{"id":1442662,"date":"2021-12-23T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1442662"},"modified":"2021-12-23T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T19:08:34","slug":"data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021","title":{"rendered":"Data updates to Living Atlas World Elevation Layers and Tools (December 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":[23341,22931,22941],"tags":[483222,22801,763592,24381,26541],"industry":[],"product":[421922,36951,36581,36551,36561,36861,36991],"class_list":["post-1442662","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-imagery","category-mapping","tag-austria","tag-bathymetry","tag-gebco","tag-lidar","tag-usgs","product-arcgis","product-image-server","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro","product-api-rest","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"In December 2021, world elevation layers are updated with high resolution elevation of Austria, USA along with global bathymetry.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\">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 and tools are updated with a few high-resolution elevation and bathymetry datasets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=58a541efc59545e6b7137f961d7de883\"><strong>Terrain<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\">TopoBathy<\/a><\/strong> layers are updated with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bundesamt f\u00fcr Eich- und Vermessungswesen\u2019s (BEV) 1 meter lidar derived DTM\u2019s covering the entire country of Austria. This brings quality enhancements over previously available 5 meters (few states) and 10 meters data.<\/li>\n<li>Expanded coverage of USGS 3DEP 1 meter lidar derived DTM\u2019s covering areas of the conterminous United States. In this release, approximately 576,000 square kilometers (~ 222,395 square miles) of new coverage of USGS 3DEP 1 meter has been added. The graphic below shows the new addition (magenta) along with previously available coverage (green).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1442712,"id":1442712,"title":"3DEP 1m coverage Dec 2021","filename":"3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","filesize":231700,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021\/3dep_1m_coverage_dec2021","alt":"3DEP 1m coverage update","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"3dep_1m_coverage_dec2021","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1442662,"date":"2021-12-17 23:04:21","modified":"2021-12-17 23:04:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1300,"height":829,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","medium-width":409,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":490,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","large-width":1300,"large-height":829,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","1536x1536-width":1300,"1536x1536-height":829,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","2048x2048-width":1300,"2048x2048-height":829,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021-729x465.png","card_image-width":729,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png","wide_image-width":1300,"wide_image-height":829}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/3DEP_1m_coverage_Dec2021.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\">TopoBathy<\/a> layer<\/strong> is updated with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USGS\u2019 1-3 meters CoNED topobathymetric datasets covering partial coastal areas of New England, Puget Sound, Southern California and Northern Gulf of Mexico<\/li>\n<li>General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO_2021) 15 arc second (approx. 464 meters) dataset covering entire globe. [GEBCO Compilation Group (2021) GEBCO 2021 Grid (doi:10.5285\/c6612cbe-50b3-0cff-e053-6c86abc09f8f)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ready-To-Use Elevation Tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3300cfc33ca74a9fac69d2e0f4ea46e5\">Profile<\/a> tool has been updated with GEBCO 2021 grid for 500 m (15 arc second) DEM Resolution option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s see a few examples highlighting the improvements with before and after images.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Cone Peak, California, USA &#8211; the second highest mountain peak (1571 m) in the Santa Lucia Range of the Los Padres National Forest depicted with USGS&#8217; 3DEP 1 meter data in comparison to 10 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1442732,"id":1442732,"title":"Cone Peak, CA","filename":"ConePeakCA.gif","filesize":1096485,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021\/conepeakca","alt":"Mountain peak in the Santa Lucia Rang","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"conepeakca","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1442662,"date":"2021-12-17 23:10:46","modified":"2021-12-17 23:12:53","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":658,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":421,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":658,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":658,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":658,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA-826x453.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":453,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":658}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ConePeakCA.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Little Christmas Mountain, Texas, USA\u2013 part of Christmas Mountain range next to Big Bend National Park depicted with USGS\u2019 3DEP 1 meter data in comparison to 10 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1442752,"id":1442752,"title":"Little Christmas Mountain, Texas","filename":"LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","filesize":1023101,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021\/littlechristmasmtstx","alt":"Terrain of Little Christmas Mountain, Texas","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"littlechristmasmtstx","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1442662,"date":"2021-12-17 23:10:52","modified":"2021-12-17 23:11:51","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":658,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":421,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":658,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":658,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":658,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX-826x453.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":453,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":658}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/LittleChristmasMtsTX.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Liezen, Austria \u2013 fine details in urban area depicted with 1 meter data in comparison to 10 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1442742,"id":1442742,"title":"Liezen, Austria","filename":"Liezen_Austria_2.gif","filesize":686714,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021\/liezen_austria_2","alt":"Urban area of Liezen, Austria","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"liezen_austria_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1442662,"date":"2021-12-17 23:10:48","modified":"2021-12-17 23:12:12","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":658,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":421,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":658,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":658,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":658,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2-826x453.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":453,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":658}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Liezen_Austria_2.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Seattle, Washington, USA \u2013 bathymetry of Puget sound depicted with USGS CoNED 1 meter topobathy data in comparison to 90 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1442722,"id":1442722,"title":"Puget Sound, Seattle","filename":"PugetSoundSeattle.gif","filesize":761298,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-and-tools-december-2021\/pugetsoundseattle","alt":"Bathymetry of Puget Sound, Seattle","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"pugetsoundseattle","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1442662,"date":"2021-12-17 23:09:10","modified":"2021-12-17 23:09:36","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":658,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":421,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":658,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":658,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":658,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle-826x453.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":453,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":658}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PugetSoundSeattle.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\">Terrain3D<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=0c69ba5a5d254118841d43f03aa3e97d\">TopoBathy3D<\/a>) and\u00a0Hillshade (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=f47a5a35be8c41f7890c1763f65a6d9f\">World Hillshade<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=428539ef9cab4017b69d15a40a9ee98b\">World Hillshade (Dark)<\/a>\u00a0) by the next quarter.<\/p>\n<p>To see the coverage extents of each source comprising World Elevation services, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3af669838f594b378f90c10f98e46a7f\">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\/\">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\">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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