Check for updates on your iPhone or iPad because the ArcGIS application v2.0 is now available for download! This is a significant release for the ArcGIS application.
Key features of the 2.0 release include:
Popups
The ArcGIS application now fully supports layer popups that you configure using ArcGIS Online. By configuring popups you can define a unique presentation for feature content. Learn the basics of how to configure popups from this ArcGIS Online blog article.
Map Notes and Files
Using ArcGIS Explorer Online or the Javascript Web Map Viewer you can sketch and annotate maps. Those sketches are called Map Notes. With the recent update to ArcGIS Online, spreadsheets (.CSV), text files (.txt), shapefiles (.shp), and GPX files (.gpx) can also be imported into your map as map notes. These map notes are fully supported within the ArcGIS application.
Sharing Maps
In previous releases you could share maps with others via email. We have expanded the capability to share maps to include SMS and social media (facebook, twitter).
Productivity Tools
The ArcGIS application includes several productivity tools inside of the 2.0 release:
- A dynamic legend that displays only the layers visible at the scale of your map
- You can now switch base map layers inside of the application
- Navigate to map bookmarks or to bookmarks within the Contacts application of your iOS device. Also you can create new bookmarks from a tap on the map, your current location, or a GIS feature.
New User Experience
The User Interface of the iOS application has changed. We have removed the tab bar across the bottom of the application to maximize the use of the map and introduced a toolbar at the top of the application to highlight the most frequently used map tools. Significant work was put into designing a native iPad experience. Page transitions give way to forms that pop on top of the map canvas when needed. A slide out control displays the legend alongside the map.
Dateline
The ArcGIS application now support both pan and sketching across the date line.
ArcGIS Portal Integration
Earlier this year, Esri introduced a new product called ArcGIS Portal. In a nutshell, an ArcGIS Portal brings the capabilities of ArcGIS Online to your organization. You can implement an ArcGIS Portal completely behind your firewall. Using the Settings Application you will find the ability to swivel from ArcGIS Online to your own ArcGIS Portal. Please see your Esri representative for details regarding ArcGIS Portal.
Now available in 10 languages!
The ArcGIS application is now available in 10 different languages! English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Russian.
