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ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online (www.arcgis.com) is a cloud service that allow any user to find geolocated data, build maps, analyze information, etc.
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Table of contents
Introduction
With ArcGIS Online you have everything you need to build powerful applications:
You can create a developer account an choose the essentials plan for free to get started.
This is a simplified overview of the ArcGIS Online Architecture.
Training
There are many useful resources, here you have a subset of them:
| Resource | Level | Format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Online: Getting Started - Playlist | Beginner | Video | Non developer approach |
| ArcGIS Online - Playlist | Different levels | Video | Non developer approach |
| ArcGIS Online quick exercises | Beginner | Tutorial | Non developer approach |
| Get started with ArcGIS Online | Beginner | Tutorial | Non developer approach |
| Creating Empty Feature Layers for Data Collection | Beginner | Tutorial | Non developer approach |
| ArcGIS DevLabs | Beginner | Tutorial | Developer |
| What are the items in ArcGIS Online? | Beginner | Video | Dev & Non-dev approach |
| ArcGIS Online available content | Beginner | Wiki | Awesome list section |
| ArcGIS Geodev Hackerlabs | Beginner | Tutorial | A place to learn how to build geo apps with the ArcGIS. |
| Web Map Viewer | Beginner | Wiki | Awesome list section |
| Scene viewer | Beginner | Wiki | Awesome list section |
| ArcGIS Online Administrators Wiki | Beginner | Wiki | n.a. |
| Authentication | Intermediate | API Reference | n.a. |
| REST APIs | Intermediate | Wiki | Awesome list section |
| Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book | n.a. | Book | $59.99 |
Community
Apps
There are multiple apps hosted in ArcGIS Online:
But you also have app builders ready to use:
- Web AppBuilder (hosted version)
- Configurable apps & Storymaps
- AppStudio
- Survey123
Tools
These are pretty awesome tools to manage and automate your ArcGIS Online account:
- Automate ArcGIS Online tasks using zapier, you can also combine IFTTT mobile app to trigger many actions like when you enter o exit an area, or add your location to a spreadsheet and add it to a spreadsheet in drive when pressing a button, etc
- AGO Assistant: A swiss army knife for your ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS accounts
- Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online (by GEO Jobe).
- Python API
Get an account
There are several ways to get an account:
- A developer account (free or paid plan)
- Organization account (sign up for a 60 days trial)
- Or though the Esri Startup Program
If you are an independent developer we encourage you to start using the free plan (it never expires unlike the organization account).
News
More news:
Additional resources
Probably not all the resources are in this list, please use the ArcGIS Search tool looking for: "arcgis online".
Related products or technologies
List of all Esri products in the "Esri Products - ArcGIS Platform" group
Localized resources
Spanish
- Playlist de Youtube - Introducción a ArcGIS Online
- Página de producto de ArcGIS Online
- Web Esri España > Implementación
- ArcGIS Online para organizaciones y proyectos sin ánimo de lucro
- Introducción a ArcGIS Online para desarrolladores
Contributions
Feel free to improve/extend this resource page using this template (Contribution Guide).