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Episode 21: What's New-A-Palooza 2024

We’ve got stockings full of gifts in our year-end what’s new spectacular starring our GeoGeeks. Join your hosts Maggie Samson and Mark Ho as they welcome Alison, Justin, Sue, and Brandon back to the podcast. They’ll celebrate the holidays by sharing their three favourite new features and enhancements in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Mobile Apps, and ArcGIS Online.

What’s New in ArcGIS Pro 3.4 [1:33]

To kick things off, gliding in from the Rideau Canal Skateway with a cocoa and a Beavertail is our skating superstar Alison O’Brien. She’s back to share three new additions you need to know in ArcGIS Pro 3.4, released in November 2024. 

    1. Setting the time for offline license checkout
    2. Creating combo charts
    3. Adding hyperspectral imagery 

Guest: Alison O’Brien, Technical Solutions Specialist (LinkedIn

What’s New in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 [8:15] 

Next up, joining us around the virtual fireplace is our holly jolly soul, Mr. Bonhomme himself, Justin Brassard. He guides us through three major improvements in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4, released in November 2024. 

    1. Updated User Types now available for ArcGIS Enterprise
    2. ArcGIS Web Editor now in ArcGIS Enterprise
    3. New item classification functionality 

Guest: Justin Brassard, Technical Solutions Specialist (LinkedIn

What’s New in ArcGIS Mobile Apps (November 2024) [16:23] 

Returning from her canoeing and camping trip up at the North Pole is our field apps GeoGeek Sue Enyedy. She drops some knowledge about one new enhancement in each of our mobile apps: ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Survey123, and ArcGIS QuickCapture

    1. ArcGIS Field Maps: more ways to work with the web map
    2. ArcGIS Survey123: support for the grid layout in the web form
    3. ArcGIS QuickCapture: configure project user input variables using dynamic lists 

Guest: Sue Enyedy, Product Specialist, Mobile Solutions (LinkedIn

What’s New in ArcGIS Online (November 2024) [23:02] 

Finally, our GIS Grinch Brandon Wheatley joined the pod. Not only has he stole Christmas, but he’s also stolen our hearts. And he breaks down three huge new innovations in the November 2024 release of ArcGIS Online.

    1. Map Viewer improvements, including embed maps
    2. Introducing ModelBuilder (Beta)
    3. Introducing ArcGIS Experience Builder Express Mode 

Guest: Brandon Wheatley, Technical Solutions Specialist (LinkedIn

Wrap Up [33:15] 

We wrap up the podcast by saying farewell to Maggie as a permanent co-host of the Spatial Report podcast. But as the new Product Specialist for ArcGIS Online, she will return often as a guest to share information on our web mapping solutions. As her last task, she is forced to read the outro one more time!


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