{"id":813801,"date":"2020-04-13T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=813801"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:17:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:17:18","slug":"outline-maps-printable-maps-for-coloring-and-other-fun-activities","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/outline-maps-printable-maps-for-coloring-and-other-fun-activities","title":{"rendered":"Outline Maps:  Printable maps for coloring and other fun activities"},"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":[37101,22941],"tags":[22951,23171,26451,40161,33541],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-813801","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-content","tag-basemaps","tag-cartography","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-vector-basemaps","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Outline Maps:  Printable maps for coloring and other fun activities","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Playing the parts of employee, parent and teacher all at once can feel a bit overwhelming during these uncertain times. 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