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Do you want to create custom elevation profiles for your fieldwork area or any other location in the world? Or guide your students to see exactly the elevation profile that you want them to see? Then the new Elevation profile functionality in Sketch tools is for you!

Map Viewer Classic is officially deprecated and will be removed from ArcGIS Online upon its retirement in Q1 of 2026.

Just as you don’t offer your car keys to just anyone, you shouldn’t let just anyone have an administrator role (or administrative privileges) in your ArcGIS Online organization. And you should regularly review who has that access.

As spring rolls across the northern hemisphere, many students (and teachers) long to get outdoors.  It’s a great opportunity to engage kids in field data work. 

Goodbye is never easy. You’ve had a great time mapping together, but now a user is moving on. Keep your ArcGIS organization secure by disabling their account now and continue with reviewing and deleting it once your time allows.

The ArcGIS Tutorials team has created a series of modules that when completed, provide a great introduction to understanding the functionality of the National Geographic MapMaker.

A plethora of StoryMaps exist on a variety of map-based topics, including topics you cover in your classroom. StoryMaps are an engaging way to explore maps and their story, so let's see how to get the most out of using these resources.

Your students have done amazing work in ArcGIS Online that you’d like to share with the community or preserve even after the student has graduated. But they are minors, so their privacy needs to be protected and they shouldn’t be allowed to share publicly in your ArcGIS Organization. And when they graduate, you want to remove their ArcGIS Online account but not lose their work. So how can you share the work, while at the same time protecting their privacy and managing your organization accounts? A showcase account!

The snow may be blowing as you look out your classroom window, but project-based learning is hot, all year around!  These GeoProjects are great for use in the winter: The Global Pet Survey, Mapping Favorite Color, One Two Tree, and Lichens and SO2 (outside).  

Esri is thrilled to announce its participation in the upcoming National Conference on Science Education, taking place from March 27-29 in Philadelphia, PA.