{"id":2544622,"date":"2024-11-15T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2544622"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:41:19","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-excalibur-nov-2024","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/excalibur\/imagery\/whats-new-in-arcgis-excalibur-nov-2024","title":{"rendered":"What’s New in ArcGIS Excalibur (Nov 2024)"},"author":333592,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[325982],"class_list":["post-2544622","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","product-excalibur"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":333592,"user_firstname":"Yuri","user_lastname":"Potawsky","nickname":"Yuri Potawsky","user_nicename":"ypotawsky","display_name":"Yuri Potawsky","user_email":"YPotawsky@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-02-23 21:40:44","user_description":"Product Manager for Imagery with a focus on Deep Learning, Python, and Analytics.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":309962,"user_firstname":"Alexandra","user_lastname":"Wynn","nickname":"Alexandra Wynn","user_nicename":"awynn","display_name":"Alexandra Wynn","user_email":"awynn@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-05-11 18:42:45","user_description":"Alexandra is a Product Marketing Manager on the Imagery & Remote Sensing team at Esri. She is now working on changing Esri's image analysis story for products like ArcGIS Image Analyst, ArcGIS Excalibur, and features like GeoAI and raster functionality across ArcGIS. Before Esri, Alexandra specialized in CRM, content, and email marketing strategies for top tech companies.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"ArcGIS Excalibur Release Notes - November 2024","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2569462,"id":2569462,"title":"WebmapBrowser","filename":"WebmapBrowser.jpg","filesize":124722,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/excalibur\/imagery\/whats-new-in-arcgis-excalibur-nov-2024\/webmapbrowser","alt":"The Web Map Browser and Add Layers Dialogue","author":"333592","description":"","caption":"The Web Map Browser and Add Layers Dialogue","name":"webmapbrowser","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2544622,"date":"2024-11-07 19:12:26","modified":"2024-11-07 19:13:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":917,"height":1043,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","medium-width":229,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":874,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","large-width":917,"large-height":1043,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","1536x1536-width":917,"1536x1536-height":1043,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","2048x2048-width":917,"2048x2048-height":1043,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser-409x465.jpg","card_image-width":409,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WebmapBrowser.jpg","wide_image-width":917,"wide_image-height":1043}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Excalibur continues to mature and this release brings several additions to provide better project management and analysis experiences. There was a particular focus on streamlining the process for getting up and running quickly with the application from an architecture and licensing standpoint. The analytics footprint has increased and the application becomes even more tightly paired within the ArcGIS web framework.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Updated Architecture & Licensing for Seamless Access<\/u><\/p>\n

Excalibur has traditionally been provided as a premium add-on for ArcGIS Enterprise which required a separate installation within an ArcGIS Enterprise base deployment and an administrator assigning the application to a named user.\u00a0 At the Enterprise 11.4 release, Excalibur is now an embedded application that requires no additional installation. In addition, as per the user type changes<\/a> in June of this year, ArcGIS Excalibur is included with the Creator and above\u00a0 user types. This means you can get up and running quickly without the need to install the application or assign an add-on license because user types leverage the named user model in the wider ArcGIS system.<\/p>\n

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The Excalibur Project Increases Collaboration with New Support for Contextual Layers<\/u><\/p>\n

The Excalibur project continues to grow in functionality and extends an already rich set of supporting tools. Excalibur projects provide a dynamic way to organize all the resources required for an image or video-based task.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0They promote collaboration across an organization by enabling analysts to conduct focused, ready-to-use workflows aimed at creating content from imagery and video.<\/p>\n

It now supports the ability to add layers from an authenticated Portal which brings the utility of adding contextual or supporting supplemental layers into the project. In addition, there is now support for the ArcGIS WebMap enabling existing maps to be consumed as well as authoring of new maps all within the confines of the project.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2544752,"id":2544752,"title":"Chipping","filename":"Chipping.jpg","filesize":73937,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/excalibur\/imagery\/whats-new-in-arcgis-excalibur-nov-2024\/chipping-4","alt":"Image Clipping","author":"333592","description":"","caption":"Capturing Image Chips","name":"chipping-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2544622,"date":"2024-10-25 16:27:08","modified":"2024-11-07 19:18:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":479,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":222,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":368,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":479,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":479,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":479,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping-826x396.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":396,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chipping.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":479}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Enhanced Analytics Through Use of Image Chips and Attachments<\/u><\/p>\n

There has been a significant effort to extend the observation collection experience. Observation collection has a variety of use cases but is well suited for remote inspections or pattern detection. It essentially allows you to capture feature data with the corresponding attributes from supporting layers or focus imagery that are posted into an authoritative system of record.<\/p>\n

An addition at the November 2024 release allows the user to capture image chips (small defined images) that are added into the feature layer as an attachment. This now enables an Excalibur user to extract imagery observations for a series of images over time and provides attachments for downstream analysis within ArcGIS.\u00a0 In addition, Excalibur has a new tool that will create a web application experience around these attachments. This is an iteration of the Attachment Viewer Instant App and is created and published into the Portal.<\/p>\n

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Additions to Publishing: \u00a0Easily Add Geospatial Context to Videos <\/u><\/p>\n

Frequently users capture video that do not contain the metadata required for geospatial awareness. \u00a0When publishing video layers through the Excalibur publishing tools, key location details can be defined. Users can now leverage geolocated videos in their GIS by manually adding location data, expanding the range of videos that can be accurately displayed on a map.<\/p>\n

To learn more about what ArcGIS Excalibur can do, visit the product page or ask the experts on Esri Community.<\/p>\n