{"id":2780872,"date":"2025-05-07T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2780872"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:14:48","slug":"living-atlas-evaluate-nominate-app-released","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/sharing-collaboration\/living-atlas-evaluate-nominate-app-released","title":{"rendered":"Living Atlas \u201cEvaluate and Nominate\u201d App Released"},"author":4161,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,37511],"tags":[29751,40161,27771],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-2780872","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-layers","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-metadata","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS Living Atlas includes a new tool that GIS teams can use to evaluate their ArcGIS Online item against Living Atlas criteria.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>How do you know when your layer, map, dashboard or app is ready to share with others? What if you could evaluate your items&#8217; qualities <em>before<\/em> you share them to the public or to colleagues within your organization?<\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS Living Atlas has a new tool that GIS teams can use to 1) evaluate their ArcGIS Online item against Living Atlas criteria and 2) nominate their item to Living Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u201cEvaluate &amp; Nominate\u201d app lets you evaluate your item against the latest Living Atlas criteria. Whether you nominate your item to Living Atlas or not, the evaluation offers free, valuable best practices for sharing content to the GIS community. If your organization is a trusted source for layers, maps, dashboards, storymaps or tools, go ahead and nominate an item for inclusion in Living Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>To try the app out, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/contributions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cContribute\u201d page<\/a> on the Living Atlas website to get started.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2780882,"id":2780882,"title":"Screenshot 2025-04-29 at 6.00.59\u202fPM","filename":"Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","filesize":116424,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/sharing-collaboration\/living-atlas-evaluate-nominate-app-released\/screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6-00-59-pm","alt":"Screen capture of the \"Nominate Your Content\" button that starts the \"Evaluate & Nominate\" app in Living Atlas.","author":"4161","description":"Screen capture of the \"Nominate Your Content\" button that starts the \"Evaluate &amp; Nominate\" app in Living Atlas.","caption":"Screen capture of the \"Nominate Your Content\" button that starts the \"Evaluate &amp; Nominate\" app in Living Atlas.","name":"screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6-00-59-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2780872,"date":"2025-05-01 23:12:59","modified":"2025-05-01 23:14:00","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":821,"height":564,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","medium-width":380,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":528,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","large-width":821,"large-height":564,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","1536x1536-width":821,"1536x1536-height":564,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","2048x2048-width":821,"2048x2048-height":564,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM-677x465.png","card_image-width":677,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-04-29-at-6.00.59\u202fPM.png","wide_image-width":821,"wide_image-height":564}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/contributions\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><strong>Why Evaluate your ArcGIS Online item?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Since its launch a decade ago, ArcGIS Living Atlas has provided a curated collection of layers, maps, apps and other shareable GIS content. To be included in Living Atlas, an ArcGIS Online item must meet certain criteria as evaluated by a curator at Esri. By listening to the GIS community&#8217;s needs and questions every day, Living Atlas curators actively share their best practices for publishing layers and maps in meetings, phone conversations, emails and blogs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/sharing-collaboration\/your-living-atlas-questions-answered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Good news: many of the best practices and guidance you receive from a Living Atlas curator via an email are included within this new app, so that you can tap into that knowledge base simply by logging in and clicking on one of your ArcGIS Online items to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are good that your organization\u2019s users can benefit from item improvements suggested by the evaluation. Many of the improvements this app recommends take just a few clicks to implement, such as turning on Delete Protection, and cleaning up Tags. Any organization which owns its data, layers, maps and apps is welcome to use this app to see what best practices are required\/recommended for content nominated to Living Atlas. 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Living Atlas includes content from the global GIS user community, Esri business partners, and Esri. Because Living Atlas is available throughout ArcGIS, contributing your <strong>best public content<\/strong> makes it easier for others to find and use your content in their work.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><strong>Help Others Find Your Items<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most apps like ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online Map Viewer show the Title in search results, but the user often needs to click on an item to see its Summary. Some user interfaces also show the thumbnail. Fewer interfaces currently show the Title &amp; Summary together, but in general the Summary information is one click away in most search results within ArcGIS.<\/p>\n<p>The limited space in most search results displays puts a lot of pressure on a Title to make an item discoverable. The item Summary can help. 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