ArcGIS Field Maps Blog

By collecting data for road centerlines, culverts, and signs directly in the field, Waller County, Texas built repeatable workflows for asset inventory, road condition tracking, and 9‑1‑1 addressing updates that support daily maintenance and faster response.

Learn how their team achieved a digital transformation, replacing hand‑drawn records with an accurate and reliable GIS using ArcGIS field apps to manage their rapidly expanding road network.

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The June 2026 release of ArcGIS Field Maps is fast approaching and we've opened the Early Adopter Program so you can test existing workflows and take the new functionality that's coming for a spin before it releases.

The Arcade assistant generates expressions to significantly enhance the pop-up, label, and form configuration experience in ArcGIS Field Maps.

Use the guidelines in this blog to develop highly effective prompts.

Did you know you can learn all of this in ArcGIS Field Maps?
✅Mapping a community cleanup
✅Collecting hurricane damage assessments
✅Evaluating equitable drinking fountain distribution
✅Inspecting hydrants
✅Much More
All step-by-step tutorials here

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With the first major release of 2026 we introduced support for geospatial PDFs in Field Maps. Read all about how you can add them to your field workflows.

We've released the March update, read our official blog article to see what's inside.

New ArcGIS Field Maps: A Quick Start Guide for Tasks blog article

New to the Tasks capability in ArcGIS Field Maps? We’ve published a ArcGIS Field Maps: A Quick Start Guide for Tasks that highlights the fastest path to get up and running with the default Tasks configuration.

In this guide you will learn how to:

• Create a new task‑enabled layer in Field Maps Designer. 
• Configure Task Types and Assignees to define which tasks appear in workers’ to‑do lists and which workers can be assigned to this project. 
• Share the map with so your mobile team can start working on their tasks in the Field Maps app. 
• Build a simple dispatching experience for office staff to create and manage tasks. (Optional) 

We want your feedback on tasks!

Once you’ve tried out the new tasks functionality, we’d love to get your feedback on it! Your feedback helps shape what’s next.

Take the survey!