ArcGIS Urban

ArcGIS Urban

Developer(s)	Esri R&D Center Zurich
Initial release	July 2019
Stable release	December 2024
Platform	Web application
Available in	40 languages
List of languages Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Type	3D urban planning
License	Proprietary
Website	www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-urban/overview

ArcGIS Urban is a commercial urban planning application developed by the Esri R&D Center Zurich, designed to support urban planners, architects, and stakeholders in managing urban development projects, visualizing future growth, and evaluating the impact of planning decisions[1].

The application allows users to model their city in 3D, and study plans and projects in the context of zoning and land-use regulations, as well as custom metrics such as population, energy use and fiscal implications.

Releases

Web application

ArcGIS Urban is released as a web application that can be used with Esri's cloud platform, ArcGIS Online, or hosted on-premise with Esri's ArcGIS Enterprise solution.

ArcGIS online version

The first version of ArcGIS Urban was announced in 2018[2], and released on 1 July 2019[3] for ArcGIS Online. The ArcGIS online version of ArcGIS Urban releases new versions 3 times per year, with the latest version released in December 2024.

Esri enterprise version

On May 23, 2024, ArcGIS Urban was released as part of ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3, enabling users to host the application and data on-premise instead of on the cloud.

API

ArcGIS Urban also has a GraphQL API, which enables users to manage all the data in the application programmatically. The first version of the Urban API was released on 29 June 2022[4].

Integrations with Other Products

3D meshes that are created from LiDAR data, drone footage and aerial imagery using ArcGIS Reality can be used in ArcGIS Urban to visualise plans and projects with a more realistic context.[5]

Plans that are created in ArcGIS Urban can also be opened in CityEngine, where more detailed urban design work can be done.[6]

References

1. Soward, Ellen; Li, Jianling (21 July 2021). "ArcGIS Urban: an application for plan assessment". Computational Urban Science. 1 (1): 15. Bibcode:2021CmpUS...1...15S. doi:10.1007/s43762-021-00016-9. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
2. "Esri developing ArcGIS Urban to help cities orchestrate real estate development". GW Prime. Geospatial Media. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. Schoebitz, Natalie (8 July 2019). "ArcGIS Urban V1.0 is here". Esri Community. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. Rozniak, Agnieszka. "Introducing ArcGIS Urban API v1.0". ArcGIS Blog. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
5. Day, Martyn (8 February 2023). "Esri introduces ArcGIS Reality for reality modelling". AEC Magazine. X3DMedia. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
6. Van Rees, Eric (24 June 2019). "CityEngine for Urban Design and Creating VR/AR Experiences". Geo Week News. Diversified Communications. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

External Links

• Product Page
• Application Page
• Release Notes