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The Urban Observatory wants to add your customer's cities to the compare app and to the Urban Systems collection of the Living Atlas. Many of your customers may be already contributing to the Community Basemaps. If they are, they would be great candidates for participating in the ongoing conversation about the largest things we build: cities. Please share the PDF with all of the cities you work with. The Urban Observatory provides a framework for answering questions about cities through maps. Questions related to where people live, work, and play can be answered by comparative visual analysis. ... View more

The Urban Observatory wants to add your customer's cities to the compare app and to the Urban Systems collection of the Living Atlas. Many of your customers may be already contributing to the Community Basemaps. If they are, they would be great candidates for participating in the ongoing conversation about the largest things we build: cities. Please share the PDF with all of the cities you work with.   The Urban Observatory provides a framework for answering questions about cities through maps. Questions related to where people live, work, and play can be answered by comparative visual analysis. ... View more

The Urban Observatory wants to add your customer's cities to the compare app and to the Urban Systems collection of the Living Atlas. Many of your customers may be already contributing to the Community Basemaps. If they are, they would be great candidates for participating in the ongoing conversation about the largest things we build: cities. Please share the PDF with all of the cities you work with. The Urban Observatory provides a framework for answering questions about cities through maps. Questions related to where people live, work, and play can be answered by comparative visual analysis. Join the discussion here ... View more

The ArcGIS Content Team continues to enhance the Community Basemaps by incorporating new and updated content to the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, enhancing the basemap content collection. Thanks to the user community, the World Topographic Map has been updated with new contributions for North America, Canada and select locations in Poland and Australia. The refresh of North America is significant and includes updates with expanded coverage along with new contributions. With this refresh of North America, we incorporated over 100 community contributors’ vector data into our central database. The benefit of this vector format is our ability to transform it to our data model, co-mingle it with the rest of our commercial and open sourced data and produce a cache with our master template. Community areas of interest are integrated seamlessly alongside data from other sources. As detailed in aprevious blog, we expanded the use of community data into other basemaps including Street, Canvas, and the Reference Overlay services. This production through our “Basemap Factory” also allows our contributor data to be displayed at smaller scales beyond ~1:9k (out to ~1:288k where applicable). This factory production model is also designed to reduce the time it takes for new communities or updates to existing contributors to be published in our map going forward. This North America refresh includes the new cartographic design and updates for Canada from 1:2M – 1:288K! In addition to North America, we have both a new contributor and an update in Poland. Our newest contributor in Poland is The University of Life Sciences in Lubin, which has provided updates that bring the campus alive with the addition of sidewalks, trees and building footprints. . The University of Life Sciences in Lubin is comprised of seven unique faculties including Agro-bioengineering, Veterinary Medicine, Biology and Animal Breeding, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Production Engineering, Food Science and Biotechnology, and Agricultural Sciences. Academic traditions at this university date back to 1944. We also welcome an update from Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland. Updated content includes a detailed sidewalk network, ponds, building footprints, and sports fields. Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny is an agricultural university and serves as the Center for the Education of Natural Forests and Arboretum that houses a collection of plants and trees from all over the world. Our next newest contributor lies 9,864 miles (15,875km) away in Tasmania. Launceston, is one of Australia’s oldest cities. Launceston is a city of “firsts”. It is the first city to use anesthetics, the first Australian city to construct underground sewers, and the first Australian city to be lit by hydroelectricity. Here’s a list of all the community contributors for this release: North America (Topo 1:288k to 1:1k) Updates with expanded coverage/New Contributor Canada (Topo 1:2m to 1:288k) Update/New Design University of Life Science, Lublin, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor These contributions were made through the Community Maps Program. For more information visit theCommunity Maps Program Resource Center. The service was updated on the following servers: services.arcgisonline.com and server.arcgisonline.com. If you have previously used the World_Topo_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 Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

The ArcGIS Content Team continues to enhance the Community Basemaps by incorporating new and updated content to the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, enhancing the basemap content collection. Thanks to the user community, the World Topographic Map has been updated with new contributions for North America, Canada and select locations in Poland and Australia. The refresh of North America is significant and includes updates with expanded coverage along with new contributions. With this refresh of North America, we incorporated over 100 community contributors’ vector data into our central database. The benefit of this vector format is our ability to transform it to our data model, co-mingle it with the rest of our commercial and open sourced data and produce a cache with our master template. Community areas of interest are integrated seamlessly alongside data from other sources. As detailed in aprevious blog, we expanded the use of community data into other basemaps including Street, Canvas, and the Reference Overlay services. This production through our “Basemap Factory” also allows our contributor data to be displayed at smaller scales beyond ~1:9k (out to ~1:288k where applicable). This factory production model is also designed to reduce the time it takes for new communities or updates to existing contributors to be published in our map going forward. This North America refresh includes the new cartographic design and updates for Canada from 1:2M – 1:288K! In addition to North America, we have both a new contributor and an update in Poland. Our newest contributor in Poland is The University of Life Sciences in Lubin, which has provided updates that bring the campus alive with the addition of sidewalks, trees and building footprints. . The University of Life Sciences in Lubin is comprised of seven unique faculties including Agro-bioengineering, Veterinary Medicine, Biology and Animal Breeding, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Production Engineering, Food Science and Biotechnology, and Agricultural Sciences. Academic traditions at this university date back to 1944. We also welcome an update from Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland. Updated content includes a detailed sidewalk network, ponds, building footprints, and sports fields. Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny is an agricultural university and serves as the Center for the Education of Natural Forests and Arboretum that houses a collection of plants and trees from all over the world. Our next newest contributor lies 9,864 miles (15,875km) away in Tasmania. Launceston, is one of Australia’s oldest cities. Launceston is a city of “firsts”. It is the first city to use anesthetics, the first Australian city to construct underground sewers, and the first Australian city to be lit by hydroelectricity. Here’s a list of all the community contributors for this release: North America (Topo 1:288k to 1:1k) Updates with expanded coverage/New Contributor Canada (Topo 1:2m to 1:288k) Update/New Design University of Life Science, Lublin, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor These contributions were made through the Community Maps Program. For more information visit theCommunity Maps Program Resource Center. The service was updated on the following servers: services.arcgisonline.com and server.arcgisonline.com. If you have previously used the World_Topo_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 Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

The ArcGIS Content Team continues to enhance the Community Basemaps by incorporating new and updated content to the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, enhancing the basemap content collection. Thanks to the user community, the World Topographic Map has been updated with new contributions for North America, Canada and select locations in Poland and Australia. The refresh of North America is significant and includes updates with expanded coverage along with new contributions. With this refresh of North America, we incorporated over 100 community contributors’ vector data into our central database. The benefit of this vector format is our ability to transform it to our data model, co-mingle it with the rest of our commercial and open sourced data and produce a cache with our master template. Community areas of interest are integrated seamlessly alongside data from other sources. As detailed in a previous blog, we expanded the use of community data into other basemaps including Street, Canvas, and the Reference Overlay services. This production through our “Basemap Factory” also allows our contributor data to be displayed at smaller scales beyond ~1:9k (out to ~1:288k where applicable). This factory production model is also designed to reduce the time it takes for new communities or updates to existing contributors to be published in our map going forward. This North America refresh includes the new cartographic design and updates for Canada from 1:2M – 1:288K! In addition to North America, we have both a new contributor and an update in Poland. Our newest contributor in Poland is The University of Life Sciences in Lubin, which has provided updates that bring the campus alive with the addition of sidewalks, trees and building footprints. . The University of Life Sciences in Lubin is comprised of seven unique faculties including Agro-bioengineering, Veterinary Medicine, Biology and Animal Breeding, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Production Engineering, Food Science and Biotechnology, and Agricultural Sciences. Academic traditions at this university date back to 1944. We also welcome an update from Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland. Updated content includes a detailed sidewalk network, ponds, building footprints, and sports fields. Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny is an agricultural university and serves as the Center for the Education of Natural Forests and Arboretum that houses a collection of plants and trees from all over the world. Our next newest contributor lies 9,864 miles (15,875km) away in Tasmania. Launceston, is one of Australia’s oldest cities. Launceston is a city of “firsts”. It is the first city to use anesthetics, the first Australian city to construct underground sewers, and the first Australian city to be lit by hydroelectricity. Here’s a list of all the community contributors for this release: North America (Topo 1:288k to 1:1k) Updates with expanded coverage/New Contributor Canada (Topo 1:2m to 1:288k) Update/New Design University of Life Science, Lublin, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor Leśny Zakład Doświadczalny, Rogów, Poland (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor These contributions were made through the Community Maps Program. For more information visit the Community Maps Program Resource Center. The service was updated on the following servers: services.arcgisonline.com and server.arcgisonline.com. If you have previously used the World_Topo_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 Discussion Group on GeoNet. ... View more

Another successful User Conference is behind us. This year conference attendees were introduced to the Living Atlas of the World. The Living Atlas combines reference and thematic maps with topics relating to people, earth, and life. It is a collection of content communities assembled by Esri, the User Community, and our Partners all over the world. Community basemaps are an integral part of the Living Atlas. Thousands of ArcGIS users have improved the coverage and quality of our basemaps by providing access to their map data. The World Topographic Map remains the “flagship” basemap in the Living Atlas collection and the Community Maps Team continued to encourage participation and explain the many benefits of contributing throughout the conference. There were several opportunities for conference attendees to learn about Community Maps. Our popular “Getting to Know Community Maps” was presented again this year. This presentation highlighted what Community Maps is, how to participate, and the benefits of contributing to the program. This presentation also included a demonstration of the new and improved Community Maps data prep tools that were released just before the conference in July. A Demo Theater was conducted that showed attendees how to register and upload content through our Community Maps Contributor App. A Community Maps Special Interest Group (SIG) was held during the conference. The SIG included the Community Maps Timeline and a special user story about how Fairfax County, VA has applied the benefits of the program to the county and its residents. The Community Maps Timeline stepped through the program changes and user-friendly functionality enhancements that have been introduced since ArcGIS Online launched Esri’s suite of basemaps. The timeline included a glimpse of what is to come in 2015 and beyond. The video below walks through the timeline. Fairfax County’s GIS Applications Manager, Brendan Ford showed us how the county has implemented Community Maps in their daily operations. Fairfax County in the State of Virginia has been a contributor to Esri’s Community Maps since 2010. Brendan was drawn to the program by the prospect of using ArcGIS Online basemaps instead of building their own basemaps to support applications.  Before Community Maps, Brendan and his team spent a considerable amount of time developing basemap content with their first released web applications.  Due to the subjective nature of the basemap cartography, where they started from scratch on symbols and label fonts, they struggled to develop a consistent basemap usable by multiple applications.  Using the high-quality cartography of the World Topographic Map on ArcGIS Online was an easy choice for the new versions of their web mapping applications. You can learn more about this story be reading the Fairfax County Virginia Community Maps Success Story. For an overall look at the 2014 Esri User Conference, visit the following Story Map Journal. You can learn more about Community Maps by visiting our product page and by visiting our resource center. Many answers to your questions can be answered by visiting the Frequently Asked Questions page. You can email the Community Maps Team atcommunitymaps@esri.com for additional information. We look forward to hearing from you! ... View more

Another successful User Conference is behind us. This year conference attendees were introduced to the Living Atlas of the World. The Living Atlas combines reference and thematic maps with topics relating to people, earth, and life. It is a collection of content communities assembled by Esri, the User Community, and our Partners all over the world. Community basemaps are an integral part of the Living Atlas. Thousands of ArcGIS users have improved the coverage and quality of our basemaps by providing access to their map data. The World Topographic Map remains the “flagship” basemap in the Living Atlas collection and the Community Maps Team continued to encourage participation and explain the many benefits of contributing throughout the conference. There were several opportunities for conference attendees to learn about Community Maps. Our popular “Getting to Know Community Maps” was presented again this year. This presentation highlighted what Community Maps is, how to participate, and the benefits of contributing to the program. This presentation also included a demonstration of the new and improved Community Maps data prep tools that were released just before the conference in July. A Demo Theater was conducted that showed attendees how to register and upload content through our Community Maps Contributor App. A Community Maps Special Interest Group (SIG) was held during the conference. The SIG included the Community Maps Timeline and a special user story about how Fairfax County, VA has applied the benefits of the program to the county and its residents. The Community Maps Timeline stepped through the program changes and user-friendly functionality enhancements that have been introduced since ArcGIS Online launched Esri’s suite of basemaps. The timeline included a glimpse of what is to come in 2015 and beyond. The video below walks through the timeline. Fairfax County’s GIS Applications Manager, Brendan Ford showed us how the county has implemented Community Maps in their daily operations. Fairfax County in the State of Virginia has been a contributor to Esri’s Community Maps since 2010. Brendan was drawn to the program by the prospect of using ArcGIS Online basemaps instead of building their own basemaps to support applications.  Before Community Maps, Brendan and his team spent a considerable amount of time developing basemap content with their first released web applications.  Due to the subjective nature of the basemap cartography, where they started from scratch on symbols and label fonts, they struggled to develop a consistent basemap usable by multiple applications.  Using the high-quality cartography of the World Topographic Map on ArcGIS Online was an easy choice for the new versions of their web mapping applications. You can learn more about this story be reading the Fairfax County Virginia Community Maps Success Story. For an overall look at the 2014 Esri User Conference, visit the following Story Map Journal. You can learn more about Community Maps by visiting our product page and by visiting our resource center. Many answers to your questions can be answered by visiting the Frequently Asked Questions page. You can email the Community Maps Team atcommunitymaps@esri.com for additional information. We look forward to hearing from you! ... View more

Another successful User Conference is behind us. This year conference attendees were introduced to the Living Atlas of the World. The Living Atlas combines reference and thematic maps with topics relating to people, earth, and life. It is a collection of content communities assembled by Esri, the User Community, and our Partners all over the world. Community basemaps are an integral part of the Living Atlas. Thousands of ArcGIS users have improved the coverage and quality of our basemaps by providing access to their map data. The World Topographic Map remains the “flagship” basemap in the Living Atlas collection and the Community Maps Team continued to encourage participation and explain the many benefits of contributing throughout the conference. There were several opportunities for conference attendees to learn about Community Maps. Our popular “Getting to Know Community Maps” was presented again this year. This presentation highlighted what Community Maps is, how to participate, and the benefits of contributing to the program. This presentation also included a demonstration of the new and improved Community Maps data prep tools that were released just before the conference in July. A Demo Theater was conducted that showed attendees how to register and upload content through our Community Maps Contributor App. A Community Maps Special Interest Group (SIG) was held during the conference. The SIG included the Community Maps Timeline and a special user story about how Fairfax County, VA has applied the benefits of the program to the county and its residents. The Community Maps Timeline stepped through the program changes and user-friendly functionality enhancements that have been introduced since ArcGIS Online launched Esri’s suite of basemaps. The timeline included a glimpse of what is to come in 2015 and beyond. The video below walks through the timeline. Fairfax County’s GIS Applications Manager, Brendan Ford showed us how the county has implemented Community Maps in their daily operations. Fairfax County in the State of Virginia has been a contributor to Esri’s Community Maps since 2010. Brendan was drawn to the program by the prospect of using ArcGIS Online basemaps instead of building their own basemaps to support applications.  Before Community Maps, Brendan and his team spent a considerable amount of time developing basemap content with their first released web applications.  Due to the subjective nature of the basemap cartography, where they started from scratch on symbols and label fonts, they struggled to develop a consistent basemap usable by multiple applications.  Using the high-quality cartography of the World Topographic Map on ArcGIS Online was an easy choice for the new versions of their web mapping applications. You can learn more about this story be reading the Fairfax County Virginia Community Maps Success Story. For an overall look at the 2014 Esri User Conference, visit the following Story Map Journal. You can learn more about Community Maps by visiting our product page and by visiting our resource center. Many answers to your questions can be answered by visiting the Frequently Asked Questions page. You can email the Community Maps Team atcommunitymaps@esri.com for additional information. We look forward to hearing from you! ... View more

A new Community Maps data prep tool is available for those contributing Road Centerline features.  This tool will convert your road polyline features and attributes to the Community Maps model so your roads can be used in the World Topographic Basemap. Read the Blog... Road Centerline Data Prep Tool | ArcGIS Blog‌ ... View more

The new and improved Community Maps Data PreparationTools have been released! These tools are very simple to use and will greatly reduce the level of effort needed to prepare your content for Community Mapsparticipation. 2 sets (domestic and international) Domestic Use http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8acf8fa8a... International Use http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a5fa145b3... Now go make some maps! ... View more

Community Maps a Focus at 2014 Esri UC Community Maps Data Prep Tools 1.0 to Be Released Contribute to the Urban Observatory Going Deeper with New Ocean Basemap Capabilities Esri Newsletters - Esri News for Community Maps Program‌ ... View more

The annual pilgrimage to the San Diego, CA Convention Center for Esri’s International User Conference is scheduled for July 14 – 18. There are many reasons to attend. One these reasons is to learn about Community Maps and how to help curate content for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. On Wednesday, July 16 from 12PM – 1:00PM there will be a Community Maps focused Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting. Session 1541/Offering ID 2328 Room 15A This meeting will allow future and current contributors to the ArcGIS Online Community Maps Program to discuss current topics and concerns. The meeting will open with a brief introduction and direction of the program and then open up to client questions and suggestions. The agenda will include the Community Maps Timeline, a look at where we have been and where we are going, a User Story – Featuring Fairfax County, VA, and answers to our Poll Questions. For your convenience, just click below to add this meeting to your personal calendar… Community Maps SIG Meeting There will be many other opportunities to learn about Community Maps during the conference. We’ll see you there – travel safe! ... View more