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What is ArcGIS?

Esri in Redlands, California offers ArcGIS, a geographic information system.

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ArcGIS is widely used across various industries and departments for a range of tasks. Users have found it valuable for assessing distances …
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Trusted Leader

10 out of 10
May 22, 2022
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ArcGIS integrates with mapping and staking platform provided by NISC and is used to map services and is used in multiple iVUE applications …
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Happy Esri User

7 out of 10
October 22, 2019
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We are an R&D Center at a University. Our applications are both internal and external:
Internally, we use ArcGIS to manage university …
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$100

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ArcGIS for Personal Use

$100

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ArcGIS for Student Use

$100

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

ArcGIS Online Join Features Demo 3 – Join to a table based on common attribute

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How to use Symbology demo in ArcGIS 10 - GT-101 - Washington College

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ArcGIS Collector App (iOS & Android)

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ArcGIS Maps for Power BI Demo - Drive Time Analysis

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Introduction to Python in ArcGIS Pro

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Curso online DEMO: ArcGIS aplicado a la Cartografía Geológica l Explorock

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Product Details

ArcGIS Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Esri in Redlands, California offers ArcGIS, a geographic information system.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of ArcGIS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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ArcGIS is widely used across various industries and departments for a range of tasks. Users have found it valuable for assessing distances between clinic sites and patient locations, generating maps, integrating data, and conducting spatial data analysis. It has become the go-to tool for logistics network optimization at FedEx and is extensively used in architecture, engineering, and civil engineering projects. In educational settings, ArcGIS is commonly used for completing projects and research tasks. It also plays a crucial role in research projects related to geography and groundwater chemistry analysis. Furthermore, ArcGIS facilitates collaboration between different fields of research and offers sophisticated visualization and statistical analysis capabilities. The software is integrated with mapping platforms to optimize operations across industries. Additionally, it has been instrumental in solving location and planning problems, promoting organized development, facilitating cartography, creating infographics, and presenting data in a visually engaging manner.

Versatile Tool: Users have found ArcGIS to be a versatile tool for planning and promoting organized development in various territories. It allows for the visualization, management, editing, calculation, and analysis of georeferenced entities and attributes. Many reviewers appreciate its wide range of possibilities with geographic data.

Intuitive Interface: ArcGIS is praised for its easy-to-use interface and intuitive menus. Users find it easy to learn, with localized tools that make navigation straightforward. The intuitive user interface has been mentioned by multiple reviewers as a positive aspect of using ArcGIS.

Powerful Integration: Reviewers highly value ArcGIS's powerful integration with other systems. They appreciate the continuous enhancement and upgrades that keep the software up-to-date. Additionally, the rock-solid ArcGIS.com cloud technology has been commended by users for its reliability and convenience.

Confusing User Interface: Many users have expressed frustration with the user interface of ArcGIS, finding it confusing and difficult to get used to. Some reviewers have suggested that a usability study should be conducted to improve the work process.

Expensive Cost: The high cost of ArcGIS is a common concern among users, especially for small companies and professionals in underdeveloped countries. Reviewers mention the expensive price of the software itself as well as the high annual maintenance fees compared to the new features provided.

Installation and Technical Support Issues: Users have reported problems with the installation process for new versions of ArcGIS, often requiring technical support. They have requested training materials and user-friendly videos to better utilize and understand the software.

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Rafael Becemberg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Initially is was used by me to analyze and characterize the historical trajectories of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Its versatility and ability to work phenomena in geographical coordinates and across different time zones allowed me to analyze the behavior of hurricanes since 1851. With other programs such as AutoCAD it would have been impossible to do so. It is currently being used to characterize the rainfall pattern in Venezuela. Different people of the company are being trained in the use of this tool, with the local commercial representative (Esri).


  • It allows to work and analyze phenomena on a large scale.
  • The fact that one is able to work in geographical coordinates makes it much more versatile for these tasks than programs such as AutoCAD or similar, designed to work in smaller domains.
  • The interpolation functions that it has can be extended and improved.
  • The interface with the user can also be improved so that any user who uses it for the first time, can access to understand the program more easily.
It is the most functional program that I have found so far, both because of the variety of georeferencing datums and coordinate systems, allowing to pass from one datum to another with great ease. In global meteorological and oceanographic studies, its value is very high because it allows the complete visualization of the phenomenon that is to be studied, and at the same time it allows sensitivity analysis when turning off or igniting certain variables in certain years or areas.

Its weakness, in my opinion, lies in the methods of interpolation that it has because they can lead to erroneous interpretations, depending on the skill and experience of the user.

  • For me it has been excellent, both personally and for the company where I work.
  • It allowed me to develop my work of promotion in the university where I impact classes, work that allowed to develop a map of probabilities of risk associated with the action of the hurricanes and its connection with the climatic phenomenon known as ENSO.
  • It was also of enormous utility to the company where I work, which devotes a large part of its activities to developing offshore oceanographic measurements, linked to the oil and gas activity because it allows a better management and knowledge of the risk associated with each job
  • Capaware, MapGuide, Map Server and Open Sourc
Another geographic information tool that I have used is Google Earth, very useful for basic tasks, but which does not remotely have the capabilities of ArcGIS. Specifically, other GIS software that I have used in the recent past was the Map Server, the MapGuide Open Source, and the Capaware, because they were free software.

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The people who use this software have very specific objectives. Some are geologists, others are assistant engineers, whose chiefs have requested that they are instructed in order to assemble and articulate databases of a different nature, so that they are accessible to potential customers and internal users who are frequently requesting data and statistics. that are not at hand, but managed by certain departments.

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They should be people with general knowledge of spatial georeferencing, who understand elementary concepts such as latitude, longitude, time zones, horizontal and vertical reference datums, geoidal and elopsoidal heights. Furthermore, I think it is desirable that they have managed or used data in other databases and that they really understand what is the intrinsic utility of a geographic information system.

  • Generation of geological risk maps.
  • Generation of risk maps by hurricane action.
  • Articulation of a large database with various meteorological and oceanographic variables.
  • Allow such data to be seen by any user with permission from anywhere and at any time.
  • For commercial purposes, allowing showing the strengths of the organization in relation to the large amount of data it has and the analysis thereof, before any customer.
  • Guarantee the perpetuity of the data, since having it properly stored avoids its possible loss over time.
Simply because the program deserves it. It seems to me that it is a fundamental tool for the storage, analysis, and interpretation of medium and large-scale phenomena, unmanageable with traditional engineering software. Its versatility in the handling of the different "layers" with which the data is handled and interpolation tools, make this software a powerful ally both for companies and for the educational part of the universities.

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