Custom Project Templates in ArcGIS Pro: A Powerful Tool With One Quiet Gotcha
If you find yourself rebuilding the same project structure over and over in ArcGIS Pro — adding the same basemaps, wiring up the same database connections, recreating the same layout, importing the same toolboxes — there is a better way. Custom project templates let...
Analyzing Map Performance in ArcGIS Pro 3.7
Every GIS professional knows the feeling. You open a map you authored last week, click around to verify a few edits, and the whole thing crawls. Layers paint in fits and starts, the scale bar lags, and you’re left guessing which of your two dozen layers is the...
What’s New in ArcGIS Pro 3.7: A Practical Guide to the May 2026 Release
Esri has officially released ArcGIS Pro 3.7, the latest minor release in the 3.x series, arriving in May 2026 right on the biannual schedule. This release doesn’t introduce breaking changes — your existing projects, scripts, and workflows remain fully compatible...
The Determinism Gap: Why AI Doesn’t Replace GIS Automation
A planner sits down with ChatGPT and asks for help finding suitable parcels for a new fire station. They paste in a description of the criteria — inside the city limits, outside the floodplain, at least two acres, within half a mile of a major road. The model returns...