{"id":73061,"date":"2016-08-15T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/navigator-for-arcgis-maps-are-now-available-for-africa-and-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:09:54","slug":"navigator-for-arcgis-maps-are-now-available-for-africa-and-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/mapping\/mapping\/navigator-for-arcgis-maps-are-now-available-for-africa-and-the-middle-east","title":{"rendered":"Navigator for ArcGIS maps are now available for Africa and the Middle East"},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,23351],"tags":[24101,31651,25101,23401],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36681,36551],"class_list":["post-73061","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-transportation","tag-africa","tag-map-coverage","tag-middle-east","tag-transportation","product-apps","product-navigator","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":" Navigator maps for Central Africa, East Africa,North Africa, South Africa, ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<figure id=\"attachment_66791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66791\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Africa-maps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66791 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Africa-maps.png\" alt=\"Navigator maps for Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, South Africa, and West Africa are now available.\" width=\"230\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Navigator maps for Central Africa, East Africa,<br \/>North Africa, South Africa, and West Africa<br \/>are now available.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twenty-seven new maps are now available for Africa and the Middle East at the country, regional, and continental levels. 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