{"id":159391,"date":"2018-04-23T05:43:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T05:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=159391"},"modified":"2018-07-17T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:15:01","slug":"author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website","title":{"rendered":"Author a map starting at the Living Atlas website"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[43221,176672],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36581,36551],"class_list":["post-159391","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-living-atlas-tip","tag-livingatlasuc2018","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"There are lots of ways to make a map using Living Atlas content, and one way that is often overlooked, is to start at the Living Atlas website.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is one of the places you can search for content when you want to create a map. For example, when you search for and add content using the Map Viewer, the Living Atlas is one of the places you can search.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159401,"id":159401,"title":"laauth-1","filename":"laauth-1.png","filesize":5652,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/laauth-1","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"laauth-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-20 17:41:33","modified":"2018-04-20 17:41:33","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":378,"height":201,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":113,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","medium-width":378,"medium-height":201,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","medium_large-width":378,"medium_large-height":201,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","large-width":378,"large-height":201,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","1536x1536-width":378,"1536x1536-height":201,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","2048x2048-width":378,"2048x2048-height":201,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","card_image-width":378,"card_image-height":201,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-1.png","wide_image-width":378,"wide_image-height":201}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

But another place you can start authoring your map is at the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a> website. By starting at the Living Atlas website, you have access to full browse and advanced search capabilities against Living Atlas content. You can also favorite Living Atlas content for easy access in the Map Viewer. Here’s how to leverage the website for your map authoring needs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Start your map at the the Living Atlas website<\/h2>\n

Step 1.<\/strong> Go to the Living Atlas website<\/a> and sign in.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159431,"id":159431,"title":"laauth-2","filename":"laauth-2.png","filesize":1010,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/laauth-2","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"laauth-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-20 18:19:49","modified":"2018-04-20 18:19:49","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":210,"height":72,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","thumbnail-width":210,"thumbnail-height":72,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","medium-width":210,"medium-height":72,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","medium_large-width":210,"medium_large-height":72,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","large-width":210,"large-height":72,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","1536x1536-width":210,"1536x1536-height":72,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","2048x2048-width":210,"2048x2048-height":72,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","card_image-width":210,"card_image-height":72,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-2.png","wide_image-width":210,"wide_image-height":72}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Step 2.<\/strong> Click the Browse tab.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159441,"id":159441,"title":"laauth-3","filename":"laauth-3.png","filesize":2993,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/laauth-3","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"laauth-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-20 18:22:33","modified":"2018-04-20 18:22:33","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":191,"height":74,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","thumbnail-width":191,"thumbnail-height":74,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","medium-width":191,"medium-height":74,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","medium_large-width":191,"medium_large-height":74,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","large-width":191,"large-height":74,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","1536x1536-width":191,"1536x1536-height":74,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","2048x2048-width":191,"2048x2048-height":74,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","card_image-width":191,"card_image-height":74,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/laauth-3.png","wide_image-width":191,"wide_image-height":74}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Step 3.<\/strong> Use the browse tools to find what you want.<\/p>\n

There are lots of search options you can use to zero-in on content you’re interested in. For example, you can enter a keyword in Search. Click Search examples to get some hints, or just enter any search string.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159661,"id":159661,"title":"las-1s","filename":"las-1s.png","filesize":7268,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-1s","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-1s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 03:58:02","modified":"2018-04-23 03:58:02","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":600,"height":121,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":43,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":94,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":121,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","large-width":600,"large-height":121,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":121,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":121,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":121,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1s.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":121}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-1.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

You can also choose from Living Atlas topics. Click to open and choose subtopics you are interested in.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159681,"id":159681,"title":"las-2s","filename":"las-2s.png","filesize":9874,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-2s","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-2s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 03:58:09","modified":"2018-04-23 03:58:09","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":600,"height":188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":67,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":145,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":188,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","large-width":600,"large-height":188,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":188,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":188,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":188,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2s.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":188}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-2.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

And you can search for specific content types, like maps or layers, choose a specific region, and more.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159701,"id":159701,"title":"las-3s","filename":"las-3s.png","filesize":9305,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-3s","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-3s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 03:58:17","modified":"2018-04-23 03:58:17","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":600,"height":291,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":103,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":291,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","large-width":600,"large-height":291,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":291,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":291,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":291,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3s.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":291}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-3.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Use the various tools noted above, when finished browsing, peruse your results.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Step 4.<\/strong> Learn more about your results.<\/p>\n

Click the thumbnail, or title, to open the item details for your search results. The item details provide additional information about your results that help you decide what to use.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Step 3.<\/strong> Make a map using your results.<\/p>\n

Click the context menu (3 dots alongside your results).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159721,"id":159721,"title":"las-4","filename":"las-4.png","filesize":35052,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-4","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:13:11","modified":"2018-04-23 04:13:11","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":293,"height":379,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","thumbnail-width":155,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","medium-width":202,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","medium_large-width":293,"medium_large-height":379,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","large-width":293,"large-height":379,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","1536x1536-width":293,"1536x1536-height":379,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","2048x2048-width":293,"2048x2048-height":379,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","card_image-width":293,"card_image-height":379,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-4.png","wide_image-width":293,"wide_image-height":379}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Then choose the application to open, in this case we chose Map Viewer. You can also open the item in the Scene Viewer, or ArcGIS Desktop.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159731,"id":159731,"title":"las-5","filename":"las-5.png","filesize":45476,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-5","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:17:10","modified":"2018-04-23 04:17:10","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":389,"height":496,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","thumbnail-width":157,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","medium-width":205,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","medium_large-width":389,"medium_large-height":496,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","large-width":389,"large-height":496,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","1536x1536-width":389,"1536x1536-height":496,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","2048x2048-width":389,"2048x2048-height":496,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","card_image-width":365,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-5.png","wide_image-width":389,"wide_image-height":496}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Once the Map Viewer opens, your Living Atlas layer will appear, and you can continue authoring your maps using the Map Viewer.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159771,"id":159771,"title":"las-6s","filename":"las-6s.png","filesize":67031,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-6s","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-6s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:26:21","modified":"2018-04-23 04:26:21","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":600,"height":285,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":101,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":220,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":285,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","large-width":600,"large-height":285,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":285,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":285,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":285,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6s.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":285}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-6.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Using Favorites<\/h2>\n

You can also favorite items you find at the Living Atlas website. Click the star to favorite any of your search results.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159801,"id":159801,"title":"las-7","filename":"las-7.png","filesize":36651,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-7","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:37:30","modified":"2018-04-23 04:37:30","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":311,"height":406,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","thumbnail-width":153,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","medium-width":200,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","medium_large-width":311,"medium_large-height":406,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","large-width":311,"large-height":406,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","1536x1536-width":311,"1536x1536-height":406,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","2048x2048-width":311,"2048x2048-height":406,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","card_image-width":311,"card_image-height":406,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-7.png","wide_image-width":311,"wide_image-height":406}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Favorites appear under Content<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159811,"id":159811,"title":"las-8","filename":"las-8.png","filesize":24461,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-8","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:44:04","modified":"2018-04-23 04:44:04","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":622,"height":127,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":43,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":95,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","medium_large-width":622,"medium_large-height":127,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","large-width":622,"large-height":127,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","1536x1536-width":622,"1536x1536-height":127,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","2048x2048-width":622,"2048x2048-height":127,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","card_image-width":622,"card_image-height":127,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-8.png","wide_image-width":622,"wide_image-height":127}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

And can also be used in the Map Viewer. Click Search for layers, then select My Favorites.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":159821,"id":159821,"title":"las-9","filename":"las-9.png","filesize":6199,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/author-a-map-starting-at-the-living-atlas-website\/las-9","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"las-9","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":159391,"date":"2018-04-23 04:45:21","modified":"2018-04-23 04:45:21","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":427,"height":272,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":136,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","medium-width":410,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","medium_large-width":427,"medium_large-height":272,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","large-width":427,"large-height":272,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","1536x1536-width":427,"1536x1536-height":272,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","2048x2048-width":427,"2048x2048-height":272,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","card_image-width":427,"card_image-height":272,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/las-9.png","wide_image-width":427,"wide_image-height":272}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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Summary and more information<\/h2>\n

Starting your search at the Living Atlas website, or using the website to choose Favorites, is an easy way to start authoring your map. For more information see:<\/p>\n