LocalMaps NZ Blog

It’s here! We are very excited to share that the new LocalMaps Viewer 3.x in Experience Builder is available today.

Nga hararei koa!

As we round off 2022, we would like to firstly thank all you LocalMappers out there for another great year – your feedback and support has helped us improve LocalMaps and hopefully gets you excited about the things coming very soon. To celebrate the festive season we thought we would share some important info and a few sneak peeks...

Thanks to those that came along to the Utilizing LocalMaps Webinar this week! One thing we talked about (and showed a sneak peak of) was the Experience Builder Viewer we are building and we would love to know what you think about some specific areas we are developing! Check out this blog to learn more about how to have your say and perhaps even put your organisation forward for some early access...

Thanks for coming to talk to us at the NZEUC 2022! Off the back of the LG session we had a good few chats with you all about our v3.0 first release and the widgets that will be coming out in that version. You spoke and we listened soooo Switch Map has squeezed itself into the first cab off the rank. 

The first taste of LocalMaps 3.x is now available - the Gallery 3.x (beta). Learn a bit more about the Gallery, key features and how to get your hands on it in this post.

Take a sneak peek at the first cab of the rank for LocalMaps Version 3.x – the New Beta Gallery. Check out this post to get more info on when the Beta is available and key dates to pop in your diaries. Thanks to all that submitted to our survey feedback form, posted on Geonet and were involved in various other consultations. You have helped us understand your workflows to build a better LocalMaps for everyone.

Check out whats been updated, fixed and added into this minor release for LocalMaps. 

Want to see and learn more about what people are doing with the LocalMaps Reporting? Are you thinking about designing a LIM or PIM for your customers and want some tips? Our new GIS Developer Josh Gore is a bit of a guru in this space and he has put together some great information and examples to get you up and going with LocalMaps Reporting!

Kia Ora LocalMaps Community!

As promised, LocalMaps 2.3.1 is now available - please contact your Eagle Account Manager to learn more about how to get this applied to your LocalMaps Site.

In this release we have focused primarily on quality fixes, addressing some minor bugs and enhancing the quality of the Product. For full details on what has been addressed in 2.3.1 check out our 2.3.1 Patch Release Notes. We have also made some cool changes to the Report table design process - hopefully making things a bit more intuitive and easy to set up!

In addition to this, we have been working hard to provide you more information, Admin FAQ's, User FAQ's and Best practise recommendations to make the most out of your LocalMaps site. These cover various aspects of Web GIS Publishing such as Optimizing Webmaps, Tips for Publishing Services, Optimising for Fast Printing, Optimizing Reporting and a Data decision tree.

Also note that we intend for this to be the last version until v3.0 - the next generation of LocalMaps which will be released in 2021.

Contact your Account manager today for more information!

Nga Mihi,

The LocalMaps Team

Note: Edited 25/09/2020 - 2.3.1 Release Date extended to Thursday 1st Oct.

Hi Everyone,

As hopefully you all know, we have been working this year on a 2.3.1 Quality Patch for LocalMaps! Hopefully you all got to see the updates on LocalMaps and v2.3.1 at the recent Virtual New Zealand Esri User Conference.

If not, no worries - you can watch the Plenary Session here (LocalMaps is at 34.55mins).

Watch the NZEUC 2020 Plenary

This patch has been designed specifically to address some quality updates we wanted to ensure you all had before we focus on the next generation of LocalMaps - Version 3.x due out in 2021.

2.3.1 will be available from Monday 28th September 2020. Thursday 1st Oct. Below is some key information you need to know about this patch, how to get it and where to go for more details come the 1st.

• This is a quality patch focusing on bug fixes, usability refinements and introducing some best practice workflow tips and tricks.
• This patch does not introduce many new enhancements (although we snuck in a few because they were such cool ideas!). Enhancements that have come in since v2.3 have been reviewed and will be addressed for version 3.x and beyond.
• Alongside the release, we will have the following information available on the LocalMaps Help Wiki from the 1st Oct.
  • A detailed list of what has been addressed in 2.3.1.
  • Best practice workflows on:
• Optimizing Webmaps
• Tips for Publishing Services
• Optimizing for Fast Printing
• Optimizing Reporting
• Data decision trees.
• FAQ's & Known Issues
• Troubleshooting Tips

• 2.3.1 is an optional patch, Version 2.3. is our major release and will also be fully supported going forward.

For those eager users out there who want more information now on how to get the patch, pricing and timeframes please contact your Account Manager.

 We will be updating you next week when 2.3.1 is out - so keep an eye out here on Geonet for more information!

Cheers,

The LocalMaps Team