{"id":74721,"date":"2016-12-21T03:33:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T03:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/world-imagery-updated-with-digitalglobe-and-community-content\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:46:22","slug":"world-imagery-updated-with-digitalglobe-and-community-content","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/imagery\/imagery\/world-imagery-updated-with-digitalglobe-and-community-content","title":{"rendered":"World Imagery Updated with DigitalGlobe and Community Content"},"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":[22931],"tags":[22951,23951,31951,31431,40161,23571,32461,29711],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-74721","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","tag-arcgis-content","tag-community-maps-program","tag-dg","tag-digitalglobe","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-december-2016","tag-whats-new-in-world-imagery","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"As 2016 comes to a close, we've updated our World Imagery basemap one last time for the year. To view all the recently updated\u00a0imagery i...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

As 2016 comes to a close, we’ve updated our World Imagery<\/a> basemap one last time for the year. To view all the recently updated\u00a0imagery in ArcGIS.com, check out this\u00a0Story Map<\/a>\u00a0of our latest release or view the new content directly in the\u00a0World Imagery\u00a0basemap.<\/p>\n

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This round of enhancements includes more than 100 urban areas around the world as part of our first DigitalGlobe Basemap +Metro product release. This is our fifth expansion of DigitalGlobe\u00a0coverage this year. Details of previous updates are shared in other blogs<\/a>. Two main benefits from the addition of DG +Metro to the World Imagery map are: 1) higher resolution (now 0.30-0.50 meter) and 2) more frequent update cycles for these metro areas (planned for annual basis). We will publish more DigitalGlobe Basemap +Vivid and +Metro content starting with our first January 2017 release. For a listing of the 100+ DigitalGlobe metro areas just released, see this PDF document<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An example area with noticeable changes is in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where the Rostov Arena is under construction as one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

Previous Rostov imagery
\nDigitalGlobe +Vivid (0.50 meter, 2010)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Current Rostov Arena (under construction) imagery<\/a>
\n<\/em>DigitalGlobe +Metro (0.30 meter, 2015)<\/em><\/p>\n

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We also updated six areas through our Community Maps Program<\/a>. Contributions like these continue to enhance the World Imagery basemap with high resolution and very current collection dates.<\/p>\n

Community contributions published:<\/p>\n