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You can share maps with Everyone, or with a select Group of users (if you belong to a group, or want to set one up).Optionally, click Share (from the main menu bar).Enter a Title, Tags (descriptive thematic and/or location key words) and a brief Summary for your map.Click on the Show Map Legend tab (under the Details tab) to view your map.NOTE: some online layers (basemaps and web data) have limited customization options.Use the arrow beside a layer to open symbolgy options, configure pop-ups, set scale ranges, etc.Click on a layer to expand it's symbology.Click on the Show Contents of Map tab (under the Details tab).

Optionally change the symbology and/or configure Pop-ups for your data layers.You can Add a Layer from the Web (to add data from a Web Service or KML file - if you know the URL for the data).You can Add a Layer from a File (to add an existing GIS data layer in a shapefile, GPS file or text file format).Return to the Details tab when you are finished editing.You can click the Edit tab to add or edit data later.Recommended: Use the basic Map Notes layer at first.You can Create an Editable Layer (to add custom points, lines, polygons, arrows.).You can Search for Layers to locate existing online data (either from ESRI's ArcGIS Online or from the Web).To add map data (on top of the basemap) use the Add drop down menu.NOTE: All basemaps have a limited scale range (beyond which they won't display) - different basemaps have different maximum scales (the Bing basemaps have some of the best resoulution, the Oceans basemap has much less detailed data, and the Streets and Topographic basemaps are in between.).

NOTE: This tutorial was created in Fall of 2011, is a relatively new, and rapidly changing, application. Maps can be created and viewed online via or via ArcGIS Explorer Online. provides quick and simple mapping and (very) basic GIS functionality for free.