{"id":524782,"date":"2019-06-12T14:50:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=524782"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:45:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:45:57","slug":"high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019","title":{"rendered":"High resolution data updates to Living Atlas World Elevation Layers (June 2019)"},"author":4501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,22931,22941],"tags":[371692,22801,24381,403052,401302],"industry":[],"product":[36951,36581,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-524782","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-imagery","category-mapping","tag-3dep","tag-bathymetry","tag-lidar","tag-switzerland-cantons","tag-whats-new-june-2019","product-image-server","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"In this release, world elevation layers (Terrain and TopoBathy) are updated with many lidar derived high resolution elevation datasets","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0provides foundation elevation layers and tools to support analysis and visualization across the ArcGIS platform. These layers get updated quarterly with high resolution elevation data from open sources and community maps program. In this release, world elevation layers are updated with many high-resolution elevation datasets as described below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=58a541efc59545e6b7137f961d7de883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrain<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopoBathy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These layers are updated with topographic lidar derived bare earth elevation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updates to USGS 3DEP 1 meter DTM\u2019s covering partial areas of the conterminous United States<\/li>\n<li>Lidar derived 0.25 meter DTM covering Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Lidar derived 0.5 meter DTM covering Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Lidar derived 0.5 meter DTM covering Canton of Aargau, Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopoBathy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TopoBathy layer is updated with the following bathymetry datasets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s NCEI 1\/9 arc sec (~ 3 meters) DTM\u2019s covering partial areas along the east coast of United States<\/li>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s NCEI 1\/3 arc sec (~ 10 meters) DTM\u2019s covering partial areas along the east coast of United States<\/li>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s NCEI 1 arc sec (~ 31 meters) DTM\u2019s covering partial areas along northeast coast of United States<\/li>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s NCEI 3 arc sec (~ 93 meters) DTM\u2019s covering partial areas along northeast coast of United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this release, USGS 3DEP 1 meter got a significant update, increasing the 1m coverage area to almost double. The graphic below shows the coverage of newly added (magenta) 3DEP 1m data along with previously available (yellowish green) coverage.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":525062,"id":525062,"title":"3DEP 1 meter coverage","filename":"3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","filesize":134552,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019\/3dep_1m_coverage","alt":"3DEP 1m coverage","author":"4501","description":"","caption":"","name":"3dep_1m_coverage","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":524782,"date":"2019-06-12 20:49:14","modified":"2019-06-12 20:49:44","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":1587,"height":949,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","medium-width":436,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":459,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","large-width":1587,"large-height":949,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":919,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","2048x2048-width":1587,"2048x2048-height":949,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage-778x465.jpg","card_image-width":778,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg","wide_image-width":1587,"wide_image-height":949}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3DEP_1m_coverage.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Here are a few examples highlighting the improvements with before and after images.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Highland, CA, USA \u2013 fine details depicted with USGS 3DEP lidar derived 1 meter in suburban landscape in comparison to old NED 10 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":525102,"id":525102,"title":"Highland, CA, USA","filename":"Highland_CA_USA.gif","filesize":338251,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019\/highland_ca_usa","alt":"Highland_CA_USA","author":"4501","description":"Highland, CA, USA \u2013 fine details depicted with USGS 3DEP lidar derived 1 meter in suburban landscape in comparison to old NED 10 meters","caption":"","name":"highland_ca_usa","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":524782,"date":"2019-06-12 20:58:07","modified":"2019-06-12 21:30:56","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":1200,"height":776,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","medium-width":404,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":497,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":776,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":776,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":776,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA-719x465.gif","card_image-width":719,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":776}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Highland_CA_USA.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Oberdorf, Basel-Landschaft Canton, Switzerland &#8211; depicting the fine details with lidar derived 0.25 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":525122,"id":525122,"title":"Oberdorf, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland","filename":"Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","filesize":305883,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019\/oberdorf_basel-landschaft_switzerland","alt":"Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland","author":"4501","description":"Oberdorf, Basel-Landschaft Canton, Switzerland - depicting the fine details with lidar derived 0.25 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters","caption":"","name":"oberdorf_basel-landschaft_switzerland","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":524782,"date":"2019-06-12 20:58:17","modified":"2019-06-12 21:30:44","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":1200,"height":776,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","medium-width":404,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":497,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":776,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":776,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":776,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland-719x465.gif","card_image-width":719,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":776}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Oberdorf_Basel-Landschaft_Switzerland.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Langendorf, Solothurn Canton, Switzerland &#8211; depicting the fine details in urban landscape with lidar derived 0.5 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":525112,"id":525112,"title":"Langendorf, Solothurn, Switzerland","filename":"Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","filesize":158488,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019\/langendorf_solothurn_switzerland","alt":"Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland","author":"4501","description":"Langendorf, Solothurn Canton, Switzerland - depicting the fine details in urban landscape with lidar derived 0.5 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters","caption":"","name":"langendorf_solothurn_switzerland","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":524782,"date":"2019-06-12 20:58:12","modified":"2019-06-12 21:30:50","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":1200,"height":776,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","medium-width":404,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":497,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":776,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":776,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":776,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland-719x465.gif","card_image-width":719,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":776}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Langendorf_Solothurn_Switzerland.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Baden, Aargau Canton, Switzerland &#8211; depicting the fine details in the hilly landscape with lidar derived 0.5 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":525092,"id":525092,"title":"Baden, Aargau, Switzerland","filename":"Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","filesize":259466,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/high-resolution-data-updates-to-living-atlas-world-elevation-layers-june-2019\/baden_aargau_switzerland","alt":"Baden_Aargau_Switzerland","author":"4501","description":"Baden, Aargau Canton, Switzerland - depicting the fine details in the hilly landscape with lidar derived 0.5 meter data in comparison to WorldDEM4Ortho 24 meters","caption":"","name":"baden_aargau_switzerland","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":524782,"date":"2019-06-12 20:58:01","modified":"2019-06-12 21:31:04","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":1200,"height":776,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","medium-width":404,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":497,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","large-width":1200,"large-height":776,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":776,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":776,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland-719x465.gif","card_image-width":719,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":776}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Baden_Aargau_Switzerland.gif"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>These data updates will also be rolled out to other world elevation derivative products \u2013\u00a0Elevation 3D (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=7029fb60158543ad845c7e1527af11e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrain3D<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=0c69ba5a5d254118841d43f03aa3e97d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TopoBathy3D<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=f47a5a35be8c41f7890c1763f65a6d9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Hillshade<\/a> in the next quarter (Q3).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the various data sources available in World Elevation services, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3af669838f594b378f90c10f98e46a7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevation coverage map<\/a>. Esri will keep improving World Elevation Services, Tools and derivative products by including high resolution data from open source and the Esri Community Maps program. Additionally, to contribute high-resolution elevation data to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=f5818ab82666401b8e4a06632e3f51fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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. He has also developed a fusion technique (esriurl.com\/NAGIfusion) which maintains details and colors when integrating colored rasters with hillshades. Rajinder holds a Master of Science degree in Geoinformatics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban &amp; Regional Planning.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/04\/RNagi_Profile.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":120371,"post_author":"4501","post_date":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_content":"","post_title":"Introducing Esri\u2019s World Elevation Services","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"introducing-esris-world-elevation-services","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-07-11 16:30:42","post_modified_gmt":"2014-07-11 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