Stay Updated: List of May 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 May 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 ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise | May 2025 here

ArcGIS Data Reviewer

• What's New in ArcGIS Data Reviewer (May 2025) here

ArcGIS Drone2Map

• What's New in ArcGIS Drone2Map 2025.1 here

ArcGIS Enterprise

• What's New in Scene Viewer for Enterprise (May 2025) here

ArcGIS IPS

• What's New in ArcGIS IPS (Q2 2025) here

ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud

• What's new in ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud (May 2025) here

ArcGIS Mission

• What's New In ArcGIS Mission 11.5 here

ArcGIS Pro

• What's new in ArcGIS Maritime (May 2025) here
• What's new for CAD and BIM in the May 2025 release of ArcGIS Pro here
• What's New for Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS Pro 3.5 here
• What's new in ArcGIS Aviation (May 2025) here
• What's new for GeoAI in the ArcGIS Pro 3.5 Image Analyst extension here
• What's new with 3D tile layers (ArcGIS Pro 3.5) here
• What's new with scene layers (ArcGIS Pro 3.5) here
• What's New in Imagery in ArcGIS Pro (May 2025) here

ArcGIS Solutions

• What's New in ArcGIS Solutions for ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 here

ArcGIS StoryMaps

• What's New in ArcGIS StoryMaps on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 here
• What's new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (May 2025) here

ArcGIS Survey123

• What's new in ArcGIS Survey123 (May 2025) here

ArcGIS Urban

• What's New in ArcGIS Urban on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 here

ArcGIS Utility Network

• What's new ArcGIS Utility Network with the 2025 Network Management Release here

ArcGIS Knowledge

• What's New in ArcGIS Knowledge 11.5 (2025 Q2) here

ArcGIS AllSource

• What's New in ArcGIS AllSource 1.4 here

ArcGIS Web Editor

• What's New in ArcGIS Web Editor in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 here

 

News

 

Esri Blog

• Video: AI-Powered Maps Fuel the New Geography of Business here
• RoyOMartin’s High-Tech Forestry Approach Poised to Meet Housing Crisis here
• National Park Service Streamlines Fossil Data Collection with GIS here
• Video: Southern California Water Utility Modernizes with Geospatial AI here
• Drones, New Sensors, and Geospatial AI Fill in Crucial Species Gaps here
• Geospatial AI: Transforming How We Monitor Beluga Whales here

Podcast

• The Art of Geospatial Strategy here
• Smarter Construction, Better World here
• Unlocking the Data on Extreme Heat   here

WhereNext

• Fast Four: Top Companies Explain How They’re Approaching Geospatial AI here
• WhereNext Confidential: Three Professionals Reveal Story of Psychographics here
• At PwC, Mapping and Analytics Illuminate Water Risks here

 

New Training Courses

 

Learning Plan

• ArcGIS for Excel Fundamentals here

Training Seminar

• Introduction to ArcGIS Monitor here

Web Course

• ArcGIS for Excel: Analyzing Data here
• ArcGIS Online: Performing Analysis here

Instructor-Led

• ArcGIS Experience Builder: Advanced Techniques here

 

Events

 

Esri Events

• 2025 Esri Global Distributor Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/12/25 here
• 2025 Esri User Conference - San Deigo, CA - 7/14/25 here
• 2025 Business Leadership Summit @ Esri UC - San Diego, CA - 7/15/25 here
• 2025 Infrastructure Management GIS Conference - Palm Springs, CA - 10/28/25 here
• 2025 Esri European Energy Resources GIS Conference - London, UK - 11/4/25 here
• 2025 Esri Safety and Security Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/12/25 here
• 2025 Esri Defense and Intelligence Summit @ Esri UC - San Diego, CA - 7/15/25 here

Upcoming Webinars

• Government Operations with Unified Address and Road Data Management - 5/28 here
• AEC Community Webinar-Environmental Consulting - 5/28 here
• GIS Career Insights from Veterans - 5/29 here
• AEC Community Webinar—Environmental Consulting - 6/4 here
• Q2–Rail User Community Meetup - 6/10 here
• Automating Comprehensive GIS Data Quality Control - 6/11 here
• ArcGIS Monitor User Group Meeting 3: Troubleshooting Strategies - 6/17 here
• ArcGIS Indoors: Create an Indoor GIS with Reality Capture - 6/18 here
• Streamlining Obstacle Assessment Workflows in ArcGIS for Safer Airports - 6/18 here
• Unlock the Power of Where with ArcGIS for Microsoft Fabric - 6/26 here
• Esri Northeast Region Lunch & Learn - Data Collection - Field Workflows - 6/26 here
• Optimizing Healthcare Operations with Location Intelligence - 6/26 10-11 AM PT here

 

Recorded Webinars

 

Esri Video

• Streamlining Environmental Protection with GIS: Exploring Real-World Examples here
• ArcGIS: Enterprise Mapping and Spatial Analytics here
• Stay Up-to-Date With the Latest Enhancement in ArcGIS StoryMaps: May 2025 here
• Streamlining Environmental Protection with GIS: Deploying/Configuring Solution here

 

ArcGIS Blog

 

ArcGIS

• Workaround for the Esri Support App "Access to This Application Blocked" here
• Pretrained Models in ArcGIS: Comparing Task-Specific and Generalized Vision-Language models here

ArcGIS API for Python

• Enhancements to the map widget of the ArcGIS API for Python here

ArcGIS Business Analyst

• Mapping uninsured adults in Texas to guide local health outreach here
• Site analytics in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro with color-coded…tables? here
• Suitability analysis improvements in the ArcGIS Pro 3.5 release here
• Considerations for working with benchmark comparisons in Business Analyst Pro vs. Business Analyst Web App here
• What’s new in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro | May 2025 here
• Considerations for working with color-coded maps in Business Analyst Pro vs. Business Analyst Web App here

ArcGIS Drone2Map

• Understanding the Drone2Map Processing Report here

ArcGIS Field Maps

• Get Ready for the Biggest ArcGIS Field Maps Release Yet here

ArcGIS Instant Apps

• Advanced Workflows for Building Accessible Instant Apps here

ArcGIS Living Atlas

• Enhanced 3D Layers in ArcGIS here
• Living Atlas “Evaluate & Nominate” App Released here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

• Gradient strokes in the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Javascript: A look under the hood here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt

• How to create an ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt Android App using CMake here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine

• Creating a Cinematic Scene with ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine here

ArcGIS Online

• Enhancing Accuracy Together: The New and Improved Esri Basemap Feedback Service here
• Transition your ArcGIS accounts to organization-specific (SAML or OpenID Connect) accounts here
• Add geotagged photos to your web map here

ArcGIS Pro

• Improve your geoprocessing productivity with Append To Existing in ArcGIS Pro (May 2025) here
• Data Engineering for Predicting Future Events here
• In ArcGIS Pro 3.5, Calculate Field does not honor selection or layer filters when using SQL as the expression type on file geodatabase data here
• Work together in ArcGIS Pro | Shared update groups & portal projects here
• Ribbon, Pane & View Management Improvements in ArcGIS Pro here
• Vectorize large rasters efficiently in ArcGIS Pro 3.5 here
• Enhancing support for Parquet files here
• Introducing a New Space Time Cube Visualization Experience in ArcGIS Pro here
• Understand and improve the exterior shell of the building layer to support your digital twin here
• Boosting GeoAI Model Performance with Test Time Augmentation here
• Classify rail points in mobile lidar point clouds here
• Update ArcGIS Pro at Your Own Pace here
• A new class in arcpy.sharing for vector tile layers with associated feature layers here
• Better Waste Collection Starts Here: New Solver in ArcGIS Network Analyst here
• Your ArcGIS Pro Update (May 2025) here
• Spatially Filter Feature Layers with Definition Queries here
• What’s new in ArcGIS Bathymetry for ArcGIS Pro 3.5 here
• Marmite maps: now available in ArcGIS Pro! here
• ArcGIS Pro on Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs: Delivering High-Performance GIS Anywhere here
• Use remote sensing foundation models with ArcGIS here
• Overview of the ArcGIS Pro Reshape editing Tool here
• Make a cross stitch style map in ArcGIS Pro here
• Metadata Editor is now available in ArcGIS Pro 3.5 here

ArcGIS StoryMaps

• An accessibility checklist for your stories here
• Tiny deer, big story: Learn how Rewilding Chile created your Community Choice Winner here

ArcGIS Survey123

• ArcGIS Instant Apps Reporter Template or ArcGIS Survey123: Which App is Right for You? here

ArcGIS Trust Center

• 2025 Top 3 New Critical Security Recommendations here

ArcGIS Utility Network

• Structures, containers, and content oh my! here
• Distance constraint on containers and their content here
• Use feature cache capabilities of ArcGIS Pro here
• Utility Network Diagnostics here
• Announcing the 2025 Network Management Release Plan here

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine

• Solving Big Data Geoanalytics Challenges with ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine in AWS Glue here

ArcGIS Reality Studio

• Enhancing Meshes: Harnessing the Power of Editing Tools here

ArcGIS Velocity

• Improving Operational Efficiency with Real-Time Mapping Solutions Webinar Q&A here

ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

• Analyze terrain with the new Multiscale Surface tools in ArcGIS here

ArcGIS Maps SDKs

• Creating Spatially Accurate Apps with the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Game Engines here

 

Esri Community

 

ArcGIS Utility Network

• Pressure Networks - Advanced Configuration here
• Propagation and Electrical Phasing here