ArcGIS Excalibur is a focused web-based imagery analysis application for working with imagery, video, and maps. It offers a simplified search and discovery experience, making it easy to publish and access imagery. You can create mark ups and measurements, count objects, detect changes, and apply image enhancements with built-in analysis tools and ready-to-use workflows, all in one place. Share your results as reports or dashboards with others to support informed decision-making.
Previously only offered within ArcGIS Enterprise, we are happy to announce that ArcGIS Excalibur is now available as a beta in ArcGIS Online, with a full public release planned in the upcoming months!
Included in the ArcGIS Excalibur beta release within ArcGIS Online:
- Deep learning integration
- Identify changes in imagery
- Imagery clip tool
- Batch chipping with the Chip Observations tool
Deep learning integration
Leverage a curated set of out-of-the-box Object Detection and Pixel Classification models in your Excalibur projects to automate the way you extract meaningful insights from imagery. These models can be applied to imagery layers, generating output layers that are available for further analysis and QA/QC workflows.
Identify changes in imagery
Gain the ability to detect changes in imagery with visual or calculated comparisons in Excalibur effortlessly. The Detect Change tool allows you to quickly perform automated client-side pixel-based comparisons between two images. As an addition to manually comparing two images of the same location taken at different times, you can now simply select images from the image metadata table, and the tool will automatically analyze and highlight any changes between two images.
The Detect Change tool can be used in a wide range of applications, from identifying changes in activity to monitoring urban development. It makes it easier to detect if objects have been moved, are missing, or require attention. For example, if you are a city planner evaluating land use changes over time, using the Detect Change tool along with other comparison tools in ArcGIS Excalibur will help you effectively pinpoint alterations in land cover or new developments.
Imagery clip tool
Easily clip imagery using the Clip raster function. This tool lets you extract specific portions of a raster dataset, creating a new raster layer that focuses exclusively on the selected area. The Clip raster function is extremely helpful for handling large imagery layers, as it helps you focus on the relevant area and significantly cuts down on image size. By incorporating this feature into your workflow, you can significantly enhance your analysis capabilities and streamline your imagery processing.
Batch chipping with the Chip Observations tool
Create image chips for a single observation or multiple observations through a streamlined workflow—now with the Chip Observations tool. This enhancement automatically calculates and attaches image chips for all selected observations based on your area of interest. Batch chipping provides a visual context for observations, allowing you to see just the portion of the image that the observation was originally collected on.
These image chips can offer enhanced context for inspections, allowing for deeper insights into the subjects being analyzed. For example, if you are a logistics manager that is tracking the activity or movement of vessels, using the Chip Observations tool will help you effectively identify specific details, such as alphanumeric codes or unique vessel names. This targeted visual information enables you to efficiently focus on the characteristics that matter most to your operations.
Join the ArcGIS Excalibur Early Adopter Program
For more information on how you can get access to ArcGIS Excalibur within ArcGIS Online, visit the Early Adopter Program (EAC): ArcGIS Excalibur page.
Early Adopter Community (EAC) – a place for you to share your experiences with Esri development teams and gain access to additional resources, such as a getting started tutorial, FAQs, and updates on features and functionalities.
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Thank you for all these improvements. The Theme Builder seems to have disappeared with this new version. Or maybe it can be found somewhere else? Documentation for theme development (https://developers.arcgis.com/experience-builder/guide/theme-development/) still indicates that it can be found at https://experience.arcgis.com/theme-builder/page/default/?views=variables, but that results in a page that simply states Not Found.
Hi, Dave This is Yiwei from the Experience Builder. The theme builder has been removed in favor of the Storybook environment that will be available with the developer version 1.1 later this month. The reasons for doing so are: 1. the current theme builder serves merely as a UI reference for developers and can be replaced by the more powerful Storybook, and 2. Internally, we need to re-evaluate the theme builder itself Sorry for the inconsistency between the latest online build of ExB versus the developer doc. The doc will be updated along with new docs on how to use… Read more »
Thanks, Yiwei! I look forward to hearing more about Storybook.
What is the version number of this update? When will the developer edition of this version be available for download? Will we be able to migrate our previous work with the developer edition to the new version (and if so, will there be any breaking changes)?
Hi Dave,
Dev edition 1.1, planned on 7/23, will pick up new features from this online edition update. You should be able to migrate apps built with the current 1.0 version to 1.1. An upgrade doc will be provided.
Thanks, Jianxia!
I am unclear regarding: “More data types are now supported, including a map service as a group layer.” I was able to add an ArcGIS Server Web Service group layer as a URL data source in ExBuilder. The same group layer could not be added into a web map using Map Viewer Classic. Is there any way to use group layers in the map widget (and the map layers widget so users can turn groups on and off)? I have heard Map Viewer Beta will support group layers (perhaps this summer), but I have not heard anything about using Map… Read more »
In the previous version, when you added a map service with sublayers, Experience Builder (ExB) added each sublayer in as individual layer in Data tab other than grouped sublayers under its parent as this version does. If you have a group layer in Map Viewer Beta and bring the map in ExB, the Map layers widge will display the group layer automatically because both Map Viewer Beta and ExB are built on JSAPI 4.
Is it recommended that we use Map Viewer Beta with production Experience Builder applications?
No, I would not recommend any beta software in the production.
Wow, that’s a lot of new stuff! Super happy to see the copy/paste for widgets.
Thank you for the added functionality to Experience Builder. I did notice that I see a message, ‘Upgraded from previous config’ listed under my data in the List widget. This only seems to appear for web experiences created before this latest update. Is this from the new Data View portion of the update? Is this expected?
Thank you
Jillian
Sorry for the delay. Yes, it is from the data view and is expected. Specifically, when the widget was configured with data that has any filters, sort fields, etc. in the previous version, the data source it connected to becomes (“is upgraded to”) a data view by default in the current version. We should have clarified it.