There could be some hiccups if you are migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro but there is lots of documentation to help get you through it and explain that you need to make some changes along the way. Still, can’t we go a little longer?Īn ArcGIS Desktop by any other name would smell as sweet: Our datasets are larger, integration with the web becoming more dominant, and we’ve run out of new names for ArcGIS Desktop. We live in a 64-bit world with Python 3x now. But the 32-bit ArcMap with Python 2x was showing its age. After a long run, thousands of issues have been worked out in the software.

We all knew it was happening, we just didn’t have dates until this past year. Add a dash of integration with ArcGIS Online, and the ability to save database connections as favourites in Pro (finally), and you have reached your destination.

If you move too to retire ArcMap, other options (competitors) might bubble to the surface. ArcGIS Pro was officially launched in 2015 by uptake was very slow. Well, you need to wait until a larger percentage of people have moved to ArcGIS Pro before you flip the switch. But the recent announcement on ArcGIS Enterprise removing ArcMap publishing support is the nail in the coffin. Sure, it’s been said for years: I remember when 10.3 was going the last release until it wasn’t. Esri is saying it for realzies this time. Sure there are still six more years of support, but ArcGIS 10.8.1 is the final release for good old ArcMap (ArcGIS Desktop).

After 2 decades, ArcMap is set to retire.

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