{"id":1365152,"date":"2021-10-03T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1365152"},"modified":"2021-10-01T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T00:18:36","slug":"high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021","title":{"rendered":"High resolution data updates to Living Atlas World Elevation Layers (Sept 2021)"},"author":4501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,37101,22931],"tags":[22801,24381,762242,760972,26541],"industry":[],"product":[421922,36951,36581,36551,36561,36861],"class_list":["post-1365152","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-announcements","category-imagery","tag-bathymetry","tag-lidar","tag-linz","tag-swisstopo","tag-usgs","product-arcgis","product-image-server","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro","product-api-rest"],"acf":{"short_description":"In September 2021, world elevation layers are updated with high resolution elevation\/bathymetry of New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland, and USA.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0provides foundation elevation layers and tools to support analysis and visualization across the ArcGIS system. These layers get updated quarterly with high resolution elevation data from federal agencies, open sources, and community maps program. Esri is providing these datasets as ready to use services that benefit the GIS community and extend the use of data in new and innovative ways. In this release, world elevation layers are updated with a few high-resolution elevation datasets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=58a541efc59545e6b7137f961d7de883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrain<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopoBathy<\/a> layers are updated with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Land Information New Zealand\u2019s (LINZ) 1-meter DTM\u2019s covering partial areas of New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>Land Burgenland\u2019s 50-centimeter DTM\u2019s covering state of Burgenland, Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopoBathy<\/a> layer is updated with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swisstopo\u2019s 1-3 meters swissBATHY3D bathymetric datasets covering lake beds of Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>USGS\u2019 1-3 meters CoNED topobathymetric datasets covering partial coastal areas of California, Chesapeake Bay, New Jersey\/Delaware, Mobile Bay, Tampa Bay and North Carolina.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s see a few examples highlighting the improvements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Broadmeadows, Wellington, New Zealand &#8211; fine details in suburb depicted with LINZ 1-meter DTM in comparison to 24 meters WorldDEM4Ortho<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1365242,"id":1365242,"title":"Broadmeadows, New Zealand","filename":"Broadmeadows_NewZealand.gif","filesize":1580936,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Broadmeadows_NewZealand.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021\/broadmeadows_newzealand","alt":"Suburb of Broadmeadows, New 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style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Awhitu, New Zealand \u2013 rugged terrain of Awhitu peninsula depicted with LINZ 1-meter DTM in comparison to 24 meters WorldDEM4Ortho<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1365232,"id":1365232,"title":"Awhitu, New Zealand","filename":"Awhitu_NewZealand.gif","filesize":1633110,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Awhitu_NewZealand.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021\/awhitu_newzealand","alt":"Terrain of Awhitu, New Zealand","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"awhitu_newzealand","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1365152,"date":"2021-10-01 19:26:27","modified":"2021-10-01 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style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Lake Zug, Switzerland \u2013 bathymetry of lake Zug depicted with swissBATHY3D 1-meter data<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1365252,"id":1365252,"title":"Lake Zug, Switzerland","filename":"LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","filesize":1236028,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021\/lakezug_switzerland","alt":"Bathymetry of Lake Zug, Switzerland","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"lakezug_switzerland","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1365152,"date":"2021-10-01 19:26:33","modified":"2021-10-01 22:04:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":802,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","medium-width":391,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":802,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":802,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":802,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland-696x465.gif","card_image-width":696,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":802}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/LakeZug_Switzerland.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>San Francisco Bay, California, USA \u2013 bathymetry of San Francisco bay depicted with 2 meters data<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1365262,"id":1365262,"title":"San Francisco Bathymetry","filename":"SFBay_CA_USA.gif","filesize":982914,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-sept-2021\/sfbay_ca_usa","alt":"Bathymetry of San Francisco","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"sfbay_ca_usa","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1365152,"date":"2021-10-01 19:26:35","modified":"2021-10-01 22:04:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":802,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","medium-width":391,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":802,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":802,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":802,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA-696x465.gif","card_image-width":696,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":802}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SFBay_CA_USA.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>These data updates will be rolled out to the world elevation tiled services \u2013\u00a0Elevation 3D (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=7029fb60158543ad845c7e1527af11e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">Terrain3D<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=0c69ba5a5d254118841d43f03aa3e97d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">TopoBathy3D<\/a>) and\u00a0Hillshade (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=f47a5a35be8c41f7890c1763f65a6d9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">World Hillshade<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=428539ef9cab4017b69d15a40a9ee98b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">World Hillshade (Dark)<\/a>\u00a0) by the next quarter.<\/p>\n<p>To see the coverage extent of each source comprising World Elevation services, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3af669838f594b378f90c10f98e46a7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">Elevation coverage map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can help in improving these services by contributing high-resolution elevation data to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/participate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>. To participate and learn more, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=f5818ab82666401b8e4a06632e3f51fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">Esri Community Maps for Elevation<\/a>\u00a0program.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4501,"user_firstname":"Rajinder","user_lastname":"Nagi","nickname":"Rajinder Nagi","user_nicename":"rajnagi","display_name":"Rajinder Nagi","user_email":"rnagi@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:05","user_description":"Rajinder has more than 20 years of experience in GIS and Remote Sensing. In his current role, he leads the community elevation program at Esri and has wide experience in cartographic visualization, image processing, databases and geo-processing. Rajinder has developed a multi-directional hillshade (esriurl.com\/NextGenHillshade) algorithm to improve terrain visualization in Esri basemaps. He has also developed a fusion technique (esriurl.com\/NAGIfusion) which maintains details and colors when integrating colored rasters with hillshades. Rajinder holds a Master of Science degree in Geoinformatics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban &amp; Regional Planning.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/RNagi_Profile.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":120371,"post_author":"4501","post_date":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_content":"","post_title":"Introducing Esri\u2019s World Elevation Services","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"introducing-esris-world-elevation-services","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_modified_gmt":"2014-07-11 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