users can also download and create the .apk file from the ArcGIS Earth Resources page on your PC.
In this major update, we are focusing on improving design for an easier data viewing and content browsing experience and for the enhanced sharing and collaboration capability.
What’s new
Features
- Track with the alternative footprint symbol and view location history on the move.
- Create a shareable card from the recorded track with custom view and an elevation profile.
- Showcase selected online contents on launch of the app.
- Add online contents to My Favorites when users are signed in with an ArcGIS account.
Enhancements
- Switch between full extent or dynamic following mode in replaying recorded tracks.
- Search history in Add data from portal is now saved and can be easily retrieved.
- Redesigned the experience in adding data from Living Atlas, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise and browsing it on the scene. You can now add and preview multiple data contents without leaving the search result list in the portal.
- Enhanced sharing My Placemarks as KMZ and added support for sharing across other apps and uploading to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.
- Support for searching locations from geographic coordinates in various formats.
- Support for recording and sharing Tour videos in landscape mode.
Issue fixed
For iOS
Feature | Description |
Add data | 1. Fixed a bug that a QR Code generated from ArcGIS Online is invalid. |
| 2. Fixed a bug that ArcGIS Earth crashes when trying to render a specific scene service (Popular Demographics Points) from Living Atlas. |
Portal | 3. Fixed an issue in filtering Authoritative data in portal when signed in. |
Track | 4. Fixed a bug that some location points are not recorded when the app is not active. |
| 5. Fixed a bug that GPS track files uploaded to portal cannot be downloaded if it's shared to public. |
| 6. Fixed a bug that uploading GPS track files as portal item from mobile cannot open in ArcGIS Pro. |
For Android
Feature | Description |
Add data | 1. Fixed a bug in adding .spk data type. |
| 2. Fixed an issue in adding map service from url. |
Portal | 3. Fixed an issue in signing to ArcGIS Online with Facebook account. |
| 4. Fixed an issue in filtering Authoritative data in portal when signed in. |
Track
| 5. Fixed an issue in downloading KML shared to portal and later changed to share with public. |
| 6. Fixed an issue in displaying shared track in ArcGIS Pro from portal. |
| 7. Fixed an issue in adding KML from a saved QR code generated from track shared to portal. |
Known limitation
For iOS
Feature | Description |
Add data | 1. Some picture contents in Kml popup may not appear correctly. |
| 2. Adding some integrated mesh layers may cause a crash in the app. |
GeoSearch | 3. Locator may not respond when network connection is not poor or restored from bad condition. |
I18N | 4. Date format on saved Tracks does not honor the set locale. |
For Android
Feature | Description |
Add data | 1. Kml popup having picture contents may not appear correctly. |
Portal | 2. Signing out from a PKI-based portal may have an issue. |
Tour | 3. Saving an existing tour after editing may cause a crash when restoring the app. |
Track | 4. The default thumbnail of saved Track is not center justified on some tablets. |
Device requirements
- iOS 13 or later
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) API 23 or later
Get the app
Try the ArcGIS Earth mobile app and share your thoughts with us.
iOS users:
Get from App Store: https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/arcgis-earth/id1442724282
Android users:
Get from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.esri.earth.phone
Or download and create an APK file from https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-earth/mobile/get-started.htm