{"id":74011,"date":"2016-10-24T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/spains-high-resolution-elevation-in-esri-world-elevation-services\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:10:44","slug":"spains-high-resolution-elevation-in-esri-world-elevation-services","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/spains-high-resolution-elevation-in-esri-world-elevation-services","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s high-resolution elevation in Esri World Elevation Services"},"author":4501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,22851,22931,22941],"tags":[22951,24111,30491,30501,23951,24131,30511,24141,25941,24151,30521,32201,24381,40161,24181,30531,24191,22901,26221,24211,24771,23391,24241,24251,40191],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-74011","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-national-government","category-imagery","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-content","tag-aspect","tag-bare-earth","tag-coastal","tag-community-maps-program","tag-dem","tag-dtm","tag-elevation","tag-esri","tag-esri_earth","tag-esri_elevation","tag-high-res","tag-lidar","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-multi-directional-hillshade","tag-multidirectional","tag-nagi-fusion-method","tag-national-government","tag-open-data","tag-slope","tag-spain","tag-spatial-analytics","tag-tinted-hillshade","tag-topography","tag-world-elevation-services","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"We are excited to integrate Spain's lidar derived elevation from Instituto Geogr\u00e1fico Nacional (IGN) into Esri's World Elevation service...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>We are excited to integrate Spain&#8217;s lidar derived elevation from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.es\/ign\/main\/index.do\" target=\"_blank\">Instituto Geogr\u00e1fico Nacional<\/a> (IGN) into <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2014\/07\/11\/introducing-esris-world-elevation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\">Esri&#8217;s World Elevation services<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=58a541efc59545e6b7137f961d7de883\" target=\"_blank\">Terrain\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\">TopoBathy<\/a>). At\u00a0<strong><em>5 meters resolution\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(cell size), this update brings\u00a0<strong><em>6 times<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0more details to Spain and a huge quality improvement over SRTM 1 arc sec (~30 m).<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few areas that exemplify improvements in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Las M\u00e9dulas \u2013 a unique landscape and the largest open-air gold mine in the entire Roman Empire (<em>a UNESCO World Heritage site) <\/em>is depicted with incredible details using 5m lidar derived relief (bottom) over SRTM 30m (top).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LAS-M\u00c9DULAS_SRTMvsMDT05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-69399  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LAS-M\u00c9DULAS_SRTMvsMDT05-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Las M\u00e9dulas \u2013 a unique landscape<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano, at 3,718 m, the highest peak in Spain located in Teide National Park, Canary Islands (a UNESCO World Heritage site), shows improvements using 5m lidar derived relief (bottom) over SRTM 30m (top).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Teide-National-Park_SRTMvsMDT05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Teide-National-Park_SRTMvsMDT05-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"889\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano,\u00a0Teide National Park,\u00a0Canary Islands\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s explore some of the unique landscapes of Spain using lidar derived high resolution elevation data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monte-Perdido-@62k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monte-Perdido-@62k-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site,\u00a0dominated by the great massif of Monte Perdido (3,355 m)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Caldera-de-Taburiente-National-Park@45k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Caldera-de-Taburiente-National-Park@45k-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Caldera De Taburiente \u2013 a huge crater surrounded by the highest peaks on the island of Canary<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SIERRA-NEVADA-NATIONAL-PARK@87k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SIERRA-NEVADA-NATIONAL-PARK@87k-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #888888\">Sierra Nevada National Park- a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve due to its ecological importance and home to the highest mountains on the Peninsula<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The world elevation image services (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=58a541efc59545e6b7137f961d7de883\" target=\"_blank\">Terrain\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c753e5bfadb54d46b69c3e68922483bc\" target=\"_blank\">TopoBathy<\/a>) provide online access to a global collection of multi-resolution and multisource elevation data to use for visualization (such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3cedfc19d7b941d89ee15b0e2f454070\" target=\"_blank\">multi-directional hillshade<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=2729e694b9b34738a59075aed367dedd\" target=\"_blank\">tinted hillshade<\/a>) and analysis. In ArcGIS Desktop, a temporary layer can be generated using the <a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/arcmap\/latest\/tools\/data-management-toolbox\/make-image-server-layer.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Make Image Server Layer<\/a> tool and used as an input in other GP tools to perform analysis. The parameters such as the extent, cell size, query and output coordinate system can be defined using the <a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/arcmap\/latest\/tools\/data-management-toolbox\/make-image-server-layer.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Make Image Server Layer<\/a> tool to produce the output layer. A query will select a subset of items within the image service. thus restricting the analysis to a particular data source available in these services. For example, a definition query of\u00a0<em>&#8220;ProductName&#8221; = \u2018Spain_DTM5m\u2019 <\/em>will filter data pertaining to Spain 5m DTM only.<\/p>\n<p>These global layers are available free of cost to every ArcGIS Organizational account user. These updates will also be rolled out to world elevation derivative products &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=7029fb60158543ad845c7e1527af11e4\" target=\"_blank\">Terrain 3D<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=f47a5a35be8c41f7890c1763f65a6d9f\" target=\"_blank\">World Hillshade<\/a>.\u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>You can explore the above unique landscapes of Spain using <a title=\"Spain's lidar elevation\" href=\"http:\/\/esriurl.com\/SpainStoryMap\" target=\"_blank\">this story map<\/a>.\u00a0For more information about the coverage of the World Elevation services, view our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3af669838f594b378f90c10f98e46a7f\" target=\"_blank\">Elevation coverage map<\/a>. Additionally, to contribute high-resolution elevation data to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Living Atlas of the World<\/a>, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/living-atlas\/contribute\/community-maps-for-elevation.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Esri Community Maps for Elevation<\/a> program.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4501,"user_firstname":"Rajinder","user_lastname":"Nagi","nickname":"Rajinder Nagi","user_nicename":"rajnagi","display_name":"Rajinder Nagi","user_email":"rnagi@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:05","user_description":"Rajinder has more than 20 years of experience in GIS and Remote Sensing. In his current role, he leads the community elevation program at Esri and has wide experience in cartographic visualization, image processing, databases and geo-processing. 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