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 August 2024 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 StoryMaps
- What’s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (August 2024) here
Patches & Environments
ArcGIS Desktop
- ArcGIS Desktop 10.8.1 General Component Updates Patch here
ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Server 11.1 ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing/ArcGIS Roads and Highways Patch 1 here
- Portal for ArcGIS Security 2024 Update 2 Patch here
- ArcGIS Server 10.9.1 Utility Network and Data Management Patch 7 here
News
Esri Blog
- Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale: Marine Spatial Planning and Awareness here
- Mapping the Future: The Bullard Center’s Pioneering Environmental Justice Internship here
- Video: Minnesota Governor and VP Candidate Tim Walz Champions GIS Technology for Smarter Policy Making here
- Why Governor Tim Walz is a ‘GIS Nerd’ and What that Means for the US here
- Ready for Anything, Iowa’s Scott County Trusts GIS in Emergencies here
- Q&A: Good Governance in Minnesota Starts with Geospatial Data here
- In Lithuania’s Capital, Drones, Maps, and AI Unite City Functions here
Podcast
- Sustaining Commerce on the Mississippi River here
- The HALO Trust: Rebuilding Communities and Livelihoods here
WhereNext
- Mining Economic Indicators for Business Intelligence here
- A Tech-Focused Executive Offers Three Lessons in Collaboration here
- With Business Development as a Priority, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Team Deliver Key Data to Executives here
- Fast Four ICYMI: An Inside Look at How Nature, GIS, and Business Overlap here
- Cheers to Change—Nonalcoholic Beer Is Having a Moment here
New Training Courses
Learning Plan
- ArcGIS AllSource Fundamentals here
- Esri ArcGIS Pro Professional Certification 2025 here
- Esri ArcGIS Pro Foundation Certification 2025 here
- Esri ArcGIS Pro Associate Certification 2025 here
- GeoAI Essentials here
Web Course
- Getting Started with ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript here
Instructor-Led
- Using ArcGIS AllSource for Geospatial Intelligence Analysis here
ArcGIS Lab
- Creating an ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefing here
Events
Esri Events
- 2024 Infrastructure Management GIS Conference - Palm Springs, CA - 10/21 here
- 2024 Esri European Energy Resources GIS Conference - London, United Kingdom - 11/5 here
- 2024 European Developer Summit - Berlin, Germany - 11/12 here
Upcoming Webinars
- Shortline Rail Webinar with ArcGIS - 8/29 10-11 AM PT here
- Next Generation Public Works: Smart Parks Technical Workshop - 8/29 9-10 AM PT here
- ArcGIS for Land Administration – Introduction to GIS-based Land Administration - 9/4 6-7:15 AM PT here
- ArcGIS StoryMaps Live - September 2024 - 9/4 11-12 PM PT here
- Esri Emergency Management Community Forum - 9/5 8-9:30 AM PT here
- ArcGIS System Patterns for Pipeline Operators - 9/5 9-10 AM PT here
- The Role of GIS and Surveying in a Digital Twin - 9/5 2-3 PM PT here
- Leveraging Imagery and AI for Greater Operational Efficiency - 9/10 9-10 AM PT here
- SAFER: A Public Safety Digital Twin and System of Systems - 9/11 12-1 PM PT here
- A Nonprofit’s Story is Better with Maps - 9/12 8-9 AM PT here
- Esri YPN Presents: Navigating Challenges in Your GIS Journey - 9/12 12-1 PM PT here
- Applying Location Intelligence to Quality Improvement in Healthcare - 9/17 10-11 AM PT here
- Indoor GIS: Streamline Your Facilities Inspections Webinar - 9/18 8-9 AM PT here
- Gas Solutions with ArcGIS Field Maps - 9/19 9-9:45 AM PT here
- GIS Workflows to Support Climate Research in Higher Education - 9/26 12-1 PM PT here
ArcGIS Blog
ArcGIS
- Mosaic datasets: More than the sum of its parts here
- Get the Most from the Support Site with the Esri Support AI Chatbot here
- Collect, Visualize, and Analyze Activity Spaces with ArcGIS here
- A new book of concepts and values by Jack Dangermond here
- Managing Imagery and Remotely Sensed Data in the Enterprise with ArcGIS here
- ArcGIS API for Python
- Enhancing the Consumption Experience of Esri DevSummit Videos here
- My experience taking the ArcGIS API for Python Associate Certification Exam here
- Get started with ArcGIS API for Python in Google Colab here
- Map Predominant Disadvantage with Justice40 Data Using ArcGIS API for Python here
ArcGIS Business Analyst
- Use the Huff model to affirm site selection in Business Analyst Pro here
- ArcGIS CityEngine
- The ArcGIS Urban Suite: A complete master planning platform for local government organizations here
- ArcGIS Collector
- Reminder: ArcGIS Collector on Windows platform to retire here
- ArcGIS Enterprise
- Podcast 16 - Frederick Douglass Academy, Detroit; Exploring the GIS Pathways Program here
- Stop, collaborate, and listen: getting the most out of collaboration in ArcGIS here
- ArcGIS Enterprise FAQ from the Esri UC here
- Unlocking the Power of Geospatial AI with ArcGIS: Simplified and Advanced Solutions for Every User here
- Podcast 15 - Matt Piper, Esri - GIS has reduced information lag and opened up opportunities across the business here
ArcGIS Field Maps
- Manage street signs with Field Maps here
- ArcGIS Field Maps 24.2.1 release here
- Design email and phone buttons for ArcGIS Field Maps here
ArcGIS for Microsoft 365
- ArcGIS for Microsoft 365: FAQ here
ArcGIS Hub
- Engaging Residents with GIS here
ArcGIS Living Atlas
- How do I do that? here
- Beyond Web Mercator: Projected Basemaps Revisited here
- Learn to explore Landsat imagery using Landsat Explorer here
- Make a vintage basemap in ArcGIS Pro with some Living Atlas shenanigans here
- Map in a minute: Map coastal property loss using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas here
- Detect and measure wildfires with the Sentinel-1 Explorer here
- FCC Broadband Data Collection – December 2023 Update in ArcGIS Living Atlas here
- ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
- How to combine mobile 3D scans with ArcGIS here
- ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity
- Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 1.6 for Unity here
- ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine
- Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 1.6 for Unreal Engine here
ArcGIS Online
- Introducing Select By Attributes in ArcGIS Web Editor here
- Custom icon point symbols in Scene Viewer here
- Map Viewer: A Labeling Recap here
- ArcGIS Data Pipelines at the 2024 UC: FAQ here
ArcGIS Pro
- Display “Quantity by Category” Symbology in ArcGIS Pro here
- Mapping the most popular National Park Service lands here
- North Arrow Necessity here
- How to add 2D features to a 3D scene here
- A Melange of Maps here
- How to make this thematic map, and stuff here
- Reimagine Your GIS: From ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro and User Types here
- How to make a “peeled edge” area of interest effect in ArcGIS Pro here
ArcGIS Solutions
- Agricultural Parcel Analysis solution released here
- Buckeye Fire achieves accreditation with help from the Fire Accreditation Analysis solution here
- ArcGIS Solutions introduces an improved migration experience to Utility Network Foundation solutions here
- ArcGIS Solutions introduces Essential Data Models to Utility Network Foundation solutions here
- Revolutionizing the Homelessness Point-in-Time Count with GIS: A Seamless Approach for CoCs here
ArcGIS StoryMaps
- ArcGIS StoryMaps Live! An introduction to briefings in ArcGIS StoryMaps for educators here
- What’s New in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (August 2024) here
- Map-based images & ArcGIS StoryMaps: a treasure trove of possibilities here
- A growing success story: USAID partnerships deliver results for people and the planet here
ArcGIS Trust Center
- Action Required: ArcGIS Online SAML Customers here
ArcGIS Utility Network
- Introducing the Rebuild Network Topology Add-In for ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and 3.1 here
Developers
- ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter beta 2 is here here
- Mapping where coffee comes from with the Flutter Maps SDK beta here
- What’s new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 200.5 here
Esri Demographics
- Upcoming Deprecation of 4orange Demographic Data for the Netherlands here
ArcGIS Velocity
- Top 3 Takeaways in Real-Time GIS from the 2024 Esri UC here
ArcGIS Location Platform
- New ArcGIS Location Services: Beta program for Static Basemap Tiles and Elevation services here
- ArcGIS Network Analyst
- Calculate the travel time or distance between paired origins and destinations here
Esri Community
ArcGIS CityEngine
- Optimizing CityEngine Graphics Settings for NVIDIA and AMD Graphics Cards here
- ArcGIS Online
- New Survey Available for ArcGIS Online! here
ArcGIS Survey123
- Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: Automatically translate survey designs in Survey123 Connect here
ETL & Data Interoperability
- ETL Pattern: Working With Unsupported Database Platforms here
- ETL Pattern: Working With Cloud Well-Known Files here
- Metadata - Data Interoperability’s Hidden Talent here
- ETL Pattern: Working With Local Well-Known Files here