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ArcGIS Mission is interconnecting managers and responders and enabling analysts, mobile teams, and executives to quickly establish command and control.  Use ArcGIS Mission to streamline your operations, manage your teams and tactical resources when working on planned events, or needing to quickly pivot to deal with unplanned circumstances. I am excited to share a preview of some new and enhanced features in ArcGIS Mission that users can look forward to this fall, including: Adding portal users to a mission by easily using existing portal groups or by uploading a CSV (command separated values) of existing portal usernames.   Utilizing your Mission Responder device’s QR code reader to connect to your mission. The codes can be copied, printed, or otherwise distributed using tools inside of a mission.   Enhancing Mission map creation and editing to account for the dynamic evolution of a mission with more focused tools streamlined for ease of use.   Accurately seeing who is readily available for communication at any given time, as mission member presence has been enhanced to use Avatars and focus on providing more information, more frequently.   Chatting with text that includes a sketch (formerly a geomessage) or attachments, all contained within the chat threads. These feeds are now easier to visualize and keep track of in the Mission Responder app.   Building sensor reports, a customizable report form built-in to Mission Manager, but triggered by Mission Responder users through the use of a connected hardware device allowing unique map actions and notification responses, tailored to the mission.   Organizations looking to manage their operations and respond more efficiently are still challenged with coordinating activities among a dispersed workforce. All while ensuring that everyone remains in contact, regardless of the environment. Our team is progressively working toward streamlining mission operations and providing users with one tool that leverages ArcGIS to make it a seamless process. Your input is valuable, connect with us here on the Esri Community to share your ideas, feedback, and comments, and look out for the upcoming release!   ... View more

Some ArcGIS Earth 1.10 users who use PKI authentication within KML services may be prompted for a username and password instead of a PKI certification window. A fix for this is included in 1.10.1 and users can download and install the latest release here.   For more details see the KB article created to support users who have this issue, see https://support.esri.com/en/Technical-Article/000023245 ... View more

ArcGIS Earth can aggregate both 2D and 3D spatial information. As a result, ArcGIS Earth was designed for organizations to have the flexibility to add content in a variety of ways. ArcGIS Earth is built on top of the ArcGIS Platform and gives users direct access to Esri’s collaborative web GIS infrastructure. ArcGIS Earth further extends access, via URL to the open source community. In addition, ArcGIS Earth users in the field who are disconnected from a network, can load and work with data (including basemaps and elevation) locally onto the globe.   Accessing content from ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Online is a collaborative web GIS where ArcGIS Earth users gain access to publicly available content shared by Esri and GIS users from around the world in the Living Atlas. ArcGIS Earth users can further enhance this experience by subscribing to ArcGIS Online, opening access to premium content and much more. Accessible data types – Map service Image service Feature service Scene service KML service Publicly accessing content from ArcGIS Online  Accessing data with an ArcGIS Online Account ArcGIS Enterprise Along with ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise is a key component of the ArcGIS platform. If you run your GIS from behind a firewall, in your infrastructure on-premises, ArcGIS Earth can access your organization portal(s) content directly and load this data on the ArcGIS Earth globe. Accessible data types – Map service Image service Feature service Scene service KML service   Adding your ArcGIS Enterprise Portal to ArcGIS Earth Signing into a portal      Adding data from a portal Add multiple portals and switch between them URL Another way to access your data on the web, is by providing ArcGIS Earth with the URL of a service or a file. Simply select the type of service from the list below, add the URL. Earth provides a default name, but you can add your own. Accessible data types – ArcGIS Server Web Service OGC Web Map Service (WMS) OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) URL to a KML or KMZ service or file URL to a shapefile URL to a TXT or CSV file URL to a tile package URL to a scene layer package URL to a raster file Adding content via a URL in ArcGIS Earth   Local Files – Using ArcGIS Earth in the field, in a disconnected network environment The lightweight ArcGIS Earth client also functions in a disconnected environment.  Data can be loaded onto a folder on a laptop, taken into the field and side-loaded into ArcGIS Earth. To view local file data from your computer or shared drive in ArcGIS Earth, choose the Add Files option on the Add Data dialog box. Accessible data types – Shapefiles KML and KMZ TXT and CSV containing location coordinates or addresses (geocode in ArcGIS Online and Enterprise) Tile package Scene layer package with file extension in. spk and. slpk Raster file - Control opacity, brightness contrast and gamma on local imagery ASRP/USRP DTED0,1, 2 GeoTIFF IMG JPEG JPEG2000 NTIF PNG SRTM1, 2 3D Model – Geolocate, edit view and properties of models in 3D 3ds Max 3DS ( .3ds ) Collada ( .dae ) Autodesk ( .fbx ) AutoCAD DXF ( .dxf ) Wavefront Object ( .obj ) DirectX X ( .x ) Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply ) Stereolithography ( .stl ) Industry Foundation Classes (IFC/Step) ( .ifc ) – beta glTF ( .gltf, .glb ) Adding local data into ArcGIS Earth Basemaps and Terrain ArcGIS Earth users also have the power to set the background geographic context and elevation reference by the same methods as adding data onto the globe. You can add all supported data types as a basemap, except shapefiles and CSV and TXT formats. Additionally, local raster data and elevation image services with LERC tile format can be added as terrain. Adding Basemaps Adding Elevation Look out for additional data types including access to Vector Tiles, Point Clouds, 3D Points GeoJSON and in the future Mobile Scene Packages for single file offline usage.   ArcGIS Earth is free for download and use. Download directly from http://j.mp/ArcGISEarthDownload   More information and support: Help documentation and system requirements – http://j.mp/Earth1_0Doc GeoNet forum - http://j.mp/Earth1_0Forum Twitter - @ArcGISEarth You Tube Videos – ArcGIS Earth playlist on the ArcGIS Channel ... View more

With the release of ArcGIS Earth 1.6, we are happy to announce that ArcGIS Earth Automation API is now available. See more from ArcGIS for Developers or the ArcGIS Earth homepage. We heard many voices of support for an ArcGIS Earth API after the first release of ArcGIS Earth less than 2 years ago. Many of you wanted the ability to control and interact with ArcGIS Earth, including 2D and 3D contents on the globe. So, we designed the ArcGIS Earth Automation API to enable a seamless app-to-app communication experience. What is the ArcGIS Earth Automation API? The ArcGIS Earth Automation API provides a standard interface for third-party applications that support .NET. It is based on NetNamedPipeBinding Class (System.ServiceModel)  and provides fast, reliable on-machine communications. What can you do with it? With the ArcGIS Earth Automation API, developers can now build .NET extensions on top of applications. For example, you can extend your application to access resources from ArcGIS Earth, and automate or script ArcGIS Earth behaviors for 3D navigation and visualization. Specifically, ArcGIS Earth Automation API allows you to: Get and set camera positions. Control fly navigations of the camera. Add layers to ArcGIS Earth from online or local folders. Manage your ArcGIS Earth workspace (add or delete layers). Take a snapshot of the current view. ArcGIS Earth Automation API provides a focused experience. It gives you control over the scene and workspace of ArcGIS Earth. Esri will continue to add new, empowering features for a wider range of usage. Try it now! See what’s possible with the ArcGIS Earth Automation API. This sample demonstrates how to create an add-in for ArcGIS Pro 2.0 to synchronize the 3D scene views between ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Earth. As you can see below, by switching between preset bookmarks in ArcGIS Pro, we get a simultaneous view on the same SLPK data from both ArcGIS Earth and ArcGIS Pro. To try this add-in, go to View Synchronization Sample and download the example codes to your local machine. Note that you need to build the add-in within your local development environment, and also modify the codes where necessary. For example, you can add callback more messages for duplex communications. Want to know more? Get more details from the ArcGIS Earth product homepage, post your questions and share your ideas with us on GeoNet. Using the Automation API ArcGIS API samples A special thanks to Yongwei Kang and Mandi Li for providing content to this blog. ... View more