{"id":68101,"date":"2015-06-25T11:20:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T11:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/esri-updates-world-topographic-map-with-content-from-our-user-community\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:05:43","slug":"esri-updates-world-topographic-map-with-content-from-our-user-community","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/esri-updates-world-topographic-map-with-content-from-our-user-community","title":{"rendered":"Esri Updates World Topographic Map with Content from Our User Community"},"author":7651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,22841,22941],"tags":[22951,22971,22981,40161,23151,23161,26221,23031],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-68101","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-local-government","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-content","tag-community-basemaps","tag-community-maps","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-map-services","tag-maps","tag-open-data","tag-world-topographic-map","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"We are pleased to announce that the\u00a0World Topographic Map\u00a0has been updated with new content!\n\nAs part of\u00a0ArcGIS Online,\u00a0Esri\u2019s Base...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong><em>We are pleased to announce that the\u00a0<a title=\"World Topographic Map\" href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/item\/?itemId=d5e02a0c1f2b4ec399823fdd3c2fdebd\">World Topographic Map<\/a>\u00a0has been updated with new content!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>As part of\u00a0<a title=\"ArcGIS Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/features\/features.html\">ArcGIS Online<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Esri Basemaps\" href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/#s=0&amp;n=0&amp;d=1&amp;col=la-basemaps:3&amp;fs=0&amp;fn=30&amp;npp=0&amp;subCat=1&amp;md=la-basemaps:100\">Esri\u2019s Basemaps<\/a>\u00a0support a vast GIS community, with the Topographic Map alone averaging over\u00a0<strong>one Million<\/strong>\u00a0daily viewers. We couldn&#8217;t have done it without you; Thank You to our Contributors and Partners who help support the\u00a0<a title=\"LAW\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/features\/maps\/index.html\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0by providing data and enriching these amazing resources.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This update incorporates contributions from select locations in the United States and Canada. 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You can have the newsletter sent right to your inbox by subscribing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/publications\/apps\/subscriptions\/index.cfm?fuseaction=esriPubs.selectedpub&amp;news=community_maps\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your data<\/strong>: Do you want to join the growing community of Community Maps contributors? \u00a0It\u2019s easy; just visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/community-maps\/\">Community Maps<\/a>\u00a0for an overview and visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/community-maps\/contribute\/contribution-process.htm\">Community Maps Contribution Process<\/a>\u00a0page for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your story<\/strong>: How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? 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