{"id":73461,"date":"2016-09-01T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/community-contributions-enhancing-the-living-atlas-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:50:04","slug":"community-contributions-enhancing-the-living-atlas-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/data-management\/data-management\/community-contributions-enhancing-the-living-atlas-of-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Community Contributions Enhancing the Living Atlas of the World"},"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":[22951,23201,22971,23951,26611,40161,23151,23161,22901,26221,23021,23571,29711,30761,29701,29981,29411,23031],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-73461","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-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-imagery","tag-whats-new-in-world-street-map","tag-whats-new-in-world-topo","tag-world-imagery-map","tag-world-street-map","tag-world-topographic-map","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"New and updated map layers contributed through the Esri Community Maps Program released to the online basemaps!\r\n\r\nWe recently released bas...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>New and updated map layers contributed through the Esri Community Maps Program released to the online basemaps!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We recently released basemap content updates including new Community Map contributions for states, cities, counties, and universities across the United States and in six cantons of Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>These contributions help enhance content in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/contribute-to-the-living-atlas.htm.\" target=\"_blank\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/contribution-process.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Community Maps Program<\/a>\u00a0and add 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\" target=\"_blank\">Esri\u2019s online basemaps<\/a>. See information below about becoming part of this community.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two story maps featuring communities where new and updated content are available. \u00a0The first shows the addition of map data contributed and published in the basemaps such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=30e5fe3149c34df1ba922e6f5bbf808f\" target=\"_blank\">World Topographic<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3b93337983e9436f8db950e38a8629af\" target=\"_blank\">World Street<\/a> map. The second details our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=10df2279f9684e4a9f6a7f08febac2a9\">World Imagery<\/a> updates.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Story map of recent Topo and Street map updates to the Living Atlas of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=e6be0dfad12e46138738522b8c8351d1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LAW_Story_Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Story map of recent World Imagery updates to the Living Atlas of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapJournal\/index.html?appid=6c2bbbfebcd04f319bfb0e34c1e87df8\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67828 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Imagery_Story_Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Living Atlas Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How do I Use?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Combine content from the Living Atlas with your own data.<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\">\u00a0Create 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\">There are two ways to contribute!<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\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>E<\/em><em>sri 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\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livingatlas\">@<\/a><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livingatlas\"><em>LivingAtlas<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Share your story:<\/em><\/strong>\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>\u00a0to promote your success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have previously used any of the ArcGIS Online basemaps, you may need to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/troubleshoot.htm#anchor1\">clear your cache<\/a>\u00a0in order to see the updates.<\/p>\n<p>If you have feedback on content, try our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=6365ecd9bd6046d4986159d557e67971\">Topographic 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\">ArcGIS Online Discussion Group<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geonet.esri.com\/groups\/livingatlas\">Living Atlas Discussion Group<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geonet.esri.com\/welcome\">GeoNet<\/a>.<\/p>\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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