What's New in ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online gives users quick and easy access to a set of foundation services for GIS projects and provides a platform to discover and share geographic information.

Bing Maps Now Seamlessly Integrated with ArcGIS

A new agreement between ESRI and Microsoft gives ArcGIS 9.3.1 users seamless access to Bing Maps. ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Explorer users will be able to directly connect to Bing Maps to enhance their GIS projects.

Listen to Directions Media's interview [MP3] with Rob Shanks, senior product manager for ArcGIS Online.

ArcGIS Desktop

• Free, limited annual allotment for users who are current on maintenance
• Annual subscription with unlimited transactions available for purchase

ArcGIS Explorer

• Access to Bing Maps and ability to share transactions as part of an existing ArcGIS Desktop license installed on the same machine

ArcGIS Server

• Built-in 90-day evaluation of Bing Maps, after which an annual, transaction-based subscription can be purchased

New API

Business Analyst Online API

• Build custom Web applications that include
  • Drive-time, ring analysis, and reporting services
  • Demographic data reports
  • World Imagery, World Street Map, and World Geocoding services

Discover and Share Geographic Information

With the new ArcGIS Online Sharing Web application, currently in public beta, users will be able to

• Search for maps published by ESRI, users, and other authoritative data providers.
• Upload maps and register online map services.
• Organize and control access to shared maps.
• Save Web maps as items for others to discover and use.
• Share layers that reference feature or raster data as a single layer package that comprises both the layer file and data.