Stay Updated: List of August 2025 - Technical highlights & Resources from Esri

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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 2025 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 Business Analyst

• What’s new in the ArcGIS Business Analyst data browser (June 2025) here

Developers

• What’s new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 200.8 here

 

Patches & Environments

 

ArcGIS Enterprise

• ArcGIS Server 10.9.1 Utility Network and Data Management Patch 8 B here
• Portal for ArcGIS 11.5 Web Applications Patch here
• Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise Sites Security 2025 Update 1 Patch here

 

News

 

Esri Blog

• Behind Seattle's Event Security: Mapping Threats and Measuring Success here
• Video: Inside CAL FIRE’s Geospatial Strategy here
• Q&A: From Cartographer to Digital Pioneer, Allen Carroll’s Journey of Map-Based Storytelling here
• Fire Season Preparedness: GIS Powers Southern California Sheriff Departments' Evacuations here
• Virtual Reality Meets Real Policing: How Hawaii’s Newest State Agency is Protecting Paradise here

Podcast

• Digital Twins: The Key to Nottingham's Successful City Planning here
• How Toronto Modernized its Urban Infrastructure Management here

WhereNext

• Tech Conference Exposes Growing Role of Mapping and Analytics in Business here
• Amid Global Trade Uncertainty, the New Must-Have Dashboard Is a Map here
• WhereNext Confidential: The Smarter Way to Move Goods, People, and Assets here

 

New Training Courses

 

Learning Plan

• ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript Fundamentals here

Training Seminar

• Get the Most from ArcGIS Web Editor here

Web Course

• ArcGIS for Excel: Using Functions here

Instructor-Led

• Streamline GIS Content Management with ArcGIS API for Python here

 

Events

 

Esri Events

• 2025 Infrastructure Management and GIS Conference - Palm Springs, CA - 10/28/25 here
• 2025 Esri European Energy Resources GIS Conference - London, UK - 11/4/25 here
• 2025 Esri European Partner Conference - Frankfurt, Germany - 11/17/25 here
• 2025 Esri European Developer and Technology Summit - Frankfurt, Germany - 11/18/25 here
• 2026 Esri Education Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/26 here
• 2026 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 7/26 here
• 2025 Esri European National Security Summit - Berlin Germany - 11/11/25 here

Upcoming Webinars

• Navigating Network Management—Part 2 - 8/27 here
• Automating Paper Chart Production: Insights from Shom - 8/27 here
• AEC Community Webinar-Architecture and Urban Design - 8/27 here
• Esri Northeast Region Lunch & Learn - ESRI UC Recap - 8/28 here
• Home Fire Fatalities Explorer Webinar - 8/28 here
• Leveraging Enterprise Analytics for Smarter Healthcare Decisions - 9/4 10-11 AM PT here
• Discover What's New With Esri Pipeline Data - 9/4 here
• Fall Esri Emergency Management Forum - 9/4 here
• ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing: User Group Meeting - 9/9 here
• Wildland-Urban Interface Awareness Applications Webinar - 9/9 here
• Get Started with ArcGIS in Forest Management - 9/10 here
• ArcGIS for Gas Utilities: Self-Service GIS for an Enterprise Natural Gas Organization - 9/16 here
• ArcGIS Governance Best Practices for Education Customers - 9/17 here
• Managing the PLSS in GIS with ArcGIS Parcel Fabric - 9/17 here
• Scale automation with ArcGIS Connectors for Power Automate - 9/23 here
• GIS and Official Statistics: Modernizing Statistics with Location - 9/23 here
• From Farm Field to Finance: How GIS Is Revolutionizing Ag Lending and Insurance - 9/25 here
• What’s New in ArcGIS Hub—September 2025 - 9/25 here
• The Henry Ford Museum Builds a Smarter Campus with ArcGIS - 10/1 here

 

Recorded Webinars

 

Esri Video

• What's New in Field Operations here
• 2025 Esri SES: Pacific Gas & Electric here
• Part 1: Identifying Strategies and Tactics to Expand GIS Operations here
• Part 2: Implementing Courses of Action to Boost Interoperability and Collaboration here
• Global to Local to Global Geodesign for Climate Change Mitigation (GLG) here
• How ArcGIS Tapestry Can Add Value to Your Work here
• Take Your Python Skills to the Next Level with Esri's Advanced Guide to Python in ArcGIS: August 2025 here
• Esri Enabling Technology here

 

ArcGIS Blog

 

Apps

• Using Your Editing Templates Across ArcGIS: Part 1 here

ArcGIS

• Planet Eater here
• Seven Ways You Should Be Using Test Studies to Support Your ArcGIS Systems here
• ArcGIS for Microsoft: An Overview Session's Questions and Answers here

ArcGIS Business Analyst

• Explore the infographics gallery in ArcGIS Business Analyst here
• Saved lists in Business Analyst Web App – A relief from the data browser blues… here
• Unlock insights in your own data using statistical data collections in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro here
• Got five minutes? Get to know hexagons here

ArcGIS Dashboards

• Create your first dashboard using ArcGIS Dashboards here

ArcGIS Enterprise

• License ArcGIS Enterprise 3: Authorize ArcGIS Enterprise and manage licenses here
• License ArcGIS Enterprise 2: Generate ArcGIS Enterprise licenses here
• License ArcGIS Enterprise 1: Choose user types and member roles here
• Best practices when integrating data from cloud data warehouses with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise here
• ArcGIS Enterprise at UC 2025: 11 Highlights That Stood Out here

ArcGIS Living Atlas

• Detect changes in ArcGIS Online using Living Atlas Imagery and a raster function template here
• NASA Global Mangrove Layer Now in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

• Evolution of view models and building custom workflows with JavaScript Maps SDK here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt

• Logging into the future: Introducing the Next Generation of Authentication in ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt here

ArcGIS Monitor

• ArcGIS Monitor: Exploring the Check-Service Observer here

ArcGIS Online

• Improving Mapping, Visualization and Campus Life here
• Unraveling segmentation history: how ArcGIS Tapestry stands out here
• Pop-ups: send email from pop-ups here
• Pop-ups: text element essentials here
• Pop-ups: chart element essentials here
• Enhancing Esri’s World Geocoding Service and Road Centerlines in Teton County, Idaho here
• Internship with the Spatial Analyst team at Esri, Summer 2025 here
• Adding and using photos and images in ArcGIS Online here
• Pop-ups: image essentials here
• Map in a minute: Map smoke from Canadian wildfires using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas here
• The Dress: perceptual madness and what it means for mappers here
• Reporter + Manager: A Complete Feedback Loop for Community Engagement here
• Utilizing Columnstore Indexes in ArcGIS Online here
• Pop-ups: Arcade essentials here
• 5 in 2025: Tips for Easier Editing in Map Viewer here

ArcGIS Pro

• Robust Regression for Spatial Data here
• Five Tips to Help You Get Started with ArcGIS Pro here
• Unlocking the Power of Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro: What You Might Not Know here
• Talk to Your Imagery: Vision-Language Models for Geospatial Analysis here
• Mapping Happiness in Three Acts here
• Use Restricted in the Suitability Modeler to remove locations from consideration here
• From Vector to Raster: Create Species Range Rasters from Polygon Features here
• Time-warp walkability mapping in ArcGIS Pro here
• Restore a Feature's Geometry from a Historical Moment here

ArcGIS Solutions

• Prepare for the unpredictable with the Wildfire Protection Planning solution here
• Tucson, AZ, streamlines volunteer coordination with the Homelessness Point-in-Time Count solution here
• Police Transparency Solution Updated here
• Crime Problem Management Solution Updated here
• Marion County, OR, transforms ballot security with the Election Management solution here

ArcGIS StoryMaps

• What's new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (August 2025) here
• Where curiosity leads: Crafting stories with Aaron Koelker here

ArcGIS Trust Center

• Action Required: ArcGIS Online SAML Customers here
• Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise Sites Security 2025 Update 1 Patch here

ArcGIS Utility Network

• Loading associations into a Utility Network Foundation here
• Analyzing and resolving topology errors here

Developers

• R-ArcGIS Bridge Highlights from the 2025 Esri User Conference here
• Search Within and Uncover More Matches here
• Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 2.1 for Unreal Engine here
• Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 2.1 for Unity here

Esri Demographics

• Got five minutes? Get to know the Market Potential data here

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine

• Three ways to improve geocoding performance here

ArcGIS Velocity

• The Three Key Takeaways in Real-Time GIS from the 2025 Esri User Conference here

ArcGIS Location Platform

• Introducing ArcGIS Location Platform here

 

Esri Community

 

ArcGIS Dashboards

• Dashboards That Pop: Arcade Tips (Stop Repeating Yourself) here

ArcGIS Survey123

• Survey123 Tricks of the Trade: Grid layout in Survey123 web designer here

ArcGIS Reality Studio

• Process Faster, Smarter and More Reliably with Distributed Processing here
• Migrating your Enterprise publishing workflow in Site Scan for ArcGIS here

GeoAnalytics Engine

• Getting Started with GeoAnalytics Engine in Amazon EMR here
• Setting up your new GeoAnalytics Engine account here

Gas and Pipeline

• The Survey123 Assistant for Gas Utilities here
• No More Ugly Pop-ups: Create Impactful Pop-ups for your Infrastructure Maps here

Enterprise Spatial Analytics

• The Compress API in ArcGIS Online - Why this matters! here
• Esri and Snowflake Series: Protecting Lives & Infrastructure from Wildfires using Telco Data - Part 2 here

Electric

• Utility Network Migration Toolset workflow for Electric - Part 1 of 2 here