{"id":1554082,"date":"2021-06-08T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T02:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=notes&#038;p=1554082"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:17:32","slug":"where-did-the-field-apps-go","status":"publish","type":"notes","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/field-notes\/where-did-the-field-apps-go","title":{"rendered":"Where did the field apps go?"},"author":10102,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[],"tags":[682761,39831,172442,764842,760172],"class_list":["post-1554082","notes","type-notes","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-arcgis-field-maps","tag-data-collection","tag-field-apps","tag-history-of-field-apps","tag-podcast"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":301342,"user_firstname":"Field Notes","user_lastname":"Podcast","nickname":"FieldNotes","user_nicename":"fieldnotes","display_name":"Field Notes Podcast","user_email":"Podbean_SWrel@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2022-02-06 19:18:15","user_description":"We engage with customers and Esri staff to understand mobile GIS, share stories from the field, and explore all things Field Operations.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/field-notes-logo-final-2-465x465.png' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"On our first episode, we talk about the evolution of Esri field apps and how we\u2019ve landed on our newest product, ArcGIS Field Maps.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW241270644 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW241270644 BCX0\">The first episode of Field Notes is a conversation with Jeff Shaner, the Lead Product Engineer for the Field Apps team. 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