Release notes for September 2025 | ArcGIS Location Platform

ArcGIS Location Platform new features, updates, improvements, and bug fixes included in the September 2025 release.

New features

Basemap sessions, a new means to meter basemap tile usage. A basemap session is a timeframe for up to 12 hours during which a single user of a single application can use a session token to access unlimited basemap tiles from the Basemap Styles service. A free tier of 1,000 basemap sessions is provided with each monthly billing cycle.

For more information, visit Mapping and location services > Basemap usage .
Added open basemaps styles to the static map tiles service.

The ArcGIS Geocoding service was updated with three new capabilities that offer greater accuracy and more insightful location-based decision-making.
- findAddressCandidates adds the following new request parameters:
  - searchWithin to return a collection of associated places or addresses for a geocoded location.
  - returnMatchNarrative to return detailed information about how geocoding results are produced.
  - matchID a new output value that represents a unique place or address to search for.
- findAddressCandidates adds the following new response attributes:
  - MatchID is an ID representing a unique place or address that can be searched for with a findAddressCandidates request using the matchID parameter.
  - BldgComp describes an area, typically residential, composed of a collection of buildings representing multiple addresses.
Routing services performance improvements.
A redesigned developer experience when using MapLibre GL JS with ArcGIS location services with the new MapLibre ArcGIS plugin.
Updated help instructions to change your password.

Fixed: generating a usage report on the usage page for an OAuth application did not return the correct usage attributed to the application.
Several updates to the help pages.