Download for free ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500. This latest version of ArcGIS Explorer comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable GIS viewer that gives you an easy way to explore, visualize, and share GIS information.

With ArcGIS Explorer, you can

• Access ready-to-use ArcGIS Online basemaps and layers.
• Fuse your local data with map services to create custom maps.
• Add photos, reports, videos, and other information to your maps.
• Perform spatial analysis (e.g., visibility, modeling, proximity search). Buffering a point by 100km is possible via Analysis
• View OpenStreetMap in 3D (2d is default) via basemaps.
• Import your .shp, .kml, .gpx, .txt, .csv or even File Geodatabases!
• Create driving directions, add slide (like screen grabs) to presentation – playback is full screen and glides to various screen grabs.

New capabilities of ArcGIS Explorer (build 1750) include:

• SDE connection passwords are now stored in the map by default

• The popup window displays information from joined tables

• Import of GPX files has been improved for faster performance

• Popups for multiple layers now includes the layer name

• GPS and geotagged photo locations using commas in place of decimals (for non-English locales) are now supported

• The busy cursor is displayed when waiting for popup information to return

• Map transformations are applied correctly when creating map content, viewing KML, and geotagging photos

• ArcGIS services with reverse proxy or virtualized configurations are now supported in 2D mode

• Rasters from ArcSDE no longer cause failure when clicking the tools tab

• When connecting to a GPS receiver the options dialog is now displayed when the device is not detected

• Go to in 2D display mode zooms completely to all features

• GeoRSS layer popups have been enhanced for better formatting

• You can now upload KML to your ArcGIS Online account directly from Explorer Desktop

• Maptips for feature layers are displayed when enabled

• Find stops searching when there is no match

• ArcGIS Explorer will not crash when opening a webmap from ArcGIS Online
• Fixed Measure Point latitude/longitude formatting