Building Accessible, Multilingual ArcGIS Apps with Automated Workflows and Localization
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This article from the 2026 Esri Developer & Technology Summit covers how to build accessible, multilingual ArcGIS apps. It uses a squirrel observation workflow as a case study, showing how the project evolved from manual translation (English/Spanish) to automated workflows using Arcade expressions and localization best practices. The manual approach became unsustainable and error-prone, leading to the need for automation in data collection, translations, alternative text validation, and locale-specific formatting.
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bskyBuilding Accessible, Multilingual ArcGIS Apps with Automated Workflows and Localizationesri.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe data collection workflow previously relied on manual translation supporting English and Spanish locales.
Over time the project evolved to support continuous squirrel data collection, manual data translations, alternative text validation, and locale‑specific formatting the workflow became cumbersome and unsustainable, while also introducing errors.
Automation became necessary
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