The ArcGIS Content Team has updated the World Topographic Map and Imagery Basemap. We managed to sneak in an update before the end of the year and wanted to share those details and welcome some new contributors. Another big thanks to the user community who are helping improve the Community Basemaps by submitting new and updated content to the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.  

 What’s New?

Before we dive into the latest updates, I want to draw your attention to the new user experience offered by ArcGIS Online. Check out the new ArcGIS Online Features and Ready-to-Use Maps pages!

For information on new features and enhancements, read the blog.

Topographic Map Updates and Useful Applications

Updates this week include 3 new contributions and 7 updates for locations in the United States, Canada and the State of Kuwait. Our first new contributor is City of El Cajon, CA.

El Cajon, CA  (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

Historically, El Cajon was linked to the agrarian heartland and center of communication of San Diego County. This region was often referred to as “The Big Box Valley” and “The Corners”. El Cajon was incorporated as a city in 1912 and remains an important economic center with a well-balanced economy that includes aerospace, education and retail markets.

Our next new contributor is the City of Rio Rancho, NM.

City of Rio Rancho, NM (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

Rio Rancho has created a nice looking Map Gallery to help citizens with information that includes a Parks and Recreation finder and a bikeways locator.

Our final new contributor for this release is the State of Vermont. Vermont has provided updates from 1:18k to 1:1k.

State of Vermont (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k)

Data in part from the Vermont Department of Health was used in these web apps describing and illustrating Dental Care Access, Utilization, Financial, Prevention, and Outcomes.

Created by the Vermont’s Agency of Transportation, this presentation exploits Esri’s COTS (Commercial off-the-shelf Software) approach to GIS and integrates Community Basemaps. The app describes web maps, mobile applications and operation dashboards as the keys to success.

This refresh also includes 7 locations that have provided updated content.

Yakima County, WA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

City of Mesa, AZ (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) 

City Of Peoria County, IL (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

Teton County, ID (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k)

 
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada (Topo 1:36k to 1:1k) 

Kenora, Ontario, Canada (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k) 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k) 

State of Kuwait (Topo 1:288k to 1:1k) 

Basemap Imagery Updates

Spain (1:36k to 1:1k) has been updated with imagery from IGN/CNIG (Instituto Geografico Nacional De Espana/Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica).

Here’s a list of all the community contributors for this release:

Topographic

• City of El Cajon, CA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contributor
• City of Rio Rancho, NM (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) New Contribution
• State of Vermont (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k) New Contribution
• Yakima County, WA (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• City of Mesa, AZ (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• City Of Peoria County, IL (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Teton County, ID (Topo 1:9k to 1:1k) Update
• Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada (Topo 1:36k to 1:1k) Update
• Kenora, Ontario, Canada (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k) Update
• Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Topo 1:18k to 1:1k) Update
• State of Kuwait (Topo 1:288k to 1:1k) Update

Imagery

• Spain (25cm) Update

Community 

Remember that the Community Maps Team is offering training on the new data prep tools. These tools provide a simple way for Community Maps contributors to migrate their basemap layers to a format readily accepted by Esri Community Maps, without having to adopt a new data model.

The blog below will provide the details and how to register your organization.

New online Community Maps Data Preparation Tools workshop available in 2015

Contributions and Feedback

These contributions were made through the Community Maps Program.

For more information visit the Community Maps Program Resource Center.

The service was updated on the following servers: services.arcgisonline.com and server.arcgisonline.com. If you have previously used the World_Topo_Map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates.

If you have feedback on content, try our Topographic Map Feedback web map, or Imagery Map Feedback web map.

Metadata for Imagery Map: This service is metadata-enabled. With the Identify tool in ArcMap or the World Imagery with Metadata web map, you can see the resolution, collection date, and source of the imagery at the location you click. The metadata applies only to the best available imagery at that location. You may need to zoom in to view the best available imagery.

If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to the ArcGIS Discussion Group on GeoNet.