Setting language and region

The website can be viewed with your preferred language and region. Language determines the user interface as well as the way time, date, and numerical values appear. Region sets the featured maps on the home page, content in the gallery, and the default extent of new maps in the ArcGIS.com map viewer.

Language

The website supports the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified Han), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. You can set the language in your browser or through your user profile. Most browsers have a language setting in the Options menu; check your browser's Help for the specific steps. The user profile setting takes priority over the browser setting.

Follow the steps below to set the language in your profile.

Steps:

1. Verify that you are logged in to the website.
2. Click your name in the top banner. This opens your profile page.
3. Click the Edit my profile button.
4. Choose your language preference from the Language options.
5. Click the Save button.

Region

Featured maps on the home page, content in the gallery, and the default extent of new maps in the ArcGIS.com map viewer can be set for a specific region. The following regions are available: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and World. Some of the website headings and item details may appear in the language associated with the region. For example, if you set your region to France, the gallery headings and web map descriptions appear in French. Some of the basemap labels may be localized as well.

Follow the steps below to set your preferred region.

Steps:

1. Verify that you are logged in to the website.
2. Click your name in the top banner. This opens your profile page.
3. Click the Edit my profile button.
4. Choose your regional preference from the Region options.
5. Click the Save button.

Language and region for your organization

Beta:

An ArcGIS Online subscription lets you manage your geospatial assets and publish maps and data to the cloud. The ArcGIS 10.1 community is now invited to join the beta testing program. See the ArcGIS Beta Community for more information.

If you are a member of an organization, your administrator may have set the language and region for the organization. If your browser uses a different language, you will see that language. You can also change the language you see by updating your profile. You cannot change the region at the personal profile level.