{"id":72821,"date":"2016-07-07T11:24:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-pro-1-3-sdk\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:09:35","slug":"whats-new-in-the-arcgis-pro-1-3-sdk","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-pro-1-3-sdk","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in the ArcGIS Pro 1.3 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