Esri adds five ArcGIS Solutions for utilities, disaster assessment and planning

Esri announced five new ArcGIS Solutions and major enhancements to seven existing solutions. It also moved Community Data Aggregation, Electric Joint Use, My Neighborhood Services, Neighborhood Stabilization and School Locator to the Mature phase.

The new offerings target practical coordination tasks for utility operators, inspection teams and emergency managers, including attachment inventories and imagery-based damage estimates. Existing users also need to account for lifecycle changes, particularly the move of Electric Joint Use to Mature status alongside the introduction of Electric Joint Use Permitting.

Esri’s September release expands ArcGIS Solutions with five task-specific offerings. Electric Joint Use Permitting addresses utility-pole attachment permits and inventories, while Solar Panel Inspections supports inspection areas, assignments and visualization of panel conditions. Virtual Damage Reporting lets emergency managers assess structures remotely from post-disaster imagery, share qualified damage estimates and identify potential resource needs. Beach Analysis supports repeatable coastal characterization for defense analysts, and Market Planning and Development brings geographic, customer and competitive context into business site evaluation. The operational focus is on connecting geographic information with permitting, inspection and assessment tasks. The release also identifies seven solutions receiving major enhancements, but the supplied material does not explain those changes. Five existing solutions move to the Mature phase, including Electric Joint Use, with documentation available through Archived help. These lifecycle changes warrant attention alongside the new offerings; the announcement provides no measured operational outcomes.

Evidence supplied by Esri — ArcGIS Blog.