UPDATE (New Time): Esri UK Content change to HTTPS Only

IMPORTANT UPDATE. This change is now postponed until 11:30am on 1st of December 2020 (Please note the new time).

In previous articles we discussed the ArcGIS Online change to enforce HTTPS Only and how this may affect your ArcGIS Online organisation. This article explains what is happening to Esri UK content.

All of the Esri UK content is already accessible via HTTPS, as well as HTTP. At 11:30am on 1st of December 2020 (previously 11th November 2020) we will transition to providing content as HTTPS ONLY. If you are currently connecting to any of our services using HTTP you should start to update those links to HTTPS as soon as possible.

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Mature Support for Raster Basemaps in the ArcGIS Platform

Esri have announced their plans for Vector Tile Basemaps to become the primary version of basemaps, so Raster Basemaps will move into Mature Support. During 2020 Esri have already moved several Raster Basemap services, and in July 2021 other Raster Basemap services will move into Mature Support too.

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Using the APGB service from ArcGIS

The Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) agreement is a fantastic service for public sector organisations in Great Britain. It gives the public sector access to high resolution imagery and height data for use in their GIS, CAD and other systems. The data is available either by downloading the source data or as a dynamic WMS service.

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