{"id":2952883,"date":"2025-12-30T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2952883"},"modified":"2025-12-30T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:25:10","slug":"atlas-use-cases","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/instant-apps\/mapping\/atlas-use-cases","title":{"rendered":"Atlas: One template, many applications"},"author":68331,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[759832,42641,23361,677501],"industry":[],"product":[760042],"class_list":["post-2952883","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-instant-apps","tag-arcgis-online","tag-atlas","tag-instant-apps","product-instant-apps"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":68331,"user_firstname":"Krista","user_lastname":"McPherson","nickname":"Krista McPherson","user_nicename":"kmcpherson","display_name":"Krista McPherson","user_email":"kMcPherson@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-07-21 22:41:26","user_description":"Krista is a Product Engineer on ArcGIS Instant Apps team.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ProfilePhotoNew-213x200.jpeg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Provide an interactive mapping experience for any audience using the Atlas Instant Apps template. 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includes lightweight tools to discover, view, and explore.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\">Atlas is the underlying template for National Geographic\u2019s new\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW175237910 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/society\/learn\/mapmaker-launch-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW175237910 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">MapMaker<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\">, an app created to promote geographic awareness and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175237910 BCX0\">support lessons in K-12 education.\u00a0<\/span><span 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