{"id":4776,"date":"2015-04-06T08:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T15:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2015-04-06T08:16:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T15:16:42","slug":"understanding-arcgis-pro","status":"publish","type":"insider","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/understanding-arcgis-pro","title":{"rendered":"Understanding ArcGIS Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esri\u2019s ArcGIS Pro<\/a> has reinvented desktop GIS. That may seem like a bold statement, but when you understand why it was built, you see that it is true. It was designed and built from the ground up to fit the needs of the modern GIS professional based on input from the GIS community. In order to meet the requirements that were put forth by the worldwide community, Esri had to start fresh with a completely new architecture and lay a solid foundation that would allow performance and experience to be the guide. This is why a new application was needed, a reinvention based on your ideas and needs, and this is why ArcGIS Pro exists.
\nArcGIS Pro is a truly 64-bit desktop application that takes advantage of your modern hardware for maximum performance and smooth map and 3D scene displays. It has a vibrant, contextual interface that serves you with the right tools at the right time, and anyone who has spent time looking for tools knows, this is fantastic. You can now do exciting new things like design and edit in 2D and 3D in one place, work with multiple displays and layout designs, and publish finished web maps directly to ArcGIS Online<\/a> or Portal for ArcGIS<\/a>.
\nArcGIS Pro can work side-by-side with ArcMap so there is no need to pick one over the other. The fundamental principle is you do the heavy work with the power of desktop software yet you can easily connect to people within your organization or throughout the world. This way, your work, co-workers, stakeholders, clients and the public are all at your fingertips. Lastly, because ArcGIS Pro is a central and integrated part of the ArcGIS platform<\/a>, you get the scalability you need to be individually successful and drive success for your organization.
\nSo come explore your new GIS maker-space! There are a ton of new features and capabilities that have been engineered into ArcGIS Pro, if you haven\u2019t had a chance to learn about the nuts and bolts, there is a wealth of knowledge to be found at pro.arcgis.com<\/a>.
\nHere are some excerpts (with links) from the site:
\nBuild GIS projects<\/strong>
\nArcGIS Pro organizes the resources that you use to do your work into projects<\/a>. A project contains maps, layouts, layers, tables, tasks, tools, and connections to servers, databases, folders, and styles. Projects can also incorporate content from your organization’s portal or ArcGIS Online<\/a>.
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You can automate everything.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou can build your own project from scratch or start by opening a project template<\/a> created by Esri or others in the community. You can find and add content from a folder, a portal, or ArcGIS Online by browsing or searching by keywords<\/a>. Use basic item descriptions or standards-based metadata<\/a> to make it easier to find information. When you want to share your project, you can create project templates<\/a> for others to use as a starting point or package the project and its data<\/a>.
\nVisualize your data<\/strong>
\nMaps and scenes<\/a> are the canvases on which you display your spatial data\u2014maps display 2D data, and scenes are a type of map that displays 3D data<\/a>. You can store as many maps as you need in the same project, and you can open multiple maps at once and view them side by side. This means you can look at the same data in 2D and 3D simultaneously. ArcGIS Pro has built-in navigation functions and keyboard and mouse shortcuts<\/a> that allow you to explore.
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Visualize data in unique ways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTo author a map or a scene in a project, you add layers to it<\/a>. You can add a layer to multiple maps; for example, you might use the same imagery basemap as the underlying backdrop for many maps. Layers have properties<\/a> that allow you to set how their content is displayed, including the symbols used to draw the data<\/a>. To display your data in a printable or exportable format, you can create layouts<\/a> in your project.
\nEdit geographic data<\/strong>
\nYou can visualize the layers you are editing in both 2D and 3D so you can see your features from all perspectives. Editing involves creating, updating, and maintaining geospatial information<\/a> that is stored and organized in layers. You can create new features in a layer<\/a> by drawing them in a map and assigning attributes<\/a> to define their characteristics, and update existing features to reflect their current condition based on newly acquired data or information that comes from the field. Use snapping<\/a> and specified constraints to guarantee that features are precisely connected to each other and are created at the proper dimensions.
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Create 2D maps and 3D scenes together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPerform analysis and geoprocessing<\/strong>
\nGeoprocessing provides a suite of tools for performing spatial analysis and managing GIS data in an automated way. A typical tool performs an operation on a dataset and creates a resulting output dataset. When you find the right geoprocessing tool<\/a>, you specify input and output dataset locations, adjust additional parameters that affect the process, and run the tool. In addition to the tools that are built into ArcGIS Pro, you can create custom tools<\/a>.
\nModelBuilder<\/a> is a visual language that allows you to create a diagram or model of your spatial analysis or data management process. This model is composed of graphical elements representing geoprocessing tools, data layers, and other variables and functions. Python<\/a> is the scripting language of ArcGIS. ArcGIS includes a Python API known as ArcPy<\/a>, which gives you access to all geoprocessing tools as well as an exhaustive suite of scripting functions that help you automate GIS tasks.
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Tools are easy to find.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou can view the geoprocessing and spatial analysis history<\/a> of your project so that you can easily run tools that were previously run in the project with the same or modified settings and better understand the process that created a layer in your map. Geoprocessing history is key to sharing a geoprocessing tool, as you can share any tool that has been run successfully and entered into the project geoprocessing history.
\nShare your work<\/strong>
\nSharing your work is an important part of ArcGIS Pro. You can share everything from entire projects to maps, layers, and other components of your work. You can share maps from your project as web maps<\/a>. Web maps can be reused within ArcGIS Pro as well as across the ArcGIS platform, and they can be viewed in browsers and on mobile devices.
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Create global views.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSharing by packaging<\/a> creates a compressed file containing GIS data. Packaging is how you share complete projects or layers with others.
\nGet started today<\/strong>
\nArcGIS Pro is a new part of ArcGIS for Desktop and as such is available as a part of your current maintenance subscription<\/a>. The licensing for ArcGIS Pro is managed via your ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS account. If you would like to give it a try, a 60-day free trial<\/a> is available. ArcGIS Pro is also included as a part of the ArcGIS for Home Use<\/a> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","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":[275952],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnderstanding ArcGIS Pro<\/title>\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\/insider\/understanding-arcgis-pro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Understanding ArcGIS Pro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Esri\u2019s ArcGIS Pro has reinvented desktop GIS. 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