{"id":76261,"date":"2017-03-27T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/make-your-mark-in-the-gis-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2018-08-05T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T03:13:47","slug":"make-your-mark-in-the-gis-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/make-your-mark-in-the-gis-of-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Mark in the GIS of the World"},"author":7621,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,23341,25741,22851,28211,22931,22841,22771,25831,24371,22871,25841,23351,23051],"tags":[25751,25761,23951,27181,24981,26061,40161,22901,33261,26221,25851,24391,28601,24071,23391,29961,37091,23401,27911,23081,23101],"industry":[],"product":[36581,42661],"class_list":["post-76261","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-analytics","category-electric-gas","category-national-government","category-health","category-imagery","category-local-government","category-natural-resources","category-petroleum","category-public-safety","category-state-government","category-telecommunications","category-transportation","category-water","tag-arcgis-for-electric","tag-arcgis-for-gas","tag-community-maps-program","tag-health","tag-hydro","tag-living-atlas-contributor-app","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-national-government","tag-nominate","tag-open-data","tag-petroleum","tag-public-safety","tag-sciences","tag-security","tag-spatial-analytics","tag-telecom","tag-the-arcgis-book","tag-transportation","tag-tutorial","tag-utilities","tag-water-utilities","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-solutions"],"acf":{"short_description":"Using the ArcGIS Living Atlas website to contribute content to the GIS of the World.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Just Click on the My Contributions tab to Share Important Data<\/h3>\n

As you may have heard, the Living Atlas of the World website<\/a> has undergone a redesign to make finding what you need and contributing content as easy as possible. To learn more about the redesign, please read the earlier blog post, \u201cContent for the Planet Comes to Life with Redesigned Living Atlas Website<\/a>\u201d. The website is separated into four tabs\u2014Home, Benefits, My Contributions, and My Favorites. This blog post will focus on the My Contributions tab, where you nominate content for the Living Atlas and manage your Living Atlas contributions.<\/p>\n

Before we get into how <\/em>to become a part of the Living Atlas, there are many reasons why <\/em>you might want to contribute content: It doesn\u2019t cost anything or count against your credits, it can greatly increase awareness of your data, maps and apps, and it provides a way share knowledge and best practices back to our community. And, most importantly, it\u2019s easy!<\/p>\n

Below are some quick facts to help get you started:<\/p>\n