Download for free ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500. This latest version of ArcGIS Explorer comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable GIS viewer that gives you an easy way to explore, visualize, and share GIS information.

With ArcGIS Explorer, you can

• Access ready-to-use ArcGIS Online basemaps and layers.
• Fuse your local data with map services to create custom maps.
• Add photos, reports, videos, and other information to your maps.
• Perform spatial analysis (e.g., visibility, modeling, proximity search). Buffering a point by 100km is possible via Analysis
• View OpenStreetMap in 3D (2d is default) via basemaps.
• Import your .shp, .kml, .gpx, .txt, .csv or even File Geodatabases!
• Create driving directions, add slide (like screen grabs) to presentation – playback is full screen and glides to various screen grabs.

New capabilities of ArcGIS Explorer (build 1500) include:

• Directly use and optimize image services.
• Improved support for ArcGIS 10 layer packages and geodatabases.
• Ability to search for and add content directly from ArcGIS Online.  You can also share map items immediately to your online account.
• Ability to share (export) to layer packages and to KML.  You can also create notes from KML.
• Shared layer packages, notes, and KML can be saved locally, added to ArcGIS Online, or e-mailed directly from the application.
• Improved KML handling in both 2d and 3d mode; regionated KML is now supported in 2d mode.
• Ability to add data directly from Excel spreadsheets.
• Inclusion of OpenStreetMap in the basemap gallery.
• Notes can now be labeled.
• Improved query capabilities, so you can create expressions to filter data displayed on your map.
• Improved symbol appearance in 2d and 3d modes.
• SDK has been updated to support Visual Studio 2010.

ArcGIS Explorer (build 1500) can be installed along with other supported ArcGIS product versions: ArcGIS 9.3, ArcGIS 9.3.1 and ArcGIS 10.  ArcGIS product versions installed on the machine are required to be identical. See the ArcGIS Explorer Installation Guide for additional details.

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