{"id":73261,"date":"2016-08-16T14:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T14:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/check-out-whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:29:50","slug":"check-out-whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/data-management\/data-management\/check-out-whats-new-in-world-imagery-basemap","title":{"rendered":"Check out what&#039;s new in World Imagery basemap"},"author":6081,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22851,22931,22841,22941,22871],"tags":[22951,23201,22971,23951,40161,23151,23161,22901,26221,23011,27911,23021,23571,29711],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-73261","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-national-government","category-imagery","category-local-government","category-mapping","category-state-government","tag-arcgis-content","tag-cartographic-design","tag-community-basemaps","tag-community-maps-program","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-map-services","tag-maps","tag-national-government","tag-open-data","tag-raster","tag-tutorial","tag-updates","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-in-world-imagery","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"\r\nIn our continuing effort to improve our basemaps, the most recent update to World Imagery\u00a0adds two new\u00a0communities in addition to\u00a0fi...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<div>\n<p>In our continuing effort to improve our basemaps, the most recent update to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=10df2279f9684e4a9f6a7f08febac2a9\" target=\"_blank\">World Imagery<\/a>\u00a0adds two new\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 24px\">communities in addition to\u00a0<\/span>five updated ones. \u00a0The replacement imagery is from a more recent collection date and\/or at a higher resolution than what was previously provided in the basemap. \u00a0Some quick comparisons of before and now online shows the improvement in the imagery.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Mountain View County, Alberta<\/strong> (new contributor)<br \/>\nbefore (left), now (right) of Olds College campus<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MVCoAB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/MVCoAB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Texas Orthoimagery program<\/strong> (updated contribution)<br \/>\nbefore (left), now (right) showing completed construction of the Purple Heart Gardens at the Sierra Meadows Apartments, Humble, TX<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TXOrtho.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TXOrtho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<p>New contributors<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mountain View County, Alberta (0.30m, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Wood County, Wisconsin (0.15m, 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Updated contributions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dawson Creek, British Columbia\u00a0(0.10m, 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Haldimand County, Ontario\u00a0(0.20m, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Langley,\u00a0British Columbia(0.10m, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Texas (select coverage)\u00a0(0.50m, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (0.07m, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the areas are highlighted in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=8be1f1536a314b24af5dc3f08dbe49ee\" target=\"_blank\">Story Map tour<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=8be1f1536a314b24af5dc3f08dbe49ee\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Blog_Image1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These updates are part of the ArcGIS Online effort to provide updated imagery content. This effort continues with contributions provided through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/community-maps-for-imagery.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Community Maps Program<\/a>\u00a0as well as Esri\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2016\/06\/27\/digitalglobe-partners-with-esri-to-update-world-imagery\/\" target=\"_blank\">newly announced<\/a>\u00a0partnership with DigitalGlobe to provide updated imagery for the entire world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlas Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How do I Use?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data.\u00a0<a title=\"Combine content from this repository with your own data\" href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/use\/use-the-living-atlas.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Create powerful new maps and applications!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How do I contribute?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Join the growing community of Living Atlas of the World contributors.\u00a0<a title=\"The two ways to contribute\" href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/contribute-to-the-living-atlas.htm\" target=\"_blank\">There are two ways to contribute!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Living Atlas Newsletter:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0This newsletter will keep you and other members of the Living Atlas user community informed through success stories, examples of applied use, visibility of new content, announcements about events, and other useful resources and information. Subscribe to the\u00a0<em>Esri News for the Living Atlas Community<\/em>. 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\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livingatlas\"><strong><em>@<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livingatlas\"><em>LivingAtlas<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Share your story:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0How has contributing to the Living Atlas Community benefited your organization and community? Has your participation helped meet a particular challenge? Has your applied use of Living Atlas content solved a problem or help meet a goal? Email me at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:smatthews@esri.com\">smatthews@esri.com<\/a>\u00a0so we can promote your success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have previously used these maps, you may need to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/troubleshoot.htm#anchor1\" target=\"_blank\">clear your cache<\/a>\u00a0in order to see the updates.<\/p>\n<p>If you have feedback\u00a0 on content, try our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=6365ecd9bd6046d4986159d557e67971\" target=\"_blank\">Topographic Map Feedback web map<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ebdfa4146680410bb952c7d532ea5407\" target=\"_blank\">Imagery Map Feedback web map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geonet.esri.com\/community\/gis\/web-gis\/arcgisonline\" target=\"_blank\">ArcGIS Online Discussion Group<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geonet.esri.com\/groups\/livingatlas\" target=\"_blank\">Living Atlas Discussion Group<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geonet.esri.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\">GeoNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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. 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