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The Geospatial Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) symposium, hosted by the American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), is a highly anticipated event for professionals in the transportation industry. This annual symposium provides a platform for government and private-sector individuals to explore the use of GIS in transportation, exchange experiences, witness cutting-edge technology demos, and foster valuable connections. In 2024, GIS-T will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 2-5 at The Westin Peachtree Plaza. Esri, the world leader in the GIS field, will have a significant presence at this conference, particularly our ArcGIS Roads and Highways team. Empowering Transportation Agencies Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, and since 1969 has supported transportation professionals everywhere with the most powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology available, ArcGIS. Transportation agencies have trusted ArcGIS to improve operational efficiency, manage assets, ensure safety, monitor conditions in real-time, consider environmental impact, equity, and sustainability, and build and manage their transportation networks for the future. Esri is pleased to team with AASHTO to sponsor a great opportunity for collaboration, experience sharing, and career education to drive a better and safer transportation system for the nation. Agenda flier: Download a two-sided flier with a complete schedule of all ArcGIS Roads and Highways-related activities at GIS-T. ArcGIS Roads and Highways in Action at GIS-T ArcGIS Roads and Highways, an extension to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise, is a powerful tool designed to assist transportation agencies within state and local governments in effectively managing and maintaining road networks. It allows you to integrate data from multiple linear referencing system networks to get a comprehensive view of your road network and perform dynamic segmentation and other analyses. With ArcGIS Roads and Highways, transportation agencies can streamline their workflows and enhance organizational efficiency. GIS-T is an excellent opportunity to learn from the experts about the challenges that agencies face in managing the nation’s transportation network. The ArcGIS Roads and Highways extension helps in addressing many of these challenges by providing enterprise linear referencing capabilities to ArcGIS. Jay Cary, Product Manager, ArcGIS Roads and Highways Technology Hall: Visit Esri’s booth in the Technology Hall to explore demos and engage with experts who can demonstrate how GIS and Esri products (including ArcGIS Roads and Highways) can effectively address your transportation needs and challenges. Hands-On Learning Lab: One of the key highlights of this year’s GIS-T conference is the ArcGIS Roads and Highways hands-on learning lab. Whether you have a few hours to spare or just a few minutes, the lab is open throughout the conference, offering self-paced exercises that cater to your specific needs. These exercises provide an excellent opportunity to learn about new features and explore various tools. By participating in the learning lab, you can gain valuable insights on how to leverage ArcGIS Roads and Highways to efficiently manage your route and event data. Engaging Tech Talks: In addition to the learning lab, we are thrilled to announce that, for the first time in the history of GIS-T, we will be hosting “tech talks” covering a wide range of topics. These talks aim to provide quick and engaging overviews of specific subjects, sparking your interest and encouraging further discussion. Join us for these informative sessions and expand your knowledge on the latest advancements in road network management. Download the agenda flier to view topics and schedules. We are excited to offer these tech talks on focused topics that are of interest to many of our users. These talks touch on concepts and software functionality that users want to learn more about as they expand their use of Esri software and ArcGIS Roads and Highways within their organizations. Nathan Easley, Product Owner, ArcGIS Roads ad Highways Meet the Product Team: Do you have questions on topics like migrating to ArcGIS Pro, or suggestions for functionality to add to the product roadmap, or challenges you are experiencing with ArcGIS Roads and Highways? Reserve a time slot with experts from the product team. Latest product updates: The ArcGIS Roads and Highways team is currently working on a set of LRS-based widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder. These widgets will provide support for event editing and offer additional functionalities like query, search, and analysis of LRS data. They will serve as a replacement for the Event Editor web application, which will be deprecated with the release of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 in Q2 2024. We strongly recommend that you start planning the transition to these widgets. Read the announcement. One of the tech talks is on this topic and basic exercises on these widgets will be available in the learning lab. That way you can be the first ones to use them and provide feedback. Similarly, the final release of ArcGIS Roadway Reporter web application will be in Q4 2024. We are introducing a next-generation experience in ArcGIS Enterprise (and ArcGIS Pro, if desired) which will enable transportation agencies to create standardized reports using linear referenced data and easily share them with other commonly used applications such as Microsoft PowerBI. This topic will also be presented as a tech talk. We encourage you to attend the presentation and share your feedback and suggestions. We look forward to your active participation in these Tech Talks and your valued contributions to the ongoing improvement of these capabilities. Conclusion Don’t miss out on the opportunity to network with experts, share your experiences and knowledge, witness state-of-the-art software demonstrations, and transform your road network management. Join us at GIS-T in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 2-5, 2024, and discover how to transform your road network management with ArcGIS Roads and Highways. See you there! ... View more

This deprecation announcement is regarding the Event Editor web application included with ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing. Summary of Changes Event Editor is a map-centric web app developed by Esri’s Location Referencing team. It supports linear referencing system (LRS) event management tasks for pipeline customers. As the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.x is scheduled for retirement on July 1st, 2024, the final release of Event Editor will be with ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. This deprecation is part of our efforts to modernize customer workflows and mitigate risks associated with the retirement of ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.x. Deprecation date: Final release of Event Editor is with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 release (Q2 2024). Retirement date: Event Editor follows the same product life cycle support as ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. Transition Recommendations ArcGIS Pro provides LRS event editing tools geared towards experienced GIS professionals. This functionality not only encompasses but also provides additional capabilities than what was available in the Event Editor app. For example, GIS professionals who do a majority of their work in ArcGIS Pro may find the event editing tools in ArcGIS Pro to be a better option over ArcGIS Experience Builder. For non-GIS professionals, the Location Referencing team is developing a series of LRS-based widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder. These widgets support event editing along with additional capabilities for query, search, and analysis of LRS data, and they provide the flexibility to combine what you want into a custom application. The first group of widgets will be released as part of the ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 releases in Q2 2024. Whether it’s transitioning to the LRS tools in ArcGIS Pro or to the widgets, we encourage you to begin planning this process as soon as possible. Impact and Actions For ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing customers currently using ArcGIS Pro-enabled services workflows, we recommend planning your upgrade to ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 (or later) to deploy the ArcGIS Experience Builder-based template application. Before upgrading, please evaluate if event management capabilities in ArcGIS Pro that fulfill the same functions as the Event Editor app. To ensure a smooth transition for your organization detailed instructions for deploying the ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets will be provided. Frequently Asked Questions To address any concerns or queries you may have, we have provided answers to a few commonly asked questions. These cover topics such as the impact on Event Editor, the availability of fixes, the road map for Experience Builder widgets, and more. We encourage you to review this section for further clarification. Will I still be able to run the Event Editor app after July 1, 2024?  Yes, all released versions of Event Editor will continue to work after July 1. While JavaScript 3.x API will be retired, they will continue to work with the versions of supported browsers released on July 1st. Event Editor follows the same product lifecycle as the version of ArcGIS Enterprise it was released with. After July 1, 2024, will any defects found in Event Editor be fixed?  If a defect is found within Event Editor for functionality built by the Location Referencing team, the normal process to identify and fix the defect will be utilized and a patch can be created. For a defect found within JavaScript 3.x API, no fix to the issue will be made. Note that Event Editor defects that can be fixed will continue to be addressed only in supported versions (https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcgis-enterprise/life-cycle). Will all functionality in Event Editor be available in the new Experience Builder widgets?  The initial set of widgets planned for release in Q2 2024 will focus on event editing workflows, including LRS search (by route/measure, coordinate, and offset), LRS Identify, Add Point Event (single or multiple), Add Line Event (single or multiple), Split Event, and Merge Events. Combining these LRS widgets with other widgets provided by the Experience Builder team will allow you to deploy custom event editing applications for a complete event editing experience. More widgets are planned for subsequent ArcGIS Enterprise releases to support additional functions such as query, editing, and analysis of LRS data. Additionally, you can develop your own custom widgets using the ArcGIS Experience Builder Developer Edition and deploy them side by side with the above-mentioned widgets. What is the near-term roadmap for the widgets?  At the next release scheduled for Q4 2024, we will be enhancing existing widgets and adding new widgets for lock/edit session management, upload events in bulk, editable dynamic segmentation table, and straight line diagram generation. Will Event Editor be supported in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise?  The last supported release of Event Editor is ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. Esri will not support Event Editor in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise. What if I want LRS capabilities that are not yet available in the Experience Builder widgets?  Esri will continue to add new features and enhancements in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise. In the meantime, you can continue using Event Editor for features not yet available in the widgets. You can also submit ideas for new features/enhancements via the ArcGIS Ideas site in the Esri Community. ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing Ideas Will Esri provide resources or templates to help me deploy an editing app?  In addition to the templates provided by the ArcGIS Experience Builder team, the Location Referencing team will provide LRS search and LRS event editing templates. These will include widgets that support common workflows to complete query and event editing so that applications can be deployed out of the box. You can utilize these templates as a starting point, then add or remove widgets and rearrange them as desired. Demonstration videos will be available in May 2024 and the widgets will be added to the ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets gallery. For more information about ArcGIS Experience Builder, review the list of widgets available as well as training opportunities. Conclusion We understand that this deprecation may require some adjustments to your workflows, but we believe that the transition to the new ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets will provide a more modern and efficient event management solution. We are committed to supporting you throughout this process and will continue to add new features and enhancements in future releases. If you have any further questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. ... View more

This deprecation announcement is regarding the Event Editor web application included with ArcGIS Roads and Highways. Summary of Changes Event Editor is a map-centric web app developed by Esri’s Location Referencing team. It supports linear referencing system (LRS) event management tasks for transportation customers. As the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.x is scheduled for retirement on July 1st, 2024, the final release of Event Editor will be with ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. This deprecation is part of our efforts to modernize customer workflows and mitigate risks associated with the retirement of ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.x. Deprecation date: Final release of Event Editor is with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 release (Q2 2024). Retirement date: Event Editor follows the same product life cycle support as ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. Transition Recommendations ArcGIS Pro provides LRS event editing tools geared towards experienced GIS professionals. This functionality not only encompasses but also provides additional capabilities than what was available in the Event Editor app. For example, GIS professionals who do a majority of their work in ArcGIS Pro may find the event editing tools in ArcGIS Pro to be a better option over ArcGIS Experience Builder. For non-GIS professionals, the Location Referencing team is developing a series of LRS-based widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder. These widgets support event editing along with additional capabilities for query, search, and analysis of LRS data, and they provide the flexibility to combine what you want into a custom application. The first group of widgets will be released as part of the ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 releases in Q2 2024. Whether it’s transitioning to the LRS tools in ArcGIS Pro or to the widgets, we encourage you to begin planning this process as soon as possible. Impact and Actions If you are an ArcGIS Roads and Highways customer currently using the ArcMap-based extension, we recommend migrating to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise. This is because ArcMap has entered mature support on March 1, 2024. During your migration, we encourage you to evaluate the below options for your LRS event management workflows. Event editing tools in ArcGIS Pro 3.0 and later that offer enhanced capabilities and may be a better fit for GIS professionals who primarily work in ArcGIS Pro. LRS-based widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder to support event editing and other functionalities such as query, search, and analysis. These may be a better fit for non-GIS professionals within your organization. For ArcGIS Roads and Highways customers currently using ArcGIS Pro-enabled services workflows, we recommend planning your upgrade to ArcGIS Pro 3.3 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 (or later) to deploy the ArcGIS Experience Builder-based template application. Before upgrading, please evaluate if event management capabilities in ArcGIS Pro that fulfill the same functions as the Event Editor app. To ensure a smooth transition for your organization detailed instructions for deploying the ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets will be provided. Frequently Asked Questions To address any concerns or queries you may have, we have provided answers to a few commonly asked questions. These cover topics such as the impact on Event Editor, the availability of fixes, the road map for Experience Builder widgets, and more. We encourage you to review this section for further clarification. Will I still be able to run the Event Editor app after July 1, 2024?  Yes, all released versions of Event Editor will continue to work after July 1. While JavaScript 3.x API will be retired, they will continue to work with the versions of supported browsers released on July 1st. Event Editor follows the same product lifecycle as the version of ArcGIS Enterprise it was released with. After July 1, 2024, will any defects found in Event Editor be fixed?  If a defect is found within Event Editor for functionality built by the Location Referencing team, the normal process to identify and fix the defect will be utilized and a patch can be created. For a defect found within JavaScript 3.x API, no fix to the issue will be made. Note that Event Editor defects that can be fixed will continue to be addressed only in supported versions (https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcgis-enterprise/life-cycle). Will all functionality in Event Editor be available in the new Experience Builder widgets?  The initial set of widgets planned for release in Q2 2024 will focus on event editing workflows, including LRS search (by route/measure, coordinate, and offset), LRS Identify, Add Point Event (single or multiple), Add Line Event (single or multiple), Split Event, and Merge Events. Combining these LRS widgets with other widgets provided by the Experience Builder team will allow you to deploy custom event editing applications for a complete event editing experience. More widgets are planned for subsequent ArcGIS Enterprise releases to support additional functions such as query, editing, and analysis of LRS data. Additionally, you can develop your own custom widgets using the ArcGIS Experience Builder Developer Edition and deploy them side by side with the above-mentioned widgets. What is the near-term roadmap for the widgets?  At the next release scheduled for Q4 2024, we will be enhancing existing widgets and adding new widgets for lock/edit session management, upload events in bulk, editable dynamic segmentation table, and straight line diagram generation. Will Event Editor be supported in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise?  The last supported release of Event Editor is ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. Esri will not support Event Editor in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise. What if I want LRS capabilities that are not yet available in the Experience Builder widgets?  Esri will continue to add new features and enhancements in future releases of ArcGIS Enterprise. In the meantime, you can continue using Event Editor for features not yet available in the widgets. You can also submit ideas for new features/enhancements via the ArcGIS Ideas site in the Esri Community. ArcGIS Roads and Highways Ideas Will Esri provide resources or templates to help me deploy an editing app?  In addition to the templates provided by the ArcGIS Experience Builder team, the Location Referencing team will provide LRS search and LRS event editing templates. These will include widgets that support common workflows to complete query and event editing so that applications can be deployed out of the box. You can utilize these templates as a starting point, then add or remove widgets and rearrange them as desired. Demonstration videos will be available in May 2024 and the widgets will be added to the ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets gallery. For more information about ArcGIS Experience Builder, review the list of widgets available as well as training opportunities. Conclusion We understand that this deprecation may require some adjustments to your workflows, but we believe that the transition to the new ArcGIS Experience Builder widgets will provide a more modern and efficient event management solution. We are committed to supporting you throughout this process and will continue to add new features and enhancements in future releases. If you have any further questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. ... View more

Join us at the Esri International Infrastructure Management & GIS Conference (International #IMGIS2024) from April 8–10 in Frankfurt, Germany. Move your organization’s location intelligence forward with GIS and connect with professionals from across industries, such as architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC); electric, gas, and district energy; telecommunications; transportation; and water. ArcGIS Roads and Highways at International #IMGIS2024 The below sessions would be of interest to transportation agencies who are attending IMGIS.  Linear Referencing - Building a System of Record for Roads, Pipelines and Rail Tuesday, Apr 9 | 14:30 - 15:30 CEST | Meridian 2 This insightful technical session will provide an introduction to Linear Referencing and will cover how to locate and analyze events along linear assets like roads, pipelines, and railways. The new road database “SIB-Bayern” for Bavaria’s State Building Administration Tuesday, Apr 9 | 15:45 - 16:45 CEST | Satellit   Bavaria's State Building Administration launches its new road database, SIB-BAYERN, built with ArcGIS Roads and Highways. This will serve as their primary system for road and event editing, data analysis, and sharing information across the agency. Join their user presentation to learn more.  ... View more

This deprecation announcement is regarding ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic). The final release of ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) is scheduled for Q4 2024, at the release of ArcGIS Pro 3.4/ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4. The final releases will be supported until Q4 2027, as established in the ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise Product Support Lifecycle policy. What components are being deprecated? ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) extensions for ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Enterprise along with Workflow Manager (Classic) Pro Admin will be deprecated in Q4 2024. The components being deprecated are: Workflow Manager (Classic) server extension: ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 Workflow Manager (Classic) Pro Admin: ArcGIS Pro 3.4 Workflow Manager (Classic) extension (view/connection) in Pro: ArcGIS Pro 3.4 Why is (Classic) being deprecated? ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) is a geodatabase-centric product built to support the management of desktop processes and data management needs. It was initially an extension for ArcMap and ArcGIS Server, which evolved to support ArcGIS Pro. Since then, technology trends have moved largely toward web and mobile processes. This led to the product being redesigned and rearchitected in the summer of 2020 to support a service-centric deployment. Since then, we have been building functionality to achieve parity with Workflow Manager (Classic) to enable existing (Classic) customers to easily modernize their ArcGIS environment and transition over to the service-based Workflow Manager. We are happy to report that at the upcoming release of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 / Pro 3.2, there will be equivalency for major functionality between (Classic) and Workflow Manager. Note: ArcGIS Workflow Manager or Workflow Manager refers to the newer, service-based deployment. When (Classic) is added at the end of the product name, it refers to the old, geodatabase-centric deployment. How does the deprecation impact me? The deprecation affects those customers who have a (Classic) implementation in ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Server. The final release of ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) in Q4 2024 will follow the ArcGIS Pro 3.4 and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 product support lifecycle. This means no new features or enhancements will be built in (Classic) following this release and it will be retired/out of support in Q4 2027. The ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) ArcMap extension will be retired when ArcMap support ends in March 2026. Workflows and workflow services created in (Classic) will not be accessible or used beyond the Q4 2024 release (ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 / ArcGIS Pro 3.5 and after). We recommend that you begin planning your transition to ArcGIS Workflow Manager soon. Otherwise, you would have to stay on ArcGIS Pro 3.4/ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 to continue using (Classic)-built workflows. See Next Steps section below for details. What is service-based ArcGIS Workflow Manager? The vision behind building ArcGIS Workflow Manager with a service-based architecture is to allow organizations to orchestrate seamless end-to-end workflows across the entire ArcGIS ecosystem. Whether processes take people from the web to mobile, to desktop or through purely automated activities and out again, Workflow Manager acts as the glue to combining ArcGIS technology. The new architecture also enables organizations to scale and support integration with other Esri products and with third-party systems. It provides all major functionality that was available in the older, geodatabase-based ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) extensions, plus additional capabilities. ArcGIS Workflow Manager is licensed as an organizational capability server in ArcGIS Enterprise or as an organizational extension in ArcGIS Online. There are two license levels—Standard and Advanced. An optional ArcGIS Pro extension is available as well. Talk to your Esri account manager about license migration options available based on how you have licensed (Classic) today. What are my next steps? Those currently using ArcGIS Workflow Manager (Classic) are highly encouraged to develop a transition plan to move to the service-based Workflow Manager. This plan should include an implementation of the Workflow Manager capability server (Enterprise) or organizational extension (Online), a redesign of existing workflows, configuration of the workflow item(s), and knowledge transfer. Professional Services experts are available to help with transition efforts. Note we are using the word transition instead of upgrade or migration because: Organizations will need to (newly) implement the Workflow Manager organizational capability, including a new license model Redesign/re-configure existing workflows built in (Classic) While the deprecation does not affect those who are using (Classic) in ArcMap, we still recommend that you transition to the service-based Workflow Manager as support for ArcMap ends in March 2026. Read the Understanding the Services-Driven Architecture and Best Practices for Transitioning blog. ... View more

Download the ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing focused agenda flier. Read the blog for details.  ... View more

Calling hydrographic offices, ports, navies, transportation agencies, and water law enforcement organizations (coast guard, harbor patrols, port police, etc.)… Attached you will find a focused agenda for maritime and bathymetry activities at the UC. Read the blog for details.  ... View more

Administering and maintaining an enterprise GIS can sometimes be challenging, especially if an organization does not have IT expertise, or as the enterprise GIS capabilities scale and grow over time. It is important to ensure the enterprise GIS has quality system performance and health, in order to minimize and prevent system downtime. GIS managers and administrators can use ArcGIS Monitor for holistic monitoring of ArcGIS Enterprise and its underlying infrastructure. Monitor collects data and information on an enterprise GIS deployment and provides alerting, notifications, and reporting capabilities. It enables managers and administrators to proactively manage ArcGIS Enterprise and ensures it effectively supports business workflows (from an IT perspective). What is ArcGIS Monitor? ArcGIS Monitor helps operate and manage ArcGIS Enterprise implementations by providing actionable insights into system health, performance, and usage. Monitor allows you to: Allocate appropriate system resources Collect quantitative metrics on enterprise GIS assets Investigate performance issues Scale the system; justify system resource requests Improve communication among GIS, IT, business, and management stakeholders The ArcGIS Monitor team is excited to announce the release of ArcGIS Monitor 2023, a next generation release with a completely new architecture and internal framework. Feature highlights include: Redesigned and improved UI/UX experience Installation support on Windows and Linux Internal repository uses PostgreSQL; no longer based on MongoDB Register and monitor enterprise GIS resources such as: hosts, databases, geodatabases, GIS servers, web services, and enterprise portals as components Dynamically organize components via collections based on business needs Labeling allows flexible annotation of monitored components Improved and more flexible data metrics display capabilities Additional configuration options when setting up alerts, notifications, and incidents Subscribe to events and transmit them via email or webhooks via notifications Register enterprise GIS resources as components View data metrics on your enterprise GIS assets (for example GIS servers) Organizations, irrespective of the size of their deployment, who want to: better manage their ArcGIS Enterprise deployments; ensure their systems are working efficiently and optimally; and proactively manage their enterprise GIS to mitigate system downtime; should take advantage of ArcGIS Monitor. Its comprehensive capabilities are uniquely tailored to work with ArcGIS and can fit into any organization’s existing monitoring ecosystem. Organizations across multiple industries are already leveraging ArcGIS Monitor for their ArcGIS Enterprise performance management. Read ArcGIS Monitor success stories.  City of Calgary  Houston Public Works  Stark County, Ohio  Forsyth County, Georgia  City of Round Rock, Texas  Rochester and Moorhead Public Services (ArcWatch)  EnerjiSA (video)  To learn more and connect with us about ArcGIS Monitor 2023, please visit: Product Page Documentation FAQ Content Author: Derek Law, Sr. Product Manager ... View more

If you attended the recent Esri User Conference, whether in person or virtually, we hope you enjoyed your experience. In case you missed the “ArcGIS Maritime: What’s New” demo theater session, here is a recap. Our agenda included three key topics: An overview of the next-generation bathymetry tools What’s new in ArcGIS Maritime since the 2021 user conference New opportunities and applications of ArcGIS Maritime @MeredithPayne1, product owner for ArcGIS Bathymetry, introduced new features planned for the ArcGIS Pro 3.1 release,  including geoprocessing tools for Bathymetric Information System (BIS) administration and data management. A demo of the web app for data exploration and extraction was also shared, along with a quick look at the road map for this completely redesigned ArcGIS Bathymetry product. @TomDePuyt, product owner for ArcGIS Maritime server extension, presented a list of new features released between the last quarter of 2021 and July of this year. Some key features include the ability to generate Inland ENC (IENC) and bathymetric IENC products, support for DNC and TOD, updates to the Custom Chart Builder application, and new features in the roadmap. The Esri Maritime team has been making tremendous progress in the effort to extend our maritime products beyond charting. The session concluded with a discussion around how numerous organizations are integrating web services published by ArcGIS Maritime server extension into web and mobile applications to support a wide range of activities, including whale alerts, wind energy development, search and rescue operations, and marine conservation.   Download the slides Help Esri influence the direction of our maritime products Interested in geo-enabling your hydrographic (specifically bathymetric) data for efficient data exploration and modeling in a GIS environment? Provide your feedback and influence the building of a next-generation bathymetric product. If you’d like to help the ArcGIS Maritime product team prioritize new features and capabilities in the product roadmap, please complete this feedback survey. Have questions? Comment below or email us at maritime@esri.com. ... View more

A new version of ArcGIS Workflow Manager is now available. The theme of this release is better integration and more customization capabilities. Below are a few highlights. Our blog article and documentation provide a comprehensive list.   New and Enhanced Step Templates  The new Advanced Assignment step allows you to automatically assign a subsequent step to a specific user or group while the new Claim Version step supports workflows that involve version management. The Send Web Request has been updated to make it easier to seamlessly drive your workflows from any third-party system.   Read blog article on Advanced Assignment  Read blog article on Claim Version  Read blog article on enhancements to Send Web Request   Webhooks  ArcGIS Workflow Manager has improved cross-application communications by allowing you to process information from incoming webhooks to automatically create jobs from a specified job template.   Developer Tools  Workflow Manager has added documentation for the new JavaScript API, making it easier for developers to build custom maps and widgets.   UC Recap  If you joined us at the recently concluded Esri User Conference, we hope that you enjoyed the experience. In case you were unable to attend our technical workshop, be sure to watch the recording (requires login or registration). Product Survey Would you like to contribute to the future of ArcGIS Workflow Manager? Please complete this survey to share your feedback.   Please reach out to workflowmanager@esri.com for any question. ... View more

Esri User Conference 2022 returns to San Diego! We have prepared a focused agenda for ArcGIS Maritime and ArcGIS Bathymetry to help you navigate the hundreds of sessions and activities being offered. First, is a brief overview of the product and the benefits it offers. What are ArcGIS Maritime and ArcGIS Bathymetry? ArcGIS Maritime allows you to produce and maintain IHO S-57, S-100, and S-4 standards-compliant nautical products through fully automated desktop tools. These authoritative datasets can then be made available as web services and can be included in other applications to support a variety of needs such as analysis and situational awareness. ArcGIS Bathymetry is a geospatially enabled bathymetric data management, visualization, and dissemination solution that supports a broad range of data types and provides tools for streamlined data access and quick generation of custom bathymetric surfaces. To make the agenda easier to navigate, we have added a curated set of sessions and activities that are most important to maritime customers in this downloadable flier.  ... View more

The ArcGIS Maritime product team needs your help! Are you interested in contributing towards building new features in ArcGIS Maritime? Provide your feedback by completing this 5-min survey. Your answers will support defining our road map!  ... View more

Do you work with hydrographic data?  The ArcGIS Bathymetry team would like your feedback to help build a next generation product for managing bathymetric and associated information. Take this survey to let us know what features you would like to see in the future. ... View more

Esri User Conference 2022 returns to San Diego! We have prepared a focused agenda for ArcGIS Workflow Manager to help you navigate the hundreds of sessions and activities being offered. First, is a brief overview of Workflow Manager and the benefits it offers. What is ArcGIS Workflow Manager? ArcGIS Workflow Manager is a scalable workflow management system that optimizes GIS and non-GIS operations by managing, in real time, people, processes, and products in an organization’s enterprise environment. Workflow Manager’s service-driven architecture allows the orchestration of seamless end-to-end workflows within and outside the ArcGIS ecosystem. What are the benefits of ArcGIS Workflow Manager? Workflow Manager provides a web app to design and manage work, an ArcGIS Pro extension for advanced editing workflows in desktop, and APIs for extensibility. Workflow Manager is a no-code/low-code that can be easily adapted to fit any organization’s needs. It includes a model-builder like user interface with out-of-the-box step templates, Arcade integration, support for geoprocessing services for custom steps, and web hooks for integrating with other systems. Some of the benefits are: Real time status and metrics on work performed Improved data quality through centralized work management Increased user satisfaction and productivity through automation Improved knowledge transfer by capturing business tradecraft Ability to combine steps to form trusted, standardized processes Provides a geographic approach with the ability to use work’s location for analysis and reporting Integrated tightly with ArcGIS technology and with other systems in your organization, making it easy to use and feels like one system Read on to find out about sessions, showcase details, and appointments with Esri experts at the upcoming User Conference. Technical Workshop - ArcGIS Workflow Manager: An Introduction  Tuesday, July 12th at 2.30 PM PDT  Offered in-person in SDCC – Ballroom 06E as well as streamed live   This session provides a general overview of the capabilities of Workflow Manager along with demos on how to streamline digital data submission and branch versioned data editing process for Utility Network, Parcel Fabric, and Linear Referencing workflows.   Technical Workshop - ArcGIS Workflow Manager: Automating your Production Processes  Wednesday, July 13th at 2.30 PM PDT  Offered in-person in SDCC – Room 30C  This session discusses how to automate data ingestion, analysis, and aggregation of frequent data contribution workflows using advanced capabilities in Workflow Manager. This includes step and job scheduling, web hook integration, and sending web requests.  Demo Theater - ArcGIS Workflow Manager: Configuration and Deployment  Wednesday, July 13th at 11.15 AM PDT  Offered in-person in SDCC – Expo Demo Theater 10   Learn how to get started with setting up and using ArcGIS Workflow Manager, starting from planning the deployment to logging in for the first time. Can’t attend a session or have more questions? Meet with a Workflow Manager expert at the ArcGIS Enterprise Showcase on the ground level, Exhibit Hall B, during these times. Tuesday, July 12th 9 AM-6 PM PDT Wednesday, July 13th 9 AM-6 PM PDT Thursday, July 14th 9 AM-4 PM PDT Workflow Diagramming Appointment New this year, we are offering one-on-one, 45-min appointments with an Esri Workflow Manager implementation expert to brainstorm diagramming your daily processes. Be sure to sign up and schedule a time to learn how to automate and standardize your work. After you submit the appointment request form, an Esri representative will reach out with details. On the day of your appointment, bring a current or future workflow use case and the Esri expert will walk you through building your workflow in ArcGIS Workflow Manager. This is an opportunity to get a high-level overview on automating steps and documenting your repeatable processes. You will take back to your organization valuable guidance on a path forward for developing your workflow. Resources Visit the ArcGIS Workflow Manager product page Discover resources to get you started Connect with the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Community Check out the Workflow Manager Learning Plan on Esri Academy Access Workflow Manager documentation Watch demos of Workflow Manager See you in San Diego! ... View more