{"id":2556092,"date":"2024-11-01T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2556092"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:51:38","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-field-maps-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/field-maps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-arcgis-field-maps-november-2024","title":{"rendered":"What’s new in ArcGIS Field Maps (November 2024)"},"author":3651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23261],"tags":[39831,30121,23331,24421],"industry":[],"product":[36591,679821],"class_list":["post-2556092","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","tag-data-collection","tag-offline","tag-situational-awareness","tag-templates","product-apps","product-field-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Our last major release of 2024! New offline settings, streamlined getting started experience using map templates, and more! ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a> is a powerful, versatile, mobile app solution used to complete a variety of field workflows. ArcGIS Field Maps brings maps to life on smartphones and tablets. It enhances the situational awareness of your field workforce, streamlines field data collection workflows, and integrates directly in your existing enterprise systems.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

First released in November of 2020, ArcGIS Field Maps is 4 years old<\/strong>! We’ve experienced remarkable growth in the use of Field Maps and want to express our gratitude to our incredible community for your support and valuable feedback. The November update is our third and last major release of 2024. For details on previous updates this year, please read our what’s new blog articles for June<\/a> and February<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

What\u2019s new for November<\/h1>\n

Our November 2024 release includes new ways to get started using Field Maps Designer, additional options for controlling offline use of a map, as well as stability and performance enhancements to both the iOS and Android mobile apps. Please reference our What’s New documentation topic<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n

Get started using templates<\/h1>\n

Field Maps Designer allows you to configure the maps mobile workers use. Designer can also be used to create new maps and web feature layers. Starting from scratch, you can design a new map, with feature layers, their attributes, forms, and templates for data capture.<\/p>\n

But why start from scratch? Now you can get started using map templates<\/a>. When you create a new map, choose to start with a map template.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2556892,"id":2556892,"title":"Create a new map","filename":"Create-New-Map.png","filesize":66131,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/field-maps\/field-mobility\/whats-new-in-arcgis-field-maps-november-2024\/create-new-map","alt":"Get started with a map template.","author":"3651","description":"Get started with a map template.","caption":"Get started with a map template.","name":"create-new-map","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2556092,"date":"2024-11-04 00:19:53","modified":"2024-11-04 00:21:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1230,"height":584,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":220,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":365,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","large-width":1230,"large-height":584,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","1536x1536-width":1230,"1536x1536-height":584,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","2048x2048-width":1230,"2048x2048-height":584,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map-826x392.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":392,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Create-New-Map.png","wide_image-width":1230,"wide_image-height":584}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Map templates include predefined layers that are prepared with forms that include logic and calculated expressions, ready-to-use pop-ups, and simple symbology. Once created, you can easily customize the map and layers to fit your needs.<\/p>\n

This initial release includes the following templates:<\/p>\n