{"id":2437882,"date":"2024-07-15T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2437882"},"modified":"2024-07-15T18:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T01:27:29","slug":"environment-basemap","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/environment-basemap","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the New Esri Environment Basemap (Beta)"},"author":4911,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,22771,23051],"tags":[572002,410642],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-2437882","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-natural-resources","category-water","tag-arcgis-living-atlas","tag-environment","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"short_description":"The new Environment Basemap is dynamic and designed for displaying environmental data. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\">We are h<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\">appy to announce the beta release of the <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW112638205 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=a69f14ea2e784e019f4a4b6835ffd376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW112638205 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Environment Basemap<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\">, a new basemap of the world designed to support <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112638205 BCX8\">environment, landscape, natural resources, hydrologic and physical geography content.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW112638205 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\">This web map consists of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\">four<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\"> vector tile layers that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\">provide<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\"> unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\">display<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92917497 BCX8\"> and offline use in mobile devices. Surface water features (rivers, lakes, streams, and canals) with labels and global watershed boundaries are two of the individual layers in the map, allowing you to adjust the drawing order to ensure your layers are not obscured, but are instead accentuated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2437892,"id":2437892,"title":"CaliforniaZoom","filename":"CaliforniaZoom.gif","filesize":8090403,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/environment-basemap\/californiazoom","alt":"Animated gif of the Environment Basemap zooming into Yosemite National Park.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"californiazoom","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2437882,"date":"2024-07-12 17:57:01","modified":"2024-07-12 18:16:19","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":946,"height":507,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":249,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":412,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","large-width":946,"large-height":507,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","1536x1536-width":946,"1536x1536-height":507,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","2048x2048-width":946,"2048x2048-height":507,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom-826x443.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":443,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif","wide_image-width":946,"wide_image-height":507}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CaliforniaZoom.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=a69f14ea2e784e019f4a4b6835ffd376\">Environment basemap<\/a> builds on the success of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=9f86716d941c4410b0b406d911754b2c\">Hydro Reference Overlay<\/a>, while also providing flexibility that our user community asked for, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ability to turn on and off watershed features.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u00b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ability to pull out surface water features into a single layer that could be dropped into other maps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\">In addition, the map <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\">utilizes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\"> the most up-to-date base data that all the Esri basemaps are built with. At this release, you can access the <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW15821849 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=a69f14ea2e784e019f4a4b6835ffd376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">webmap<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\"> using a <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW15821849 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=a69f14ea2e784e019f4a4b6835ffd376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">link<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\"> or through a <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW15821849 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/search.html?restrict=false&amp;sortField=relevance&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;searchTerm=%22Environment+Map%22+esri+vector+maps+&amp;focus=maps-webmaps#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">search<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\">, but in the fall release of ArcGIS Online, the Environment map will be one basemap option <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW15821849 BCX8\">available throughout<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15821849 BCX8\"> the ArcGIS platform.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW15821849 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Separate Layers<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2438172,"id":2438172,"title":"EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3","filename":"EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png","filesize":1349733,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/environment-basemap\/environmentbasemap_layers3","alt":"Image of the five separate components for the Environment Basemap.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"environmentbasemap_layers3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2437882,"date":"2024-07-12 19:04:53","modified":"2024-07-12 19:05:17","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":3605,"height":2175,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png","medium-width":433,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":463,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png","large-width":1790,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3-1536x927.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":927,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3-2048x1236.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1236,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3-771x465.png","card_image-width":771,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3-1790x1080.png","wide_image-width":1790,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemap_Layers3.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The four vector tile layers that create the map are: <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:56,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Environment Detail and Label<span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 A vector tile reference layer for the world with administrative boundaries and labels; populated places with names; ocean names; topographic features; and rail, road, park, school, and hospital labels.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Environment Surface Water and Label<span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 A vector tile surface water layer for the world with rivers, lakes, streams, and canals with respective labels.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Environment Watersheds<span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 A vector tile watersheds boundaries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Environment Base<span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 A vector tile base layer for the world with vegetation, parks, farming areas, open space, indigenous lands, military bases, bathymetry, large scale contours, elevation values, airports, zoos, golf courses, cemeteries, hospitals, schools, urban areas, and building footprints.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Designed for Environment Content<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The components and symbology of each individual layer were designed to produce a neutral backdrop for other environmental layers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2438182,"id":2438182,"title":"EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp","filename":"EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png","filesize":5854982,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/environment-basemap\/environmentbasemaplayers2_wp","alt":"15 different layers that can be used with the Environment Basemap.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"environmentbasemaplayers2_wp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2437882,"date":"2024-07-12 19:07:20","modified":"2024-07-12 19:07:56","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":2163,"height":2408,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png","medium-width":234,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":855,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png","large-width":970,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp-1380x1536.png","1536x1536-width":1380,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp-1840x2048.png","2048x2048-width":1840,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp-418x465.png","card_image-width":418,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp-970x1080.png","wide_image-width":970,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EnvironmentBasemapLayers2_wp.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In the image above, you see many layers that work well with the Environment basemap. Please review <a href=\"https:\/\/arcgis-content.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=f71cf4378a9a4f39b1b91b03f14da3a1\">A Living Atlas of the Environment StoryMap<\/a> for more examples.<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">De-emphasize Human Landscape<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This basemap de-emphasizes human landscape features such as administrative boundaries and city names, and instead the topographic labels, forests, and parks are displayed more prominently. 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In this role she serves as lead Cartographer and Senior GIS Engineer for the Environment Team where she styles and designs layers, maps, and applications for the global GIS community. Outside of her professional endeavors, Emily is a passionate geographer who enjoys exploring the world with her family.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EM-465x465.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":9412,"user_firstname":"Gonzalo","user_lastname":"Espinoza Davalos","nickname":"Gonzalo Espinoza","user_nicename":"gespinoza","display_name":"Gonzalo Espinoza","user_email":"gespinoza@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/www.gespinozadav.com","user_registered":"2019-04-04 19:02:26","user_description":"Gonzalo Espinoza specializes in hydrologic modeling, real time climate and hydro-informatic tools such as flood mapping and forecasting using National Water Model data. 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