Stay Updated: List of October 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 October 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 Earth

• What’s New in ArcGIS Earth Desktop (August 2025) here

ArcGIS Field Maps

• What's new in ArcGIS Field Maps (25.2.0 release) here

ArcGIS StoryMaps

• What's new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (October 2025) here
• What's new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (September 2025) here

ArcGIS Survey123

• What's New in ArcGIS Survey123 (September 2025) here

Developers

• What's New in Calcite Design System 3.3 (September 2025) here

Patches & Environments

 

ArcGIS Enterprise

• ArcGIS Server 11.5 ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing/ArcGIS Roads and Highways Patch 1 here
• ArcGIS Server 11.3 ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing/ArcGIS Roads and Highways Patch 3 here
• Portal for ArcGIS Security 2025 Update 3 Patch here
• ArcGIS Server 10.9.1 General Branch Versioning Reconcile Patch here
• ArcGIS Server Branch Versioning Licensing Patch here
• Portal for ArcGIS Mission Manager Location Services and Projection Patch  here

News

 

Esri Blog

• Virtual Reality Meets Real Policing: How Hawaii’s Newest State Agency is Protecting Paradise here
• Testing Lifesaving Skills in an Exercise Where Every Rescuer Sees the Same Map here
• Penguin Conservationists Use Maps and Satellite Images to Help Win Landmark Court Case here
• US Water, Power, and Emergency Systems Are Vulnerable; Advanced Maps Show Where here
• National Missing Children Database Now Accessible Through Community-Focused Map here
• Trinchero Family Estates: When Precision Becomes Mission-Critical here
• Video: The Smithsonian: Digitizing Millions of National Treasures here
• Creating a Better Water Utility: Mississippi’s Largest City here
• When Tornadoes Hit Tallahassee, AI Maps the Damage in Days Instead of Months here
• Video: How One Crisis Sparked CVS Health’s Data Transformation here

Podcast

• Precision Crisis Management: How AI is Transforming Corporate Security here
• Ensuring Infrastructure Readiness for EVs in Ontario, Canada here

WhereNext

• WhereNext Confidential: The Smarter Way to Move Goods, People, and Assets here
• Tracking Where Innovation Occurs here
• NextTech: Remapping the Supply Chain When Disruption Occurs here
• If New App Stores Emerge, App Makers with a Knack for Geography Stand to Gain here
• NextTech: Grocery Stores, Dollar Stores by the Numbers here
• Tick Bites Industry here

New Training Courses

 

Learning Plan

• Esri ArcGIS API for Python Associate Certification 2026 here
• Esri ArcGIS Developer Foundation 2026 here
• Esri ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript Associate Certification 2026 here
• Esri ArcGIS Online Administration Associate Certification 2026 here
• Esri ArcGIS Utility Network Associate Certification 2026 here
• Esri GIS Fundamentals Foundation Certification 2026 here

Training Seminar

• ArcGIS Field Maps: Streamline Data Collection with Tasks here

Instructor-Led

• GeoAI in ArcGIS: Advance Your Analytics 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 - 11/26 here
• 2026 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 11/26 here
• 2025 Esri European National Security Summit - Berlin Germany - 11/11/25 here
• 2025 Planning Directors Summit - West Palm Beach, FL - 10/27/25 here
• 2026 Esri Public Sector CIO Summit - Redlands, CA - 3/25/26 here

Upcoming Webinars

• Streamline S-100 Production with ArcGIS - 10/7 here
• ArcGIS Field Maps: Discover New Ways to Streamline Field Operations - 10/7 here
• Balancing Privacy, Security, and Location Intelligence in Healthcare - 10/9 10-11 AM PT here
• Explore ArcGIS Bathymetry for Offshore Energy - 10/9 here
• User Group Meeting #4: Getting Started with ArcGIS Monitor - 10/15 here
• Introducing The Guide to the Geographic Approach Webinar - 10/29 here
• Esri San Antonio Micro-Region October Event | Beyond the Map: Exploring ArcGIS Indoors - 10/29 here

Recorded Webinars

 

Esri Video

• Powering Progress: How GIS Accelerates Transmission Interconnection and Compliance here
• Enhancing Earth Science Teaching with GIS here
• From Farm Field to Finance: How GIS is Revolutionizing Ag Lending and Insurance here
• Leveraging ArcGIS Solutions Meetup 9-25-25 here
• Scale Automation with ArcGIS Connectors for Power Automate here
• ArcGIS Governance Best Practices for Education Customers here
• Get Started with ArcGIS in Forest Management here
• ArcGIS Bathymetry Immersive Exploration of Bathymetric Survey Data here
• Leveraging Enterprise Analytics for Smarter Healthcare Decisions here
• Security First: A New Resource for Geospatial Intelligence Educators and Learners: September here
• Automating Paper Chart Production-Insights from Shom here

ArcGIS Blog

 

ArcGIS

• Planet Eater here
• Esri Expert Voices: Leveraging Demographic Mapping Software for Better Insights here
• Esri at Autodesk University 2025: Advancing AEC Workflows with GIS and BIM here
• Verify, Validate, and Standardize Your Addresses with ArcGIS Geocoding here
• Prompt writing for AI assistants here
• Network Latency Costs More Than You Think, and We Have the Data to Prove It here
• Study Smarter with the Esri Support App here
• Esri Expert Voices: How Geocoding Powers Smarter Maps and Better Decisions here
• My Esri: Experience Improvements here
• Open Basemap Styles with Data from Overture Maps Now Available in ArcGIS here

ArcGIS Business Analyst

• Explore the infographics gallery in ArcGIS Business Analyst here

ArcGIS Dashboards

• Smarter Time in ArcGIS Dashboards: Introducing Support for DateOnly, TimeOnly, and Timestamp Offset Fields here

ArcGIS Enterprise

• Licensing Update for Branch Versioning here
• Get started with distributed collaboration: New tutorial and video series here
• Update to ArcGIS Enterprise Product Lifecycle here

ArcGIS Hub

• Get started with ArcGIS Hub Premium here

ArcGIS Indoors

• Esri Infrastructure Management and GIS 2025 Conference: Modernize Facility Operations with Indoor GIS here

ArcGIS Instant Apps

• Are instant apps accessible? here
• Public Notification: Notify the Right People at the Right Time here

ArcGIS Living Atlas

• Overture Maps Data in ArcGIS here
• How to edit vector tile layers and assemble them into a custom basemap in ArcGIS Online here
• Share Your Thoughts on the American Community Survey (ACS) Layers in Living Atlas here
• Smokey data visualization here
• A 'Large Label' Version of the Human Geography Basemaps here
• Download GBIF Species Occurrence Data in ArcGIS Pro here
• Cartographic Tips for Policy Maps here
• How to make map textures for ArcGIS and stuff here
• Explore EPA's Impaired Waters Data in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World here

ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud

• GIS Meets Design: Our Creative Journey with ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

• Using $arcgis.import(): Simplify Module Loading in ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript CDN Apps here

ArcGIS Mission

• From Seams to Seamless: Unifying Multi-Agency Field Operations here

ArcGIS Monitor

• ArcGIS Monitor: Exploring the Check-Service Observer here
• ArcGIS Monitor: Understanding Component Status and Alerts here

ArcGIS Online

• Make Population Pyramids in Your Pop-ups with Arcade here
• Better Breaks Define Your Thematic Map’s Purpose here
• Help Shape the Future of Data Quality Management here
• Comprehensive Guide to Forms in ArcGIS Online here

ArcGIS Pro

• Prepare your data for the National Spatial Reference System modernization of 2022 in the U.S. here
• Three Proven Ways to Create a High‑Quality DTM with ArcGIS here
• Step‑by‑Step Guide: Local Relief Mapping with Raster Functions here
• Offline map areas prepared ahead of time: Download, access, and update changes here
• Offline map areas prepared ahead of time: Creation, configuration, and management here
• Offline map areas prepared ahead of time: Create the web map here
• Offline map areas prepared ahead of time: An introduction here
• VBScript is Deprecated in ArcGIS here

ArcGIS StoryMaps

• Using charts, infographics, and tables effectively in ArcGIS StoryMaps here
• Show us your geospatial storytelling skills! Enter the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition here
• What’s New in the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App (September 2025) here
• Back to school, back to basics: GIS instruction in higher ed with David Medeiros here
• A conservation collaboration helping communities across the globe here

ArcGIS Trust Center

• Portal for ArcGIS Security 2025 Update 3 Patch here

ArcGIS Utility Network

• Coming Soon: ArcGIS Utility Network Telecom Domain here
• Stormwater Network Data Quality Assurance here
• Going the distance with tracing here
• Snapping with attribute rules here

Developers

• Our Third Hacktoberfest: Celebrating Open Source in 2025 here
• ArcGIS Hosted Data Services: Behind the scenes and SDK trade-offs here
• ArcGIS Hosted Data Services: Management tools differences here
• ArcGIS hosted data services: Creation and maintenance differences here
• ArcGIS hosted services: Use cases for each type of data service here
• Feature forms in ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin here
• Create a mobile style for native apps here
• ArcGIS Hosted Services Explained: Feature, Vector & Map Tiles Services here
• R Consortium 2025 Grants Applications Open here
• What’s Special about Geospatial Data? here

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine

• Streamlining Spatial Data Discovery and Analytics on Amazon EMR with AWS Glue Data Catalog and ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin

• How to implement custom geometry editing workflows with the programmatic reticle tool here

ArcGIS Location Platform

• New MapLibre GL JS ArcGIS plugin for open source developers here
• Introducing basemap sessions for ArcGIS Location Platform here

ArcGIS Explorer

• ArcGIS Explorer on Windows platform is retired here

ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

• Pairwise comparison: A more objective way to assign weights here

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter

• Find walking routes through urban green spaces with Flutter Maps SDK here

Esri Community

 

ArcGIS Dashboards

• Dashboards That Pop: Arcade Tips (HTML-Arcade Mash Ups) here

ArcGIS Data Interoperability

• Change Detect or View Source Swap? The Winner Is.... here
• Get Ready For OneDrive Integration here
• ArcGIS Online Is A Web Filesystem For ETL Tools here
• Geocode Smarter Not Harder here