ArcGIS Online has been refreshed with new and updated content to Esri’s Basemaps. The user community has improved the World Topographic Map by adding new content for the entire country of Thailand and new and updated content for cities, counties and universities in the United States. We appreciate our users and partners who are supporting the Living Atlas of the World by contributing useful information and applying this content to solve problems and tackle projects. You can join this growing community of contributors by sharing your data with Community Maps.  

Topographic Map Updates & Applied Use of Living Atlas Content

The Country of Thailand is among our newest Community Maps contributors.

Country of Thailand (Topo 1:72k to 1:1k)

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An example of applying Living Atlas content would be this Bangkok Population map. This web map overlays population data from the Demographic Living Atlas theme on Esri Basemap content created by Esri Thailand.

Also known as “A.F.”, American Fork, UT is our next new contributor. American Fork lies at the foot of the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake.

American Fork, UT (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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The city has created an Annexation and Additions to American Fork City web app that offers an historical look at development since its inception in 1853. By zooming in and clicking on an annexation polygon, a pop-up will appear with property information. Now the city can interact with this web app in the context of their own geography and contributed data.

Our next new contributor lies in the counties of Eagle and Pitkin in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Basalt, CO (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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The town of Basalt’s new content is now being leveraged by this Parcel Map for Pitkin County. This web map shows basic parcel information including parcel ID, account number, owner name, location and a link to the Assessor’s web page for each parcel.

Rounding out our new contributors for this release is California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). CSUMB is part of the 23-campus California State University system and lies just one mile from the shores of Monterey Bay.

California State University, Monterey Bay (Topo 1:9k to1:1k)

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The university now has the ability to leverage the topographic basemap in addition to imagery, as they have done here in this campus tour app.

This app is a good example of incorporating media into our ready to use and preconfigured web application templates.

We would like to also extend a big thanks to contributors who are routinely updating content for their area and helping keep the basemaps as contemporary as possible.

Coweta County, GA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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Dane County, WI (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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Fulton County, OH (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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Kitsap County, WA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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Naperville, IL (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

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View this presentation for a tour of the new and updated content in the World Topographic Map.

Here’s a list of all the community contributors for this release:

World Topographic Map

• Country of Thailand (Topo 1:72k to 1:1k) New Contributor
• American Fork, UT (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor
• Basalt, CO (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor
• California State University, Monterey Bay (Topo 1:9k to1:1k) New Contributor
• Coweta County, GA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Dane County, WI (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Fulton County, OH (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Kitsap County, WA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Naperville, IL (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update

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