What is ArcGIS.com?

ArcGIS.com is a website for working with maps and other types of geographic information. Visit the site to create maps; find and use maps, applications, and tools; and share your maps and applications with others. Within the site, you will find applications for building and sharing maps. You will also find useful basemaps, data, applications, and tools that you can view and use, plus communities you can join. ArcGIS Online is Esri's repository of maps, data, applications, and tools. ArcGIS Online includes content from Esri, its partners, and the GIS community at large. Anyone can share maps and data via ArcGIS Online. The ArcGIS.com website lets you access all the content in ArcGIS Online using a web browser. ArcGIS.com is just one way to work with ArcGIS Online. If you are using an Esri product such as ArcGIS Desktop (starting at version 10) or ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, you can view ArcGIS.com web maps, download layer packages, and access ArcGIS Online using commands inside those applications..

What does ArcGIS.com include?

  • Tools for building interactive
  • Maps and applications from the web and GIS communities
  • Basemaps and data from Esri
  • Developer resources for building web mapping and mobile applications
  • Storage space for your map and application resources
  • Communities for sharing geographic information
  • Easy-to-use search for quickly finding what you want
  • Ranking and rating system for shared maps and applications

    What can you do with ArcGIS.com?

  • Create interactive maps.
  • Find, view, and open maps, applications, and tools from Esri and the GIS community.
    Register your Esri Global Account for ArcGIS Online and you have access to these additional capabilities:
  • Save interactive maps.
  • Share your maps and applications.
  • Join groups.
  • Create public or private groups.
  • Use up to 2 GB of storage space for your maps and applications.

    Here is an example of an embedded ArcGIS.com map: