Getting Started - COVID-19 Technical Resources | Esri UK & Ireland

We are supporting our new users with location intelligence to monitor, manage, and communicate the impact of COVID-19. Use and share our guidance on how to set-up ArcGIS Online, how to use our mapping and business intelligence software with tutorials from Esri experts, and how to share maps, insights, and visualisations with ArcGIS Hub.

How to set-up ArcGIS Online

Follow these three simple steps to get started with ArcGIS Online, our cloud-based GIS mapping software.

Request free software

To help you jump-start your response to COVID-19, Esri is providing you with mapping software through a free six-month subscription of ArcGIS Online with Hub Basic.

Request free software

Create account

Follow the step-by-step guide to learn how to activate your ArcGIS Online subscription and create your administrative user account.

Activate the software

Create your user account

Add in your users

The next step is to add in your team members into your ArcGIS Online subscription. You're then ready to start creating your maps.

Edit and manage your profile

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How to make a map

Learn how to easily create and share informative maps, using your own data or a wealth of ready-to-use authoritative content within ArcGIS Online.

Read our blog to learn how to:

Make a map
Add in data
Share a map

For even more, try the ArcGIS Online Fundamentals learning plan.

Intro to ArcGIS Online blog ArcGIS Online Fundamentals

Learn new skills

If you're new and want to get started quickly, try our short lessons or a more in-depth learning plan on a range of ArcGIS products.

Visualise Global COVID-19 Trends Over Time Lesson

Estimated time: 20 minutes

In this exercise, you will analyse the daily COVID-19 data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Analyse COVID-19 Risk Using ArcGIS Pro Lesson

Estimated time: 50 minutes

Using ArcGIS Pro, you will create COVID-19 risk maps showing the transmission, susceptibility, and resource security for decision-makers.

Monitoring COVID-19: A Dashboard Lesson

Estimated time: 1 hour

Learn how to create your own dashboard of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries for each country.

Monitoring COVID-19: A Story Map Lesson

Estimated time: 15-20 minutes

Learn how to present and share a map of virus origin and destination with a live-feed dashboard of infections and recoveries by country.

ArcGIS Technology for Mapping COVID-19

Multiple lessons

This plan will teach you the core ArcGIS technology necessary to understand, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in your community.

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Create Smart Surveys and Forms Using Survey123

Multiple lessons

Collect data wherever you are with Survey123. This plan will teach you how to create surveys and how to deploy your surveys to a mobile device.

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ArcGIS Insights for Understanding COVID-19

Multiple lessons

Learn ArGIS path to help your organisation respond efficiently and plan effectively using ArcGIS Insights tools and data visualisations.

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ArcGIS Hub Fundamentals

Multiple lessons

ArcGIS Hub helps organisations work more effectively with communities. Learn how to use ArcGIS Hub to coordinate and engage with volunteers.

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