{"id":1425762,"date":"2021-12-07T18:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T02:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1425762"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:14:21","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-production-mapping-and-arcgis-defense-mapping","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/whats-new-in-arcgis-production-mapping-and-arcgis-defense-mapping","title":{"rendered":"What’s new in ArcGIS Production Mapping and ArcGIS Defense Mapping"},"author":13131,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,24641,22941],"tags":[765402,765392,23591,780830,766732],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36561],"class_list":["post-1425762","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-defense","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-defense-mapping","tag-arcgis-production-mapping","tag-arcgis-server","tag-arcgis-topographic-mapping","tag-topographic-production","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn about the latest capabilities for ArcGIS Production Mapping and ArcGIS Defense Mapping at ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Welcome to another release of ArcGIS Production Mapping and ArcGIS Defense Mapping. The Production Mapping extension optimizes geographic information system (GIS) production to the way your organization works by ensuring consistent workflows through map production automation. It provides tools to efficiently perform database maintenance, improve quality control for data and map products, and provide managers insight into the status of the work in their organization. The Defense Mapping extension takes it one step further and streamlines GIS production for defense mapping agencies and contractors to support mission-critical applications with tools for data collection and attribution, data validation, and production of standardized defense data.<\/p>\n

ArcGIS Production Mapping and ArcGIS Defense Mapping updates to ArcGIS Pro 2.9<\/h2>\n

This release has seen multiple new geoprocessing tools, some of which are functionalities that were previously available in ArcMap.<\/p>\n

At ArcGIS Pro 2.9, the cross-reference geodatabase that the Load Data<\/a> tool uses to map source data to target data can be created using the Create Cross-Reference Geodatabase<\/a> tool.<\/p>\n

The Generate Spot Heights<\/a> tool has two new parameters that help refine the appearance of the spot heights so that they are optimized for print and display at the specified scale.<\/p>\n

Topological errors, known as pseudo nodes, occur when the endpoint of one line touch the endpoint of only one other line. The new Merge Lines By Pseudo Node<\/a> tool fixes these errors by dissolving features where pseudo nodes occur. This is particularly useful for depicting true intersections versus overpasses\/underpasses.<\/p>\n

When it comes to topographic mapping production workflows, you can create a collection of tasks known as a Task Group and base it off of the properties of an existing job using the new Create Task Group Jobs<\/a> tool. It also determines what types of task group jobs and how many need to be created, once another job is completed. The new Set Task Group Dependencies<\/a> tool creates dependencies between a job and other existing task group jobs based on the criteria defined in the extended properties. It determines if any task group jobs already exist in the workflow repository that should be completed before the next job begins. If a dependency exists, the next job won’t begin work until the other job(s) have reached a specific status.<\/p>\n

New Joint Operations Graphic Product (JOG)<\/h3>\n

At the Pro 2.9 release the Defense Mapping product data files<\/a> and Topographic Production geoprocessing tools further support the creation of data necessary to produce the JOG map product as follows:<\/p>\n