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These layers are updated quarterly with high-resolution elevation data sourced from federal agencies, open sources, and the community maps program. Esri is providing these datasets as <strong>ready-to-use services<\/strong> that benefit the GIS community and extend the use of data in new and innovative ways. 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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. 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