This March, ArcGIS Online has just been updated!

The March 2019 release/update of ArcGIS Online adds many useful new features and enhancements, like an improved account and administration experience, new and enhanced analysis tools, new configurable apps, and lots more. For a more complete description of the March release of ArcGIS Online, read Bern Szukalski’s blog “What’s New In ArcGIS Online (Marhc 2019)” or see the What’s New Help Topic or view all posts related to this March release of ArcGIS Online. 

• Enhanced App Builders – These are Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS and App Studio for ArcGIS. They let you easily create custom apps (no coding required!) and you do not have to be a designer or even a map expert. 

• Mapping and Visualization – Symbol sets have been updated in Map Viewer. The Emergency Management symbol set has been renamed to Public Safety and includes new symbols while the Local Government and State Government symbol sets have been combined into a single Government symbol set and includes new symbols. And, you can now display georeferenced photos on a map. 

• Spatial Analytics – A new tool is Generate Tessellations where you can create bins over a study area; changes in the Elevation Analysis privilege which will not accrue credits when used; and, an updated Browse Layers window. 

• Sharing and Collaboration – You can now specify an item type -  All, Apps, Files, Maps, Layers, Scenes, or Tools – to filter and display content on the Overview and Content tabs. See Edit Group Properties and Settings for more information. 

• ArcGIS Companion – You can now access your organization using ArcGIS Companion for iOS and Android anytime, anywhere. For more information, see What’s New In ArcGIS Companion 2.2 (March 2019). 

• Living Atlas of the World – The OpenStreetMap Vector Basemap is no longer in beta. It can be accessed as one of the standard basemaps in the basemap gallery for organizations that have enable vector basemaps. To learn more, see What’s New With OpenStreetMap Basemap (March 2019). 

• Learn ArcGIS – Learn ArcGIS has recently published new resources, including a webinar on climate change mapping that shows you how you can use ArcGIS Pro to analyze climate data. Likewise, demos shown at the recent 2019 Developer Summit plenary are being published in the Learn By Doing blog series. In addition, several new lessons, from deep learning to search and rescue, to interest rate mapping have been published in the Lesson Gallery. 

• Apps For The Office – ArcGIS Maps for Office, ArcGIS Business Analyst Web, and ArcGIS Earth have all been updated and enhanced. 

• Apps For The Field – Apps for the field – Collector for ArcGIS, Explorer for ArcGIS, Survey 123 – have been updated with several enhancements. 

• ArcGIS Hub – The latest enhancement is the initiative template publisher which allows you to produce unlimited copies of your favorite initiatives so that you can streamline internal processes and projects or assist other organizations by sharing your successful workflows publicly. For more information, see What’s New In ArcGIS Hub (March 2019).  

For additional more, see the What’s New Help Topic or view all posts related to this March release of ArcGIS Online.