{"id":71671,"date":"2016-04-21T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/esris-living-atlas-improved-with-community-contributions\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:08:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:08:29","slug":"esris-living-atlas-improved-with-community-contributions","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/data-management\/data-management\/esris-living-atlas-improved-with-community-contributions","title":{"rendered":"Esri&#039;s Living Atlas Improved with Community Contributions"},"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":[23851,22851,22841,22941,22871],"tags":[22951,23201,22971,22981,23951,26611,40161,23151,23161,22901,26221,23021,23571,29701,23031],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-71671","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-national-government","category-local-government","category-mapping","category-state-government","tag-arcgis-content","tag-cartographic-design","tag-community-basemaps","tag-community-maps","tag-community-maps-program","tag-gis","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-map-services","tag-maps","tag-national-government","tag-open-data","tag-updates","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-in-world-topo","tag-world-topographic-map","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Our user community has just added new and updated content to the World Topographic Map!\n\nThe most recent World Topographic Map\u00a0release i...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Our user community has just added new and updated content to the World Topographic Map!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most recent World Topographic Map\u00a0release includes new Community Map contributions across Europe and several cities and counties throughout the United States.\u00a0These contributions help enhance content in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/contribute-to-the-living-atlas.htm.\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0and adds value and usability to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/#s=0&amp;subCat=1&amp;type=All&amp;area=All&amp;md=basemap:1000\">Esri&#8217;s online basemaps<\/a>. 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