November 2026, Vol.48, No.4
UNESCO protects World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves, and Global Geoparks. A new app helps monitor risk and respond to threats.
Welcome to the new ArcNews. The GIS community has evolved, and we’re evolving with you.
Learn about animal migration routes, Gaussian splatting, a busy port’s digital twin, and much more via these stories from Esri publications.
New web services show flood impact for the first time, Esri introduces ArcGIS for ServiceNow, and 2,000 cities get high-resolution imagery.
Land management is often disconnected between communities. OpenPlanMap, a new initiative from Esri, aims to bring these plans together.
ArcGIS user types align with specific workflows and privileges. Here’s how to make sure everyone in your organization has the right one.
Explore new ways to automate your GIS workflows—no matter how much programming experience you have.
In southern Africa, collecting consistent and reliable data about human-wildlife incidents is a crucial conservation task.
Learn how a collaborative effort has transformed static records into dynamic, interactive geographic data.
Mapping the cave systems that channel Florida’s groundwater is costly and dangerous. The solution? A specialized robot.
With AI-powered image and text analysis in ArcGIS, you can turn photographs and reports into structured spatial information.
Regardless of your coding experience level, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript brings flexibility, scalability, and power to your apps.
With nearly 1,000 GIS data layers representing everything from hydrology and soils to wildlife and infrastructure, it is publicly available.
This field has long been risk-averse. The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis wants it to embrace bigger ideas.
For Haukapuanui Vercoe, Indigenous knowledge, engineering analysis, and ArcGIS technology come together to protect Māori meeting grounds.
Maps and music appear to have little in common. But comparing the two reveals something fundamental about how maps work.
The technology requires human expertise and stewardship. This vision must steer how GIS practitioners make use of AI.
GISCorps founder Shoreh Elhami has always asked the GIS community to show up for the world. Now, GISCorps needs someone to show up for it.
Clark University and USC have created a first-of-its-kind credential: the Doctor of Geospatial Leadership. Applications are open.
To run a GIS program in the era of agentic AI, leaders must hone new skills. Here’s what it takes to make your organization AI-ready.
Get a first look at Geowater and explore other new titles, including Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Business Analyst.
GIS professionals solve problems with data, science, and experience. They must create a collective intelligence for a sustainable future.
Advance your field GIS skills, join a live training seminar, and enhance your professional credibility with Esri certifications.
