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The ArcGIS Content Team is winding down the year with one last basemap release. Don’t be sad, we have a lot planned for 2017! Why not consider contributing to the Living Atlas one of those New Year’s resolutions? This basemap release includes over 20 communities that have provided new and updated map layers to Esri’s Online Basemaps. They include Japan, the Catalonia region of Spain, and select cities and counties in the United States as seen in this Story Map. Living Atlas Community Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingAtlas/ Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map, or Street Map Feedback web map. ... View more

The ArcGIS Content Team is winding down the year with one last basemap release. Don’t be sad, we have a lot planned for 2017! Why not consider contributing to the Living Atlas one of those New Year’s resolutions? This basemap release includes over 20 communities that have provided new and updated map layers to Esri’s Online Basemaps. They include Japan, the Catalonia region of Spain, and select cities and counties in the United States as seen in this Story Map. Living Atlas Community Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingAtlas/ Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map, or Street Map Feedback web map. ... View more

The ArcGIS Content Team is winding down the year with one last basemap release. Don’t be sad, we have a lot planned for 2017! Why not consider contributing to the Living Atlas one of those New Year’s resolutions? This basemap release includes over 20 communities that have provided new and updated map layers to Esri’s Online Basemaps. They include Japan, the Catalonia region of Spain, and select cities and counties in the United States as seen in this Story Map. Living Atlas Community Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingAtlas/ Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map, or Street Map Feedback web map. ... View more

Visit the Living Atlas Content Area at the 2016 Esri User Conference! A modern GIS needs access to a wealth of foundational content. The Living Atlas is the foremost collection of authoritative, ready-to-use global geographic information ever assembled. The Living Atlas enables the exploration of people and places around the world, as well as the natural and man-made influences that impact them. Experience the benefit of on-demand access to valuable maps, data layers, tools, services, and apps to help you achieve your goals. Learn about the themes of content in the Living Atlas, covering topics like demographics, boundaries, imagery, landscapes, oceans, 3D, and earth observations. See demonstrations on how to build and share your organization’s authoritative maps and layers. See how to use map and layers from the Living Atlas to perform advanced analytics across the platform. Meet the curators and discuss the content needs of your organization. Sign in to the detailed agenda to mark your favorite ArcGIS Online and Living Atlas of the World sessions and Demos. Get the Esri Events App on iTunes or Google Play! This issue of Esri News for the Living Atlas Community highlights the latest Living Atlas Community Webinar. In this webinar, Randy Warren from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described their mission to provide actionable content and how contributing to the Living Atlas meets their needs, and Keith VanGraafeiland, Esri Living Atlas Content Curator for Oceans, demonstrated how NOAA’s content can be leveraged to enhance your work. This issue also includes information about demographic and lifestyle data for sixty new countries, and a look at a major update to the Community Maps Contributor App .           I encourage you to share this newsletter with others who may benefit from its content by inviting them to subscribe.  Likewise, I invite you to contact me with feedback about the newsletter or suggest topics for future issues. I am glad you have joined us in helping to build theLiving Atlas of the World! ... View more

Visit the Living Atlas Content Area at the 2016 Esri User Conference! A modern GIS needs access to a wealth of foundational content. The Living Atlas is the foremost collection of authoritative, ready-to-use global geographic information ever assembled. The Living Atlas enables the exploration of people and places around the world, as well as the natural and man-made influences that impact them. Experience the benefit of on-demand access to valuable maps, data layers, tools, services, and apps to help you achieve your goals. Learn about the themes of content in the Living Atlas, covering topics like demographics, boundaries, imagery, landscapes, oceans, 3D, and earth observations. See demonstrations on how to build and share your organization’s authoritative maps and layers. See how to use map and layers from the Living Atlas to perform advanced analytics across the platform. Meet the curators and discuss the content needs of your organization. Sign in to the detailed agenda to mark your favorite ArcGIS Online and Living Atlas of the World sessions and Demos. Get the Esri Events App on iTunes or Google Play! This issue of Esri News for the Living Atlas Community highlights the latest Living Atlas Community Webinar. In this webinar, Randy Warren from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described their mission to provide actionable content and how contributing to the Living Atlas meets their needs, and Keith VanGraafeiland, Esri Living Atlas Content Curator for Oceans, demonstrated how NOAA’s content can be leveraged to enhance your work. This issue also includes information about demographic and lifestyle data for sixty new countries, and a look at a major update to the Community Maps Contributor App .           I encourage you to share this newsletter with others who may benefit from its content by inviting them to subscribe.  Likewise, I invite you to contact me with feedback about the newsletter or suggest topics for future issues. I am glad you have joined us in helping to build theLiving Atlas of the World! ... View more

Visit the Living Atlas Content Area at the 2016 Esri User Conference! A modern GIS needs access to a wealth of foundational content. The Living Atlas is the foremost collection of authoritative, ready-to-use global geographic information ever assembled. The Living Atlas enables the exploration of people and places around the world, as well as the natural and man-made influences that impact them. Experience the benefit of on-demand access to valuable maps, data layers, tools, services, and apps to help you achieve your goals. Learn about the themes of content in the Living Atlas, covering topics like demographics, boundaries, imagery, landscapes, oceans, 3D, and earth observations. See demonstrations on how to build and share your organization’s authoritative maps and layers. See how to use map and layers from the Living Atlas to perform advanced analytics across the platform. Meet the curators and discuss the content needs of your organization. Sign in to the detailed agenda to mark your favorite ArcGIS Online and Living Atlas of the World sessions and Demos. Get the Esri Events App on iTunes or Google Play! This issue of Esri News for the Living Atlas Community highlights the latest Living Atlas Community Webinar. In this webinar, Randy Warren from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described their mission to provide actionable content and how contributing to the Living Atlas meets their needs, and Keith VanGraafeiland, Esri Living Atlas Content Curator for Oceans, demonstrated how NOAA’s content can be leveraged to enhance your work. This issue also includes information about demographic and lifestyle data for sixty new countries, and a look at a major update to the Community Maps Contributor App .           I encourage you to share this newsletter with others who may benefit from its content by inviting them to subscribe.  Likewise, I invite you to contact me with feedback about the newsletter or suggest topics for future issues. I am glad you have joined us in helping to build the Living Atlas of the World! ... View more

Significant updates to the World Topographic Map are available! Fast Facts! 32 new contributors 14 updates Olympic Village, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (288k – 1k) Israel updated with HERE commercial data (288k – 1k) North America updated with HERE commercial data and includes contributor data to smaller scales (288k – 1k) Just in time for the Esri User Conference, this World Topographic Map release includes new Community Map contributions for states, cities, counties, parks and facility sites across the United States and Canada. This release also includes the 2016 Olympic Village and supporting venues in Rio de Janeiro, and commercially-sourced updates for Israel and North America. Both the Olympic venues and commercially-sourced updates for North America were also added to our World Street Map. The global feature count for Community Maps has been steadily rising in this first half of 2016. A big thanks to all of our contributors around the world! These contributions help enhance content in the Living Atlas of the World and add value and usability to Esri’s online basemaps. Through the Community Maps Program, Esri continues to incorporate useful large-scale features as shown in the following Story Map. See information below about becoming part of this community. This Story Map Series features select communities where new and updated content are available. Living Atlas Community How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas Share your story: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at smatthews@esri.com so we can promote your success. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map. If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Online Discussion Group and the Living Atlas Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

Significant updates to the World Topographic Map are available! Fast Facts! 32 new contributors 14 updates Olympic Village, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (288k – 1k) Israel updated with HERE commercial data (288k – 1k) North America updated with HERE commercial data and includes contributor data to smaller scales (288k – 1k) Just in time for the Esri User Conference, this World Topographic Map release includes new Community Map contributions for states, cities, counties, parks and facility sites across the United States and Canada. This release also includes the 2016 Olympic Village and supporting venues in Rio de Janeiro, and commercially-sourced updates for Israel and North America. Both the Olympic venues and commercially-sourced updates for North America were also added to our World Street Map. The global feature count for Community Maps has been steadily rising in this first half of 2016. A big thanks to all of our contributors around the world! These contributions help enhance content in the Living Atlas of the World and add value and usability to Esri’s online basemaps. Through the Community Maps Program, Esri continues to incorporate useful large-scale features as shown in the following Story Map. See information below about becoming part of this community. This Story Map Series features select communities where new and updated content are available. Living Atlas Community How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas Share your story: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at smatthews@esri.com so we can promote your success. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map. If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Online Discussion Group and the Living Atlas Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

Significant updates to the World Topographic Map are available! Fast Facts! 32 new contributors 14 updates Olympic Village, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (288k – 1k) Israel updated with HERE commercial data (288k – 1k) North America updated with HERE commercial data and includes contributor data to smaller scales (288k – 1k) Just in time for the Esri User Conference, this World Topographic Map release includes new Community Map contributions for states, cities, counties, parks and facility sites across the United States and Canada. This release also includes the 2016 Olympic Village and supporting venues in Rio de Janeiro, and commercially-sourced updates for Israel and North America. Both the Olympic venues and commercially-sourced updates for North America were also added to our World Street Map. The global feature count for Community Maps has been steadily rising in this first half of 2016. A big thanks to all of our contributors around the world! These contributions help enhance content in the Living Atlas of the World and add value and usability to Esri’s online basemaps. Through the Community Maps Program, Esri continues to incorporate useful large-scale features as shown in the following Story Map. See information below about becoming part of this community. This Story Map Series features select communities where new and updated content are available. Living Atlas Community How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas Share your story: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at smatthews@esri.com so we can promote your success. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map. If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Online Discussion Group and the Living Atlas Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

Significant updates to the World Topographic Map are available! Fast Facts! 32 new contributors 14 updates Olympic Village, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (288k – 1k) Israel updated with HERE commercial data (288k – 1k) North America updated with HERE commercial data and includes contributor data to smaller scales (288k – 1k) Just in time for the Esri User Conference, this World Topographic Map release includes new Community Map contributions for states, cities, counties, parks and facility sites across the United States and Canada. This release also includes the 2016 Olympic Village and supporting venues in Rio de Janeiro, and commercially-sourced updates for Israel and North America. Both the Olympic venues and commercially-sourced updates for North America were also added to our World Street Map. The global feature count for Community Maps has been steadily rising in this first half of 2016. A big thanks to all of our contributors around the world! These contributions help enhance content in the Living Atlas of the World and add value and usability to Esri’s online basemaps. Through the Community Maps Program, Esri continues to incorporate useful large-scale features as shown in the following Story Map. See information below about becoming part of this community. This Story Map Series features select communities where new and updated content are available. Living Atlas Community How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas Share your story: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at smatthews@esri.com so we can promote your success. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map. If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Online Discussion Group and the Living Atlas Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

New content, expanded coverage and updates to the World Imagery and World Topographic Maps available! The most recent ArcGIS Online basemap release includes new and updated Community Map contributions to the World Imagery and World Topographic Maps. The World Imagery Map now includes new high resolution imagery for Sauk County, Wisconsin, and select parts of Texas. The World Topographic Map includes new and updated content for cities and counties throughout the United States. These contributions help enhance content in the Living Atlas of the World and adds value and usability to Esri’s online basemaps. Through the Community Maps Program, Esri continues to incorporate useful large-scale features as these examples will show. See information below about becoming part of this community. Click on these images for an enlarged view. Sauk County, Wisconsin Durham County, North Carolina Grand Forks, North Dakota Scott County, Minnesota Solano County, California This Story Map Series visits selected areas in several communities where new and updated content are available. Living Atlas Community How do I Use? Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data. Create powerful new maps and applications! How do I contribute? Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors. There are two ways to contribute! Living Atlas Newsletter: This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the Esri News for the Living Atlas Community. You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing here. Follow us on Twitter: @LivingAtlas Share your story: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at smatthews@esri.com so we can promote your success. Feedback If you have previously used the World Topographic Map or World Imagery Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates. If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map or Imagery Map Feedback web map. If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Online Discussion Group and the Living Atlas Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more