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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.
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).