{"id":123171,"date":"2018-03-01T14:57:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap-february-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:17:18","slug":"whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/announcements\/announcements\/whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap-february-2018","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s New in World Imagery Basemap (February 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style=\"text-align: justify\">Community Maps Imagery Updates<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is looking to be a very productive year for our <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/participate\/#v=community&amp;subTab=what-to-contribute\" target=\"_blank\">Community Maps Program<\/a>.\u00a0 Over the last two months we have updated our World Imagery basemap with high-resolution aerial imagery contributions ranging from 4 to 30cm.<\/p>\n<p>A few highlights:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>21 US Counties<\/li>\n<li>9 Canadian City and\/or County-wide contibutions<\/li>\n<li>Complete State\/Province-wide contributions in Spain, Switzerland, and Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=1f74c8b9c6bc47ee8a2c3c3e288f9384\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s New in Community Maps Imagery (2018)<\/a>\u00a0to explore a series of bookmarked locations and 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