{"id":186862,"date":"2018-11-29T15:19:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=186862"},"modified":"2018-12-10T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:26:59","slug":"a-new-and-improved-world-ocean-basemap","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/a-new-and-improved-world-ocean-basemap","title":{"rendered":"A New and Improved World Ocean Basemap"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[271,276822,284992],"arcwatch_issues":[224192],"class_list":["post-186862","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-mapping","tag-oceans","tag-world-ocean-basemap","arcwatch_issues-june-2014","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"A new version of the World Ocean Basemap gives you the ability to use your own annotation and labeling or layer your data...","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":null,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":167732,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri's new release of the\u00a0World Ocean Basemap<\/a>\u00a0reflects an exciting and major change to the basemap's structure that will make it easier than ever to use. The World Ocean Basemap, designed for marine GIS professionals and as a reference for anyone who wants to view ocean data, now consists of a base layer and a separate reference layer.\r\n\r\nThe base layer includes hydrographic and terrestrial cartography such as submarine canyons, seamounts, and plateaus. The reference layer contains reference information and labels such as soundings, subsurface feature names, and administrative boundaries.\r\n\r\nHaving the reference layer separate from the base layer increases your cartographic options when you use the World Ocean Basemap in your maps and applications. You can use the reference layer traditionally, remove it and use your own annotation and labeling, or layer your data between the base and reference layers.\r\n\r\nWhat does this change mean for you? The former version of the basemap will go into\u00a0mature support<\/a>\u00a0[PDF]<\/span>. The ocean basemap team won't add new data or make any improvements to the earlier version of the basemap, which will be retired in one year. Even though you have some time to switch your maps and applications to the updated version of the World Ocean Basemap, please take advantage of the new basemap today.\r\n\r\nWhen you access the World Ocean Basemap from the basemap gallery in the\u00a0ArcGIS Online<\/a>\u00a0map viewer or\u00a0ArcGIS for Desktop<\/a>, you will automatically get the latest version. Both the base layer and the reference layer will be active. You'll be able to interact with the reference layer like you would with any other operational layer, giving you the choice of whether or not to use it."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":167742,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Besides being able to work with the two feature services bundled from the basemap gallery, you'll be able to interact with the map layers as individual feature services. There are two very easy ways to add the individual layers to your project. You can either search the ArcGIS Online data catalog or access them directly through their REST endpoints.\r\n