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  1. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.18
  2. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.17
  3. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.16
  4. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.15
  5. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.14
  6. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.13
  7. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.12
  8. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.11
  9. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.10
  10. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.9
  11. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.8
  12. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.7
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If you're looking for release notes in the latest release of the ArcGIS Earth on desktop, see Release notes.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.18

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.18:

IssueDescription

BUG-000154146

Data source URL is not populated when sharing a KML from ArcGIS Earth to ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.

BUG-000121498

ArcGIS Earth fails to recognize the group layers of Web Map Service (WMS) services.

ENH-000152488

ArcGIS Earth allows users to select an export/save as to KML, not just KMZ.

ENH-000154303

Include Map Image Layers as a supported data format to filter in ArcGIS Earth.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.17

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.17:

IssueDescription

BUG-000149920

Elevation Profile shows incorrect distances in ArcGIS Earth 1.15.

BUG-000151670

Drawing with the L line style in ArcGIS Earth 1.16 does not measure the distance.

BUG-000150306

Explanations of some config.xml parameters are unclear and need further clarification.

ENH-000149122

Provide the ability for the ArcGIS Earth XY Provider search to parse Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) coordinates in the formats ddmmssN/S ddmmssE/W or dddmmssN/S dddmmssE/W.

Attribute table export

Configuration option for attribute table Export selected functionality.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Ground Overlay and Screen Overlay

Ground Overlay and Screen Overlay may not be displayed if there are non-English characters in the image path.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.16

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.16:

IssueDescription

ENH-000149122

Provide the ability for the ArcGIS Earth XY Provider search to parse Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) coordinates in the formats "ddmmssN/SddmmssE/W" or "dddmmssN/SdddmmssE/W".

BUG-000149160

The <Document> tag is not present in the KML file created from ArcGIS Earth 1.15.

BUG-000143744

ArcGIS Earth does not add a CSV file with DMS values.

BUG-000148493

Unable to disable the logs or change the log levels in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000145543

Refreshing the KML network links in ArcGIS Earth 1.14 collapses the nested folders and layers.

BUG-000149776

Intermittent issues with saving descriptions on the Info tab in ArcGIS Earth.

Authentication

SAML sign in to portal using certificate returns a blank page. This is a known limitation at ArcGIS Earth 1.15, and gets fixed at 1.16.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Symbology

Color ramp will not work when the renderer of a feature service layer is visualVariables.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.15

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Pop-up

No context menu for images in pop-ups when the local machine is connected to a virtual machine with a different scale and layout.

Attribute table

Multipart features are not supported for export in the attribute table.

Authentication

SAML sign in to portal using certificate returns a blank page. A workaround is to sign in using a web browser.

Elevation profile

Elevation profile shows incorrect distances in ArcGIS Earth. A workaround is to use the unit meters.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.14

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Geocoding

Batch geocoding is not available when the geocoding server is not federated with portal.

Raster layer

The blue to red color ramp is not honored if a raster layer is of scientific data source type.

Raster layer

Legend info is missing for local raster layer.

UI/UX

Windows display is not the same between two monitors when they have different DPI.

Time slider

'Move by step' in time-based animation fails to display consistently while viewing through time slider.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.13

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.13:

IssueDescription

BUG-000138088

ArcGIS Earth fails to load a WMS service enabled from an image service.

BUG-000102047

Adding a mosaic dataset image service with Allowed Mosaic Methods 'Default method : By Attribute and Order Field : Date' gives the error String was not recognized valid Date_Time error when the service URL is added to ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000138227

When viewing a map service with a set visibility range in ArcGIS Earth, pop-ups will still display when features are not visible.

BUG-000139838

When adding the URL of the configuration file hosted over ArcGIS Online to ArcGIS Earth, the Unable to load configuration settings error message is returned.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

KML/HTML window

Some videos using H264/AAC codecs cannot be played in ArcGIS Earth.

Time slider

When data falls outside of the time interval, it is still displayed in ArcGIS Earth.

Feature service

Feature service fails to load when it contains SVG symbols.

I18N

Arabic strings display as boxes after applying italic style on the Info tab of the Properties dialog box.

Visibility range

Preset maximum or minimum scale of the web map cannot be read in ArcGIS Earth.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.12

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.12:

IssueDescription

BUG-000137956

Esri ArcGIS Earth has a file path traversal vulnerability.

BUG-000136106

A GeoTIFF file with a minimum of parameters defining the coordinate system fails to open in ArcGIS Earth 1.9 and later.

BUG-000129757

"lookatRange" is equal to zero regardless of viewer positioning in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000130003

ArcGIS Earth renders incorrect icons when a caching service is used.

BUG-000130352

KML network links that result in a P3P error cause ArcGIS Earth to crash.

BUG-000129086

ArcGIS Earth sends an invalid HTTP GET request instead of supporting KML Network Link HTTP Query Element.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

KML sharing

When KML is shared from ArcGIS Earth to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise, download option is only available for KML item that is shared with Organization or Owner.

KML labeling

Labeling of KML and KMZ files is hard to read if the font is set in black and bold.

Configuration

The ArcGIS Online geocoder is not working while performing reverse geocoding in ArcGIS Earth.

Time slider

Even when data falls outside of the time interval, it is still displayed in ArcGIS Earth.

Time slider

Time slider of scene service hosted as Portal item stops refreshing while scene displays well.

Pop-up

Certain complex HTML in the pop-up window does not display properly.

Authentication

Fail to log into ArcGIS Online with Google account if ArcGIS Earth is downloaded from Microsoft store.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.11

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.11:

IssueDescription

BUG-000130179

ArcGIS Earth fails to load a KMZ ground overlay that is embedded within a folder from a URL path.

BUG-000118831

ArcGIS Earth 1.8 displays the first layer only when a hosted feature service with multiple layers is added via Add Data from ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1.

BUG-000129620

Drawing line data in ArcGIS Earth at a higher altitude does not honor the Draped (clamped to ground) altitude property.

BUG-000129768

KML network links that result in a P3P error cause ArcGIS Earth to crash.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Daylight

Shadow on terrain is not supported.

Symbology

If the feature layer is from a portal item or inside a group, adjusted symbology is cleared once you exit ArcGIS Earth.

Underground mode

  • Camera control may be sensitive while navigating data under the ground.
  • There may be gaps on the basemap after enabling underground mode.
  • With the Atmosphere effect on, changing ground transparency may cause rendering issues.
  • Point data may be attached to the ground in certain circumstances.

Automation API

When calculating a new camera in ArcGIS Earth, the roll value shows as 0.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.10

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.10:

IssueDescription

BUG-000123347

ArcGIS Earth 1.9 for Windows does not display line strings from KML files as it did in version 1.8.

BUG-000106708

ArcGIS Earth does not display scale-dependent KML layers.

ENH-000108318

Provide functionality in ArcGIS Earth to view the static latitude and longitude values for imported KMZ points.

BUG-000119738

Secure KML network link generated in ArcGIS Server does not display data in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000121676

In ArcGIS Earth 1.9, the add data window for a portal intermittently does not display any content or categories for content when the app is opened already signed in to a portal site.

BUG-000120360

Unable to sign in to a public key infrastructure (PKI)-enabled Portal for ArcGIS ArcGIS Earth using built-in credentials via the following URL: https://machine.domain:7443/arcgis.

BUG-000121340

Custom address locator in Portal for ArcGIS fails to search addresses in ArcGIS Earth 1.8.

BUG-000120455

Add Data option in ArcGIS Earth fails to fetch content from Portal for ArcGIS.

BUG-000115563

ArcGIS Earth 1.7 does not load the raster Landsat Shaded Basemap from Living Atlas if supplied through a group in Portal for ArcGIS 10.6 or ArcGIS Online.

BUG-000122676

Runtime license message displays.

BUG-000124537

In ArcGIS Earth 1.9, the average slope values in ArcGIS Earth change when Flip Direction is selected in the Elevation Profile dialog box.

BUG-000114114

The point unique symbology with Customer (Expression) is displayed incorrectly in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000111378

Map services are slow to load in ArcGIS Earth, and when they do render, they are low resolution.

BUG-000099465

Scene layer package has red and yellow bands in ArcGIS Earth if transparency and atmosphere effect is applied.

BUG-000099464

Scene layer package has white speckles in ArcGIS Earth if transparency is applied.

BUG-000114141

ArcGIS Earth does not display the hosted feature service from ArcGIS Online if an expression-based symbology is applied to the hosted feature service.

BUG-000126434

ArcGIS Earth crashes when trying to draw polygons at either an absolute height or a relative height if you are using a custom terrain surface, rather than the default.

BUG-000127022

ArcGIS Earth crashes when drawing 3D polygons with the draped altitude setting when using a custom terrain service with Koop services present in the application.

BUG-000126492

ArcGIS Earth failed to load Terrain3D image service from ArcGIS Data Appliance 7.0.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

KML

  • Draw order setting of the polygon is not supported.
  • Rotate setting of the screen overlay is not supported.
  • Ground overlay of .tga, .ppm, and .pgm files cannot display.
  • Ground overlay with absolute altitude can not display.
  • Editing is limited for multigeometry collection. Only editing of the first item is supported.

Symbology

  • Can not display the legend of imagery layers and scene layers.
  • Can not keep the symbology configuration of feature service.

Web styles

  • Only web styles that contain IconSymbol3DLayer and ObjectSymbol3DLayer are supported.
  • UniqueValueRenderer from the style is not supported.

Feature layer

Feature visual variables set to a web scene can not work.

Scene layer

  • Visual variables are not supported for scene layer.
  • Only scene layers that are in WGS84 coordinates will display in ArcGIS Earth.

Authentication

Data service can not be successfully added after entering credentials from the authentication panel. A workaround to this is to add the data service again after you entered the credentials, or sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise before adding data from the portal.

Mobile Scene Package

Mobile scene package which contains web layers is not supported.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.9

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.9:

IssueDescription

BUG-000106573

Adding KMZ file to ArcGIS Earth from ArcGIS Online returns a 403 or 498 error if the layer is private.

BUG-000107555

ArcGIS Earth 1.6—Unable to add CSV with SHIFT_JIS code, with the error message Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

BUG-000111298

Transparency in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise on a feature layer does not show in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000114367

ArcGIS Earth crashes when a specific service is added.

BUG-000115796

ArcGIS Earth does not honor custom pop-ups made in ArcGIS Online.

BUG-000119020

The error message The layers tiling scheme can't be adjusted to align properly with the current Earth spatial reference is returned while adding the specific Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) service in ArcGIS Earth 1.7 or 1.8.

BUG-000112224

L10N-UI-JA/ES/ZH-CN/TH: Some strings are cut off on the setting dialog box of navigation tab.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

KML

  • KML network link with refresh mode of onRegion is not supported.

  • Fly to view on Refresh is not supported if the flyToView parameter is not specified or the value is set to 0 in the KML network link.

Scene layer

Unable to display point scene layer and point cloud scene layer.

Web scene

Scene layer does not honor style color when it's loaded from a web scene.

Feature service

  • Feature service fails to load when it contains SVG symbols.
  • Feature layer with DrawInfo expression is not applied.
  • Feature service with expression-based symbology is not rendered in the scene.

Image service

  • Image service with default raster renderer does not fully display.
  • Customized pop-ups of portal item configuration for image service are not supported.

Shapefile

Shapefile is not fully rendered when x-coordinate >=180.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.8

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.8:

IssueDescription

BUG-000102015

KMZ files created with specific output image sizes cannot display in ArcGIS Earth 1.3.

BUG-000112538

Line features are not displayed for a KMZ file.

BUG-000115105

Unable to open a tile package with a geographic coordinate systems (GCS) projection in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000115251

ArcGIS Earth is rounding values of x,y events if there is a 0 after a decimal.

BUG-000112812

Inconsistent and lagging popup display in ArcGIS Earth.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureDescription

Install ArcGIS Earth

When install and launch ArcGIS Earth from the Microsoft Store, administrator cannot preset or modify application configuration parameters in the configuration file.

KML

  • Pop-up window does not display when playing the KML map tour.
  • Unlocking Windows may cause ArcGIS Earth to crash if the KML networklink layers are still loading.

Web map

The following layers and settings configured in the web map are not supported in ArcGIS Earth:

  • Bookmarks
  • CSV layer
  • KML layer
  • Image service vector layer

Version 2.0 of web maps and higher are supported; pre-2.0 versions are not supported.

Web scene

The following layers and settings configured in the web scene are not supported in ArcGIS Earth:

  • CSV layer
  • Group layer
  • Presentation slides
  • Environment settings

Feature service

  • BUG-000114141—ArcGIS Earth does not display the hosted feature service from ArcGIS Online if an expression-based symbology is applied to the hosted feature service.
  • BUG-000114114—The unique point symbology with Customer(Expression) is displayed incorrectly in ArcGIS Online.

Disconnected environment

Zooming to the following layers may cause ArcGIS Earth to crash if you are working in a disconnected environment:

  • Scene layer packages that are stored in a shared network drive
  • Raster layers that are stored in a shared network drive

Rendering effects of shapefiles that are stored in shared network drive may be wrong if you are working in a disconnected environment.

Identify

Cannot highlight the identified object of the scene layer.

Settings

Auto-zoom to new layer option does not work on portal items.

Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.7

Bug: ArcGIS Earth 1.7 incorrectly truncates location values when displaying data from TXT and CSV files.

When importing a CSV or TXT file into ArcGIS Earth and a zero (0) occurs immediately after a decimal point in either coordinate location axis, ArcGIS Earth defaults to the next digit and places the zero (0) at the end of the Geo Coordinate. This is a known critical issue (BUG-000115251). After a complete investigation, it was determined this issue only impacts ArcGIS Earth version 1.7 and no other released versions.

The following list describes reported bugs that were fixed at ArcGIS Earth 1.7:

IssueDescription

BUG-000099955

KML placemark labels with some Asian characters (for example, Korean and Thai) are displayed as boxes.

BUG-000095870

KMZ files with Chinese characters do not display in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000091637

Missing texture display for the KMZ file that contains a textured 3D model.

BUG-000091617

KMZ file with description attributes fails to display.

BUG-000102893

Unable to display Japanese characters for KML placemark labels.

BUG-000105093

ArcGIS Earth renders some KML files with 3D models poorly.

BUG-000105862

Complex KML files draw significantly slow in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000107985

.jp2 raster files with 16-bit unsigned integer do not display in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000109691

Basemap pixelation effects briefly occur when clicking a pop-up in the viewport.

BUG-000109044

Attempting to open the pop-up of a hosted feature service in ArcGIS Earth returns an error.

BUG-000109508

WMTS services do not display properly at the last level in ArcGIS Earth.

BUG-000112813

3D models have distorted and flashing textures when viewing some scene layer packages.

The following list describes known limitations in the current release. A workaround to each problem is given.

LimitationWorkaround

Cannot directly add a secured service to ArcGIS Earth if it's from an ArcGIS Enterprise portal that is secured via PKI Oracle Access Manager.

Sign in to the portal before adding the secured service to ArcGIS Earth.

Group feature services and group scene services configured in Startup layers cannot be refreshed when ArcGIS Earth is switched back from the disconnected environment.

Restart ArcGIS Earth, or specify the URL of the sublayer instead of the URL of the group layer in the configuration file if you're an administrator.

A local raster without spatial reference information cannot be added to ArcGIS Earth.

Make sure your local raster data is defined with a spatial reference system before adding.

Cannot display custom icons for placemark drawings if a workspace from a previous version with an empty workspace in the user's data directory is imported, for example, C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming.

In your workspace folder of the previous version, rename the icons folder custom_icons, and move it out of the data folder. Then import the workspace to ArcGIS Earth.

Cannot display the scene layer package when lodSelection.maxError is set to 0 for each node.

Re-create your scene layer package with a correct format following the i3s spec.

The following list describes known issues in the current release and are planned to be fixed in future releases:

FeatureIssue description

Basemap

Vector tile layers are currently not supported. If your basemap includes a vector tile layer, it will be discarded.

Image service

ArcGIS Earth currently only supports displaying an image service with user-defined renderer rules.

Map service

Pop-up information is returned when you identify a map service that does not comply with the scale range settings of the layer.

CSV or TXT

  • Cannot add CSV and TXT files if the path URL uses HTTP protocol.

  • Cannot add a CSV file with SHIFT_JIS encoding.

KML

  • Adding a KMZ file to ArcGIS Earth from ArcGIS Online returns an error if the item is private.
  • KMZ files created with a specific output image size in ArcGIS Pro do not display in ArcGIS Earth.

Draw

When saved from a drawing, the label size of a KML file may not display correctly when it's drawn in ArcGIS Earth.

Measure

Measurement information is incorrect if the polygon or circle is drawn across the 180°W/E longitude line.

Disconnected environment

Identifying or reordering shapefiles may cause ArcGIS Earth to crash if you're working in a disconnected environment.

Note:
  • If you receive a proxy authentication error message, openArcGIS Online from Internet Explorer (IE) to check whether it works. ArcGIS Earthuses the default Internet proxy setting, so if it works in IE on the server, it should work here as well.
  • If you have a black screen issue, check whether your computer meets the application system requirements, especially regarding the graphics card and the DirectX version.
  • If you encounter unclear basemap imagery, check the proxy and firewall settings on your computer.
  • If you see an Esri.ArcGIS Runtime.ArcGISDirectXException:DirectX failure error message in ArcGIS Earth on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, check Windows Update to install recommended updates on your computer.

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In this topic
  1. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.18
  2. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.17
  3. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.16
  4. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.15
  5. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.14
  6. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.13
  7. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.12
  8. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.11
  9. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.10
  10. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.9
  11. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.8
  12. Release notes for ArcGIS Earth 1.7