ArcGIS Earth

The app is pretty okay, but definitely lacking in some basic functionality for an iOS or iPadOS application. The lack of a landscape display option for users working from an iPad is rather infuriating as it prevents the user from being able to use it on the iPad using a keyboard. From an iOS perspective, some of the target audience of this will likely use Juggernaut cases or similar to keep a phone accessible, but able to fold away and likewise need a landscape orientation option. When adding / editing features, the navigation of adding points is counterintuitive to the gestures and there is zero support for Apple Pencil. This works as a basic app, but there is a ton of room to grow and ESRI can definitely do better. Perhaps just an artifact of ESRI’s overall lack of support for the Apple ecosystem.

I really don't want data to show up on whos imagery im looking at and when its from every time i touch the screen. I just want to look at the data from the pins i imported from the USGS MRDS system. I can not select any pin i'm looking at, just a bunch of nonsense from MAXAR imagery pops up. Also as im trying to scroll around and look at things i constantly have the maxar info pop up unintentionally. The tool circle at the bottom when open has too large of an interaction box which makes it impossible to navigate around the imagery while its open as it tries to instead select tools instead of move the users view. Theres some very good features in the app but the user interface makes it almost useless to me. Some major fixes need to be made.

I like the app. It works fine and automatically saves the track to my ArcGIS Online account. I recommend that you log into your ArcGIS Online account before you are in the field. I was able to log a track of the 2022 San Diego Rock’n’Roll 5K. However, it will drain your phone’s battery faster than expected. That is why I would REALLY like the app to have the controls work from my Apple Watch.