ArcGIS Earth

Name: ArcGIS Earth
Rating: 3.6 (42 reviews)
Author: ESRI

Productivity

Free · Designed for iPad

42 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

ESRI
Language

EN
+ 6 More
Size

128.3
MB

ArcGIS Earth is designed for everyone and provides user-friendly 3D experiences. Data support ArcGIS Earth allows you to use a variety of items from ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, local data, and web services: • Browse web scenes, map services, image services, scene services, and feature services. • Browse local files including mobile scene packages (MSPK), KML, KMZ, tile packages, and scene layer packages (SLPK). • Support has been added for Living Atlas of the World. Key features • Connect to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. • Tap to identify features. • Support has been added for collecting, editing, and sharing placemarks. • Interactive analysis tools include Measure, Line of Sight, and Viewshed. • Create and share tours with geotagged photos. • Search for places and switch locators. • Start-up tips and guidance for hand gestures are included. • Record and preview GPS tracks, and share with your organization.

Ratings & Reviews

3.6

out of 5

42 Ratings

Needs Apple Watch Support
01/29/2023

ForeverSearchingForWiFi
I like the app. It works fine and automatically saves the track to my ArcGIS Online account. I recommend that you log into your ArcGIS Online account before you are in the field. I was able to log a track of the 2022 San Diego Rock’n’Roll 5K. However, it will drain your phone’s battery faster than expected. That is why I would REALLY like the app to have the controls work from my Apple Watch.
Needs Apple Watch Support
01/29/2023

ForeverSearchingForWiFi

I like the app. It works fine and automatically saves the track to my ArcGIS Online account. I recommend that you log into your ArcGIS Online account before you are in the field. I was able to log a track of the 2022 San Diego Rock’n’Roll 5K. However, it will drain your phone’s battery faster than expected. That is why I would REALLY like the app to have the controls work from my Apple Watch.
Stunted Development
08/27/2025

BCNomad
The app is pretty okay, but definitely lacking in some basic functionality for an iOS or iPadOS application. The lack of a landscape display option for users working from an iPad is rather infuriating as it prevents the user from being able to use it on the iPad using a keyboard. From an iOS perspective, some of the target audience of this will likely use Juggernaut cases or similar to keep a phone accessible, but able to fold away and likewise need a landscape orientation option. When adding / editing features, the navigation of adding points is counterintuitive to the gestures and there is zero support for Apple Pencil. This works as a basic app, but there is a ton of room to grow and ESRI can definitely do better. Perhaps just an artifact of ESRI’s overall lack of support for the Apple ecosystem.
Stunted Development
08/27/2025

BCNomad

The app is pretty okay, but definitely lacking in some basic functionality for an iOS or iPadOS application. The lack of a landscape display option for users working from an iPad is rather infuriating as it prevents the user from being able to use it on the iPad using a keyboard. From an iOS perspective, some of the target audience of this will likely use Juggernaut cases or similar to keep a phone accessible, but able to fold away and likewise need a landscape orientation option. When adding / editing features, the navigation of adding points is counterintuitive to the gestures and there is zero support for Apple Pencil. This works as a basic app, but there is a ton of room to grow and ESRI can definitely do better. Perhaps just an artifact of ESRI’s overall lack of support for the Apple ecosystem.
Major issues with UI
02/06/2024

Zeoxeo
I really don't want data to show up on whos imagery im looking at and when its from every time i touch the screen. I just want to look at the data from the pins i imported from the USGS MRDS system. I can not select any pin i'm looking at, just a bunch of nonsense from MAXAR imagery pops up. Also as im trying to scroll around and look at things i constantly have the maxar info pop up unintentionally. The tool circle at the bottom when open has too large of an interaction box which makes it impossible to navigate around the imagery while its open as it tries to instead select tools instead of move the users view. Theres some very good features in the app but the user interface makes it almost useless to me. Some major fixes need to be made.
Major issues with UI
02/06/2024

Zeoxeo

I really don't want data to show up on whos imagery im looking at and when its from every time i touch the screen. I just want to look at the data from the pins i imported from the USGS MRDS system. I can not select any pin i'm looking at, just a bunch of nonsense from MAXAR imagery pops up. Also as im trying to scroll around and look at things i constantly have the maxar info pop up unintentionally. The tool circle at the bottom when open has too large of an interaction box which makes it impossible to navigate around the imagery while its open as it tries to instead select tools instead of move the users view. Theres some very good features in the app but the user interface makes it almost useless to me. Some major fixes need to be made.
Sloppy effort given what we pay for ArcGIS
02/29/2020

swyost
As a beta, I viewed the app as having potential. Ironically though, since its official release, it is just a waste of storage space. I have tested this app on every platform and, with the exception of IOS, I can see the content from “My Content” that is saved in ArcGIS online. On my iPhones (multiple), it shows no content. As there are far better apps for just viewing the world on a map, that makes ArcGIS Earth completely useless. What is the point if I cannot visualize anything more than canned data? BTW, ArcGIS Explorer for IOS easily displays the data from “My Content.” The issue is limited solely to this app and only since official release.

Developer Response
Dear swyost,I am sorry to hear your issues using ArcGIS Earth. ArcGIS Earth supports to display and load data of Image/Scene/Feature/Map Services, KML/KMZ, Web scenes, Mobile Scene Packages from Portal. Can you share your issue screenshots or more details to ArcGISEarth_Feedback@esri.com so that we could research the issue you encountered? Best,ArcGIS Earth Team
Sloppy effort given what we pay for ArcGIS
02/29/2020

swyost

As a beta, I viewed the app as having potential. Ironically though, since its official release, it is just a waste of storage space. I have tested this app on every platform and, with the exception of IOS, I can see the content from “My Content” that is saved in ArcGIS online. On my iPhones (multiple), it shows no content. As there are far better apps for just viewing the world on a map, that makes ArcGIS Earth completely useless. What is the point if I cannot visualize anything more than canned data? BTW, ArcGIS Explorer for IOS easily displays the data from “My Content.” The issue is limited solely to this app and only since official release.
Developer Response 05/06/2020
Dear swyost,I am sorry to hear your issues using ArcGIS Earth. ArcGIS Earth supports to display and load data of Image/Scene/Feature/Map Services, KML/KMZ, Web scenes, Mobile Scene Packages from Portal. Can you share your issue screenshots or more details to ArcGISEarth_Feedback@esri.com so that we could research the issue you encountered? Best,ArcGIS Earth Team

• You can now edit the geometry of a drawing line and polygon. • Historical imagery explorer has been added to the app. • Added support for viewing OGC WMS and OGC WMTS data layer. • Streaming by time interval has been enabled in the track settings • World-scale AR mode has been added to the AR support as a beta feature. • Improved map downloading and supported taking basemaps offline.