What's new in November 2020 release

See what's new and improved in the November 2020 release. Highlights are provided below, and additional details can be found in the release notes for each ArcGIS solution.

New solutions

Communications Data Management for ArcGIS Enterprise

Communications Utility Network Foundation can be used to accelerate coax, copper, fiber, and wireless communication utility network implementations.

Communications Data Management for ArcGIS Online

Communications Data Management can be used to map coax, copper, fiber, and wireless system assets, edit data, view system maps in the field and office, view asset reports, and collaborate with map notes.

Community Health Assessment

The Community Health Assessment solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you plan community health survey areas, collect survey responses from random households, and monitor key indicators as the assessment occurs.

Fusion Center

The Fusion Center solution delivers a set of capabilities to correlate information from multiple event layers and assess the impact to an organization's assets such as facilities, employee home locations, and travelers.

Police Transparency

The Police Transparency solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you share information openly with the public, promote your agency’s work, demonstrate accountability when force is used, illustrate how workforce recruiting reflects the diversity of the community, and engage the public to improve policing services.

Water Distribution Data Management for ArcGIS Enterprise

Water Distribution Utility Network Foundation can be used to accelerate water distribution utility network implementations.

Water Distribution Data Management for ArcGIS Online

Water Distribution Data Management can be used to map water distribution assets, edit data, view system maps in the field and office, view asset reports, and collaborate with map notes.

Enhanced solutions

3D Basemaps

  • Added deep learning for tree classification in lidar.
  • Added tree extraction using cluster analysis.
  • Significantly improved the performance and quality of building footprint extraction.
  • Added links to 3D analysis solutions that can leverage 3D basemaps layers.
  • Fixed an issue with building footprint extraction in ArcGIS Pro 2.6.
Adopt-A-Catch Basin
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to learn how they get involved in the Adopt-A-Catch Basin program.
Adopt-A-Stop
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to learn how to get involved in the Adopt-A-Stop program.
Agriculture Best Management Practices
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Best Management Practices Dashboard, BMP Enrollment Status, BMP Enrollment Survey, and BMP Verification Survey solutions.
Capital Project Planning
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Capital Improvement Plan, Capital Project Plans, Capital Project Review, External Agency Projects, and Pavement Moratoriums solutions.
  • A new ArcGIS Experience Builder app used by the general public and other interested parties to review projects included in the Capital Improvement Plan.
Capital Project Tracking
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Capital Project Reports and Capital Project Dashboard.
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to learn more about public investments being made and how they can participate in the capital project planning process.
  • A new ArcGIS Experience Builder app used by internal and external stakeholders to monitor active capital projects.
Community Data Aggregation
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Community Addresses and Community Parcels solutions.

Coronavirus Business Continuity

  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by businesses, utilities, and government agencies to share coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety plans with employees returning to the workplace and customers that visit their place of business.
  • A new Facilities feature layer that supports the implementation of the Coronavirus Business Continuity and Coronavirus Business Reopening solutions.
  • A new Individual Check-in survey that supports the implementation the Coronavirus Business Continuity and Coronavirus Health Screening solutions.
Coronavirus Business Reopening
  • A new version of the Facilities feature layer used in both the Coronavirus Business Continuity and Coronavirus Business Reopening solutions
  • Addition of the Facility Status Reporter app and Facility Status Report survey to maintain facility report status
Coronavirus Site Safety
  • A new Coronavirus Site Safety Issue Reporter that resolves an issue where the form could not be opened in the ArcGIS Survey123 app.
  • A new Coronavirus Site Safety Manager map and app that resolves an issue where site plan updates were missing the associated plan identifier.
  • A new Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor app that resolves an issue where site plan updates were missing the associated plan identifier.
Development Impact Analysis
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Calculate Solar Radiation, Shadow Impact Analysis, and the Visibility Assessment solutions.
Emergency Management Operations
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Situational Awareness Viewer, Operations Response, Incident Briefing, Incident Status Dashboard and Emergency Management Maps solutions.
  • A new Public Information app that supports a better mobile user experience.
Environmental Analysis
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Environmental Analysis, Environmental Screening, and Environmental Impact Public Comment solutions.
Equitable Property Value
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the My Tax Distribution, Tax Parcel Viewer, Floodplain Inquiry, Residential Comp Finder, and Property Tax Assessment Appeal solutions.
  • An updated ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to access tax parcel and related property information, find comparable sales, file assessment appeals, and identify properties impacted by FEMA floodplain boundaries.
  • A new Tax Liability Calculator used by the general public to compute their estimated tax liability.
Flood Impact Analysis
  • An enhancement to support classification of building as partially or completely flooded when buildings are intersected by the flood areas.
  • An enhancement to support realistic water rendering in ArcGIS Pro.
Gas and Pipeline Data Management for ArcGIS Enterprise
  • Solution name changed from Gas and Pipeline Enterprise Data Management to Gas and Pipeline Data Management for ArcGIS Enterprise.
  • Reduced name of sequences to less than 31 characters to support Oracle 12.1.
  • Renamed ID Generation Attribute Rules.
  • Updated the Asset Type domain from Asset_Type_Structure_Vault_Boundary to Asset_Type_Structure_Boundary_Pipeline_Pipe_Vault.
Homelessness Outreach
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Homelessness Service Locator and Health Resource Inventory solutions.
  • A new Homelessness Outreach Volunteer survey used by the general public to volunteer with assisting people experiencing homelessness in their community.
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by used by the general public to access information about homelessness in their community and where to find related services.
  • A new Homelessness Service Locator app that supports a better mobile user experience.
Homelessness Point-in-Time Counts
  • A new ArcGIS Notebooks app used by health and human service staff to generate a report of homeless point in-time counts to meet Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements.
Homelessness Risk Reduction
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Homeless Activity Reporter  and Homelessness Risk Reduction solutions.
Invasive Pest Inspections
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Invasive Pest Surveys, Invasive Pest Viewer, Invasive Pest Status, and Invasive Pest Reports solutions.
Land Use Outreach
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Land Use Inquiry, Floodplain Inquiry, Construction Activity Tracker, and Public Comment solutions.
Mosquito Service Requests
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Mosquito Service Request and Mosquito Field Operations solutions.
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by public works and mosquito control agencies to share how they are controlling mosquito populations and the spread of vector-borne disease.
Mosquito Surveillance
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Mosquito Population Surveillance and Mosquito Health Concerns solutions.
Mosquito Treatments
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Mosquito Adulticide Planning, Mosquito Larvicide Reporting, Mosquito Spray Areas, Mosquito Spray Exclusions, and Mosquito Spray Notifications solutions.
Multi Source Data Feeds
  • Shortened the field length for all fields to cut down on storage.

  • Added support to store credentials in Credential Manager.

Neighborhood Stabilization
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Blight Status Dashboard, Demolition Tracker, Mortgage Counseling Locator, Property Condition Survey, and Neighborhood Early Warning solutions.
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to access blight complaints, track demolition activity, locate mortgage or housing counselors, and conduct property surveys.
  • A new Tax Liability Calculator used by the general public to compute their estimated tax liability.
Parcel Value Analysis
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Value Analysis Dashboard and Residential Comp Finder solutions.
Participatory Budgeting
  • A new ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to learn how they can become involved in the participatory budgeting process.
Sewer Data Management for ArcGIS Online
  • Updated to use ArcGIS Field Maps instead of ArcGIS Collector.
  • Removed AssetID Management Notebook.
  • Removed cathodic protection and various other features to simplify the data model.
Shelter Locator
  • A new Shelter Locator app that supports a better mobile user experience.
Warming and Cooling Centers
  • Includes the capabilities previously delivered with the Warming and Cooling Center Locator and Warming and Cooling Center Reporter solutions.