Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Topographic (with Countours and Hillshade) provides a detailed vector basemap for the world symbolized with a classic Esri topographic map style, including vector contours and vector hillshade for added context.   Open map The web map is very similar in content and style to the popular World Topographic Map, the default organization basemap. This new map includes a vector tile layer that provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display.  View web map item details View layer item details ... View more

This web map provides a detailed basemap for the world symbolized with rich cartographic styling with an emphasis on the natural world. At small-to-mid-scales the landcover is presented by biome features. This layer includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. The map is built using the same data sources used for all Esri vector basemaps. Click to view Outdoor Map See Outdoor Map item overview. See Outdoor layer item overview. ... View more

New 3D layers are now available based on the OpenStreetMap (OSM) Daylight distribution. These scene layers are global in scope and offer a way for you view any location in 3D, or add context to more detailed visualizations you may have authored. Click to view sceneFor more information, see New OSM 3D Scene Layers. Item pages:  OpenStreetMap 3D Buildings OpenStreetMap 3D Trees (Realistic) OpenStreetMap 3D Trees (Thematic) OpenStreetMap 3D Buildings and Trees (Web Scene with all layers)   ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe. It includes curated maps, apps, and data layers from Esri and the global GIS user community that support your work. Types of Living Atlas content Much of the content found in the Living Atlas is public and ready-to-use in maps, scenes, and apps with no restrictions or authentication required. However, some content is not publicly available and falls into two categories: Subscriber content is the collection of layers published by Esri that requires an organizational subscription account to access. These are layers such as Landsat 8 imagery, NAIP imagery, landscape analysis layers, and historical maps. Subscriber content is provided as part of your organizational subscription and does not consume any credits. Premium content is a type of subscriber content. It’s the collection of layers published by Esri that requires an organizational account to access, and also consumes credits. These are layers such as demographic and lifestyle layers. View the blog: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/living-atlas-subscriber-content-public-apps/ ... View more

The World Imagery basemap is updated regularly with newer imagery. When and where updates occur, the previous imagery is replaced and is no longer visible. In the vast majority of cases the updated imagery is better, more recent, and is preferred, but there may be exceptions. For example, the previous imagery may better align with your GIS layers, or may offer fewer clouds or snow cover. Wayback will allow you to use the version of World Imagery that best suits your needs. This first blog tutorial explains how to find a Wayback version you like to use as a basemap: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/wayback-custom-basemap/ This second blog tutorial covers all of the tools in Wayback that you can use to explore Wayback imagery and compare change over time: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/use-world-imagery-wayback/ ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of curated geographic information from around the globe. It includes ready-to-use basemaps, maps, layers, apps, and more from Esri and the global GIS user community. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World website where you can browse content, view the blog, and learn how you can contribute. ArcGIS Living Atlas is updated frequently and has evolved and expanded greatly over the past year. Content is published and released whenever it’s been finalized, making it easy to overlook an update or new offering. The ArcGIS Living Atlas News is published as a regular summary of new content and updates. To view highlights from each Living Atlas News blog article published throughout 2021, see 2021 ArcGIS Living Atlas year in review. ... View more

As announced previously, several of Esri’s raster basemaps moved to mature support in July 2021. Newly introduced ArcGIS Online layer status capabilities make it easy to identify whether your maps are using any of these deprecated basemaps and other deprecated layers.  If your web map is referencing one of these raster basemaps, you should notice that it is marked as deprecated in the item details (example below). For more details, see Update basemap in your web maps. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides foundation elevation layers and tools to support analysis and visualization across the ArcGIS system. These layers get updated quarterly with high resolution elevation data from federal agencies, open sources, and community maps program. Esri is providing these datasets as ready to use services that benefit the GIS community and extend the use of data in new and innovative ways. In this release, world elevation layers and tools are updated with a few high-resolution elevation and bathymetry datasets. For details, see Data updates to Living Atlas world elevation layers and tools (December 2021).  ... View more

Every year in December, layers are retired from Esri’s content catalog. This blog article by Caitlin Scopel lists the retiring layers and includes links to replacements. ... View more

Recently there have been some significant improvements to the ways in which we can interact with vector tile maps and vector basemaps in particular. The most important change is that now the Vector Tile Style Editor can be the focus of all of your work. Two big improvements are the ability to edit the map JSON and duplicate and manage layers, changing drawing order. For details, see  New ways of customizing Esri vector basemaps and a collection of recently updated StoryMaps (all by @AndrewSkinner). Part 1: Looking at the basics of interacting with Vector Basemaps. Part 2: Working with color. Part 3: Adding and reorganizing layers, and working with Lines. Part 4: Working with Labels. Part 5: Working with Sprites to create icons and patterns.   ... View more

Using new blending capabilities and background colors in Map Viewer, you can create a deep blue basemap: Or even one in deep orange: For more information, read Deep blue basemap available in Living Atlas.         ... View more