{"id":202652,"date":"2019-01-18T08:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=202652"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:08:27","slug":"the-best-of-arcgis-10-2","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/the-best-of-arcgis-10-2","title":{"rendered":"The Best of ArcGIS 10.2"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10382],"tags":[178702,157432,323022,1351,134012],"arcwatch_issues":[293422],"class_list":["post-202652","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri-technology","tag-analysis","tag-arcgis","tag-arcgis-10-2","tag-portal-for-arcgis","tag-security","arcwatch_issues-september-2013","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"Improved analysis, better security, and new data conversion tools are among the top reasons Esri solution engineer James Tedrick cites...","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":null,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195342,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri's\u00a0ArcGIS 10.2<\/a>\u00a0release gives you better and easier ways to manage, analyze, and secure your data and host your web maps. Here are six great reasons to use ArcGIS 10.2:\r\n

No. 1: New Data Conversion Tools<\/h3>\r\nWhether you want to bring data into ArcGIS or export it to another system, it's now easier than ever to work with a wide array of data formats. New geoprocessing tools automate the process of importing and exporting native Excel spreadsheets. This automates data analysis and gives you the ability to analyze and share GIS data using ArcGIS or Excel. New JSON conversion tools for web developers will produce JSON-formatted data that you can quickly export and use in web applications.\r\n

No. 2: Improved Analysis<\/h3>\r\nNew tools make conducting analysis simpler to do. ArcGIS 10.2 streamlines complex, multistep workflows with the addition of data analysis tools such as the Optimized Hot Spot tool. You can use this tool to identify spatial outliers, calculate the appropriate scale of analyses, and generate statistically valid hot spots. It also automatically aggregates point events into gridded hot spots. This simplifies your work and creates statistically significant analysis automatically."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195332,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195322,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"As an ArcGIS for Desktop user, you can now access\u00a0ArcGIS Online<\/a>\u00a0and use the analytical capabilities that Esri's cloud resources provide (ArcGIS for Desktop licenses now include a subscription to ArcGIS Online for Organizations.) These ready-to-use services are available through the Catalog window. For example, you can do network analysis using Esri's\u00a0World Traffic Service<\/a>, which includes historic, real time and predictive traffic data for many parts of the world including traffic flow and accidents.\r\n

No. 3: Improved Security<\/h3>\r\nData security is always a top priority. ArcGIS now supports public key infrastructure (PKI) identity management to secure services. This means that ArcGIS can access the authorizations from smart cards provided by your IT department instead of logging in with user names and passwords."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195312,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195292,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

No. 4: Hosted Services Using Portal for ArcGIS<\/h3>\r\nPortal for ArcGIS<\/a>\u00a0can now host services, just as ArcGIS Online does. You publish the services not only using ArcGIS for Desktop but also from other apps such as Excel using\u00a0Esri Maps for Office<\/a>. The services can then be shared and managed through Portal for ArcGIS and removed automatically when deleted.\r\n

No. 5: Esri Solutions<\/h3>\r\nEsri's many solution templates make it easy to get started with specific workflows such as editing parcel information, identifying helicopter landing zones, and making special-event operational plans,. These templates include map documents and data structures as well as sample data so you can quickly learn the workflow. You can find the templates in the\u00a0ArcGIS Resource Center<\/a>, where they are organized by industry.\r\n\r\nTools, samples, and web applications also are now available at the\u00a0Esri GitHub site<\/a>, a social coding website. From there, you can download the code for a project or copy the project to your own GitHub account. This makes it easy for you to get started with a web mapping project or customize one of Esri's applications."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195302,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":195282,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

No. 6: Improved Performance of ArcGIS for Desktop<\/h3>\r\nAt ArcGIS 10.2, spatial indexes for LAS files are automatically calculated. This improves the performance of analytical operations with large datasets stored on network shares. Many geoprocessing tools, like Weighted Overlay, have been rewritten to take advantage of all available processors so complex analyses are performed more quickly.\u00a0Read more<\/a>\u00a0about all the new features in ArcGIS 10.2.\u00a0Watch this video<\/a>\u00a0by Jim McKinney and James Tedrick, recorded at the 2013 Esri International User Conference, where they go into greater detail about the improvements in ArcGIS 10.2."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"\nThe Best of ArcGIS 10.2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Improved analysis, better security, and new data conversion tools are among the top reasons Esri solution engineer James Tedrick cites...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/the-best-of-arcgis-10-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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