topic Basic Polygons for Standard Geographies in Business Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636525#M321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there basic polygon data of standard geographies (states, counties, zip codes, etc.) available which has minimal boundary detail?&nbsp; Will be used at small scale for visualization purposes only, so don't need all the boundary detail which leads to slower redraw and longer rendering.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:02:37 GMT EugeneBoyd 2015-11-30T20:02:37Z Basic Polygons for Standard Geographies https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636525#M321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there basic polygon data of standard geographies (states, counties, zip codes, etc.) available which has minimal boundary detail?&nbsp; Will be used at small scale for visualization purposes only, so don't need all the boundary detail which leads to slower redraw and longer rendering.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:02:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636525#M321 EugeneBoyd 2015-11-30T20:02:37Z Re: Basic Polygons for Standard Geographies https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636526#M322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you only have a basic license <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/editing-toolbox/generalize.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/editing-toolbox/generalize.htm">Generalize—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> in the editor toolbox will work</P><P>If you have standard or advanced, then <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/cartography-toolbox/simplify-polygon.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/cartography-toolbox/simplify-polygon.htm">Simplify Polygon—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>might do it</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:18:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636526#M322 DanPatterson_Retired 2015-11-30T20:18:35Z Re: Basic Polygons for Standard Geographies https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636527#M323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Natural Earth has data at three different scales available for download:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/" title="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/">Downloads | Natural Earth</A> </P><P></P><P>Esri also has a generalized US States feature layer as well as other map image services if you are planning to use these in a web map.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99fd67933e754a1181cc755146be21ca" title="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99fd67933e754a1181cc755146be21ca">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99fd67933e754a1181cc755146be21ca</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:22:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/business-questions/basic-polygons-for-standard-geographies/m-p/636527#M323 KyleBalke__GISP 2015-11-30T20:22:38Z