{"id":305302,"date":"2018-10-01T04:30:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=305302"},"modified":"2018-09-28T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T23:48:42","slug":"esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Esri Vector Basemaps (October 2018)"},"author":6081,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,22941],"tags":[23171,23201,40161,33541,220392],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-305302","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-mapping","tag-basemaps","tag-cartographic-design","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-vector-basemaps","tag-whats-new-september-2018","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Esri Vector Basemaps were recently refreshed with new data, improvements to map styles, and more languages of localized maps.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With our latest release late last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=30de8da907d240a0bccd5ad3ff25ef4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Vector Basemaps<\/a>\u00a0updated map styles and added features, increased the number of localized maps, and published a new creative style. We added new HERE data to improve the maps. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/participate\/#v=community&amp;subTab=what-to-contribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Maps Program<\/a>\u00a0also provided new data. See these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s=#&amp;author=shnmat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blogs by Shane Matthews<\/a>\u00a0for specific contributions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Style Improvements<\/h3>\n<p>Display of features improved across several basemaps.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=55ebf90799fa4a3fa57562700a68c405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Street Map<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=00f90f3f3c9141e4bea329679b257142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Streets with Relief<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=28f49811a6974659988fd279de5ce39f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hybrid Reference Overlay<\/a>\u00a0changes increased city font size, added beach sprite, and made JSON layer names more user friendly. New pavement markings enhance larger scales, especially at the campus level. The updated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=67372ff42cd145319639a99152b15bc3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topographic<\/a> vector map displays\u00a0arrows and handicapped parking symbols. This\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/esri.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c908722b0841404ba6a87d6221f201e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reference Document<\/a> provides information on recent changes and structure of our basemaps. Bookmark this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=30de8da907d240a0bccd5ad3ff25ef4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">group<\/a> or search the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/#d=2&amp;cont=esriOnly&amp;categories=Basemaps:00100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0(Basemaps category and Vector Tiles sub-category). Similarly, Esri vector maps are accessible in the ArcGIS.com map viewer and ArcGIS Pro in the same Living Atlas Basemaps category and Vector Tiles sub-category search.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":332612,"id":332612,"title":"Street","filename":"Street.jpg","filesize":70816,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018\/street","alt":"Street","author":"6081","description":"","caption":"New beach sprite pattern and larger city names in World Street Map","name":"street","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":305302,"date":"2018-09-28 19:43:43","modified":"2018-09-28 19:44:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Street.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=55ebf90799fa4a3fa57562700a68c405"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":332622,"id":332622,"title":"Pavement","filename":"Pavement.jpg","filesize":44777,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018\/pavement","alt":"Pavement","author":"6081","description":"","caption":"New pavement markings (arrows and handicapped parking) in Topographic","name":"pavement","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":305302,"date":"2018-09-28 19:45:12","modified":"2018-09-28 19:48:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pavement.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=67372ff42cd145319639a99152b15bc3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Basemaps Localization<\/h2>\n<p>We added three new languages to our collection of localized basemaps. Our current total is nine different languages. Each one is available in nine different basemap styles. New are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=d0152a2813964f95b9cc7753e92de96d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=80db31be8b3c4bb6a197c78005bfeb23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=da5696ea6c354222887fe5c8ddd87468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian Portuguese<\/a>. These join previously released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=791e79050e574514ab4ef65df73528eb#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modern Chinese<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=16b3cb063e4f4c5abd05a4f7173ba4e5#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=00c428a3eb7448f8ade9791f017f0fff#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=aee77a8bf9cd40f4ab62f1873fbe46d1#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=2e52811a06b04709bdd8c21778c4b4c5#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=fc9c05038aa1459cba3c90cee60dd1df#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>. To make localized maps the default basemap, change the organization&#8217;s Region and Language in the General settings. Also, change the Map setting to display Esri vector basemaps for the Gallery. Each language above is linked to a group of web\u00a0maps. Localized labels display primarily at small scales; however, we are expanding translations across more feature classes and at more scales. Additional languages will be deployed in subsequent releases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":332602,"id":332602,"title":"Localization","filename":"Localization.jpg","filesize":95167,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018\/localization","alt":"Localization","author":"6081","description":"","caption":"Italian (Navigation), Portuguese (Brazilian) (Dark Gray Canvas), Polish (Streets)","name":"localization","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":305302,"date":"2018-09-28 19:33:11","modified":"2018-09-28 19:35:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1236,"height":619,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":107,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":232,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":385,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","large-width":1236,"large-height":619,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","1536x1536-width":1236,"1536x1536-height":619,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","2048x2048-width":1236,"2048x2048-height":619,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":414,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Localization.jpg","wide_image-width":1236,"wide_image-height":619}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":332572,"id":332572,"title":"QuickEditor","filename":"QuickEditor.jpg","filesize":80097,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018\/quickeditor","alt":"Style Editor","author":"6081","description":"","caption":"Esri Vector Tile Style Editor (Beta)  - Quick Edit change to World Navigation Map","name":"quickeditor","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":305302,"date":"2018-09-28 19:10:50","modified":"2018-09-28 19:14:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":891,"height":544,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":130,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","medium-width":427,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":469,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","large-width":891,"large-height":544,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","1536x1536-width":891,"1536x1536-height":544,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","2048x2048-width":891,"2048x2048-height":544,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","card_image-width":762,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/QuickEditor.jpg","wide_image-width":891,"wide_image-height":544}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/vector-tile-style-editor\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Style Editor<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/esri.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=fdc14ea2616f47ffa3981277754c6cd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Tile Layer Style Editor (Beta)<\/a>\u00a0provides an easy way to customize vector basemaps. Experiment (&amp; save!) different cartographic styles with this app. Start from an Esri vector basemap or one of your own vector tile layers. Two styling paths exist:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Edit\u00a0<\/strong>is only configured for Esri vector basemaps. This quick path sorts map features into six high-level categories. Apply random colors for cartographic inspiration, or apply a pre-defined color palette to each category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit Layer Styles <\/strong>works with Esri vector maps and your own styles. It\u00a0offers more control over each map feature&#8217;s spec. Countless options are available to customize your new vector map. Save your new style as a tile layer in your ArcGIS.com account and use the new style in your web maps and apps.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/mapping\/design-custom-basemaps-with-the-new-arcgis-vector-tile-style-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/community\/arcgis-vector-tile-style-editor\/pages\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">space on GeoNet<\/a>\u00a0offers information about the Style Editor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RqGTxYWgmC8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">This recent Esri Webinar<\/a> showcased the Style Editor. Follow-up questions and answers are at this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/community\/arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas GeoNet page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":332542,"id":332542,"title":"PopArt","filename":"PopArt.jpg","filesize":326950,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/esri-vector-basemaps-october-2018\/popart","alt":"Pop Art Basemaps","author":"6081","description":"","caption":"San Francisco waterfront at ~1:4,000 scale in the new creative Pop Art vector map style","name":"popart","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":305302,"date":"2018-09-28 19:02:38","modified":"2018-09-28 20:52:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1333,"height":662,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":106,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":230,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","large-width":1333,"large-height":662,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","1536x1536-width":1333,"1536x1536-height":662,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","2048x2048-width":1333,"2048x2048-height":662,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":410,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PopArt.jpg","wide_image-width":1333,"wide_image-height":662}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=4e73d76390fc4888a7c93abd9a1de031"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>And now, something completely new!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=4e73d76390fc4888a7c93abd9a1de031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pop Art<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is Esri cartographer <a href=\"http:\/\/esri.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/search.html?q=tags%3AAndrew%20Skinner&amp;t=content&amp;start=1&amp;sortOrder=desc&amp;sortField=modified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Skinner&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0new custom style. This 1960&#8217;s-inspired map is busy, brash, and bright! This map, along with other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=20dd19496c504cbf999c408014f88353#overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Creative Maps<\/a>, pushes the limits of map design. The maps have drastically different looks, but still use the same vector map content. He also published a series of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?s=#&amp;author=ajskinner2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blogs<\/a> on working with and customizing Esri Vector Basemaps. Check them out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Feedback<\/h3>\n<p>Have you ever seen a problem with Esri Vector Basemap data that needs to be fixed? Report issues directly on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=28450cb78b324aaeaadb751e92d16ae0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feedback Map<\/a>. Our team reviews your comments and considers the update for one of our frequent releases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6081,"user_firstname":"Robert","user_lastname":"Green","nickname":"Andrew Green","user_nicename":"robe6923","display_name":"Andrew Green","user_email":"robert_green@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:55","user_description":"Andy is the Project Manager for the Basemaps in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Creating and updating the basemaps is a collaboration of the Community Maps, Data, Authoring, QA, Release, and Development teams.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6EF23BEF-AE42-441E-A57D-6D6240E5A9DD-213x200.jpeg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":186661,"post_author":"3791","post_date":"2018-05-17 16:00:56","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-17 16:00:56","post_content":"","post_title":"Design custom basemaps with the new ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"design-custom-basemaps-with-the-new-arcgis-vector-tile-style-editor","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-19 20:39:46","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-20 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