About ArcGIS
ArcGIS from Esri is an integrated collection of geographic information system (GIS) software products for multiple platforms and promising standards-compliant handling of spatial analysis, data management, and location-based 3D data mapping. Providing the contextual tools for mapping and spatial reasoning, ArcGIS enables users to visualize and analyze organizational business practice data in terms of its environmental location, while collaborating with others by sharing insights via not only maps, but apps and reports also. ArcGIS Online is specifically the hosted, online SaaS version of the product, offering a complete, cloud-based mapping solution.
ArcGIS Online promises a scalable, secure and compliant GIS that allows users to collaboratively use, create and share maps, while working with scenes, layers, analytics, data and also apps. In addition, access is granted to content within ArcGIS' Living Atlas of the World and its collection of geographic information sourced from around the globe including maps, apps and data layers relevant to a variety of working applications. Aside from the product's cloud infrastructure, ArcGIS is then supported by a suite of extra apps and a number compatible with iOS and Android devices. This includes the ArcGIS Companion app for field-based access to the viewing of organizational content, plus additional tools and features for data collection.
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Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Australia, Aruba, Åland Islands, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Bermuda, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Congo - Brazzaville, Switzerland, Cook Islands, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, Falkland Islands, Micronesia, Faroe Islands, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Guernsey, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guam, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong SAR China, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Isle of Man, India, Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, St. Kitts & Nevis, South Korea, Kuwait, Cayman Islands, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, St. Martin, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar (Burma), Mongolia, Macao SAR China, Northern Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Montserrat, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Puerto Rico, Palestinian Territories, Portugal, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sweden, Singapore, St. Helena, Slovenia, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, São Tomé & Príncipe, El Salvador, Eswatini, Turks & Caicos Islands, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Samoa, Yemen, Mayotte, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and 220 others
Supported Languages
Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, pt-br, pt-pt, sr-cyrl, zh-hant and 33 others
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Total features of ArcGIS: 144
- 3D Imaging
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Analysis
- Ad hoc Query
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Asset Tracking Software
- Behavioral Analytics
- Benchmarking
- Bus Mileage Optimization
- Census Data Integration
- Charting
- Chatbot Software
- Check-in/Check-out
- Collaboration Tools
- Color Codes/Icons
- Communication Management
- Cost Tracking
- Customer Segmentation
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard Creation
- Dashboard Software
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Data Collection Software
- Data Connectors
- Data Extraction Software
- Data Import/Export
- Data Mapping
- Data Synchronization
- Data Transformation
- Data Visualization Software
- Database Support
- Deep Learning Software
- Demographic Data
- Depreciation Management
- Dispatch Management
- Disposal Management
- Document Management Software
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Driver Logs
- Driver Management
- Engagement Tracking
- Equipment Maintenance Software
- Equipment Tracking
- Fixed Asset Management Software
- Fixed Route Management
- For Healthcare
- For Sales Teams/Organizations
- Forecasting
- Geocoding
- Geofencing
- Geographic Maps
- Geolocation
- Geotargeting
- Heatmaps
- Historical Reporting
- IT Asset Tracking
- Image Management
- Internet Mapping
- Interoperability
- Inventory Management Software
- Inventory Tracking
- Key Performance Indicators
- Labeling
- Location Tracking
- Machine Learning Software
- Maintenance Management Software
- Maintenance Scheduling
- Map Creation
- Map Sharing
- Metadata Management
- Mileage Tracking
- Mobile Access
- Mobile App
- Monitoring
- Multi-Language
- Multi-Location
- Multiple Data Sources
- Multiple Route Support
- Order Management Software
- Paratransit Management
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Predictive Analytics Software
- Predictive Modeling
- Process/Workflow Automation
- Profitability Analysis
- Publishing / Sharing
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real Time Simulation
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Reservations Management
- Risk Assessment
- Role-Based Permissions
- Route Management
- Route Optimization
- Routing
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Scheduling Software
- School Bus Routing Software
- Scorecards
- Search/Filter
- Secure Data Storage
- Self Service Data Preparation
- Service Request Management
- Single Sign On Software
- Spatial Analysis
- Statistical Analysis Software
- Statistical Modeling
- Statistics
- Status Tracking
- Strategic Planning Software
- Tagging
- Task Management Software
- Task Scheduling
- Templates
- Third Party Integrations
- Trade Area Analysis
- Trend / Problem Indicators
- Trend Analysis
- User Management
- Visual Analytics
- Visual Discovery
- Visualization
- Website Integration
- Widgets
- Work Order Management
- Workflow Management Software
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- Industry: Mining & Metals
- Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
The Function and Facilty Tools of Arcgis
Reviewed on 16/07/2020
These software has allowed me to undestand the concept of geostatistical analysist.
And also these...
These software has allowed me to undestand the concept of geostatistical analysist.
And also these software has allowed me to achieve my degree in bachelor of mining engineering.Such help like layouting map, analysis out put contour and another geospatial analysis.
Pros
Tool geostatistical, geospatial analysis
Cons
There in few of module to learning tools
- Industry: Utilities
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Utility mapping on both the desktop and mobile devices
Reviewed on 09/03/2021
Our mobile workforce has become significantly more efficient due to the ArcGIS platform and the...
Our mobile workforce has become significantly more efficient due to the ArcGIS platform and the systems that we have built upon its frameworks. ArcGIS has become a core piece of our business and our daily operations, and we continue to increase its use and integration with other systems.
Pros
ArcGIS continues to evolve as a product as our needs grow as a customer. We are moving away from desktop-based GIS, with nearly all employees now using mobile devices as their primary tool to access our utility mapping data. ArcGIS Online has made this available, and we continue to grow our mobile offerings, though the AGOL platform still allows us numerous areas for us to continue to explore and utilize to improve our field workflows.
Numerous samples, test applications, etc. are provided by ESRI to get you started, and since they're the industry leader, there are tons of real-world examples of the software in use that are available to the public.
Cons
ArcGIS is an enormously complex software platform, with tons of automation and analysis tools available. However online documentation can be difficult to find, and is frequently written in ways that require an in-depth understanding of the systems. Prerequisite setup steps aren't always included in the documentation, instead it's often written with some assumptions in mind. Setups completed by other employees can be difficult to troubleshoot because of these assumptions in the documentation.
The robustness of the platform can also lead to additional steps for end users, as they have to work through options that aren't relevent to them, but cannot be hidden from their view. One such example is just the login screen to the AGOL mobile apps causes our users frequent struggles as they can't remember the sequence of steps to get to the organization login. There should be increased administrator options available to simplify/restrict options available to the end user.
- Industry: Government Relations
- Company size: 5,001-10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Best commercial GIS toolset but has performance, compatibility issues,falls short in...
Reviewed on 11/01/2022
We use ArcGIS as secondary software for the things that we cannot do with other software (better...
We use ArcGIS as secondary software for the things that we cannot do with other software (better styling and data handling for certain formats)
Pros
It has a tool for almost anything
effective in handling of a large amount of vector data
Cons
Expensive
Interoperability issues
Licensing approach (need to pay more for extensions)
Tonnes of some bugs and issues with ArcGIS Pro
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
I use ArcMap daily, but almost always as a part of my overall editing flow.
Reviewed on 16/02/2018
It makes the start of very pretty maps, sometimes. I almost always generate base layers here, and...
It makes the start of very pretty maps, sometimes. I almost always generate base layers here, and then export them into illustrator/photoshop to do actual final renders.
Pros
The styling guides are better than any other options out there - once you can learn to navigate the byzantine menus. I've used QGIS, Globalmapper, AutoCad, and Microstation, and maps just look better in ArcMap than in any others -it's made for creating display mapping. I know that there are other programmatic things you can do, but for my workflow, I use it almost exclusively for building maps for display.
Cons
The menus are silly that you have to go that far down a rabbit hole, processing is a nightmare (especially with messy geometry), and I used to (until I quit trying altogether) find myself trying a processing task in ArcMap, watching it fail, and then trying it again in GlobalMapper/QGIS and it would do fine. Processing is a very weak point in ArcMap, at least from my perspective.
- Industry: Research
- Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Spatial Statistics made easy
Reviewed on 04/10/2021
Overall, it is a perfect tool for spatial analysis. I used it in all my papers since my research...
Overall, it is a perfect tool for spatial analysis. I used it in all my papers since my research direction involves spatial analysis.
Pros
Once you get the hang of it, you can do virtually everything a mapper can do. The tools are not complicated and can be used with little supervision. The module builder is my favorite as it has saved me tons of hours. All my repetitive tasks were programmed with the module builder. This afforded me the opportunity to multitask.
Cons
The only cons is that when parcels are too small, the software is unable to calculate the area and other statistics.
ArcGIS FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for ArcGIS.Q. What type of pricing plans does ArcGIS offer?
ArcGIS offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
ArcGIS Online pricing (<100 users) is based on purchasing the exact number of users required, with more able to be added at any time. See the ArcGIS website for pricing calculator. Large organization pricing (100+ users): Contact ArcGIS for a quote.
Q. Who are the typical users of ArcGIS?
ArcGIS has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001+
Q. What languages does ArcGIS support?
ArcGIS supports the following languages:
Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, pt-br, pt-pt, sr-cyrl, zh-hant
Q. Does ArcGIS support mobile devices?
ArcGIS supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does ArcGIS integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations ArcGIS has
Q. What level of support does ArcGIS offer?
ArcGIS offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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