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ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World: An Introduction

Bonnie Stayer, Solution EngineerDiana Lavery, Product Engineer

Ready-to-use data, maps, apps, and more

Categorized for easy search and browse

Authoritative data sources

Use directly within new or existing maps

The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe.

The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe.

It includes curated maps, apps, and data layers to support your work.

The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe.

The collection is growing and changing on a daily basis.

The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe.

Items are categorized by topic.

Content Tour: Environment

• Earth Observations• Oceans• Elevation and Bathymetry• Weather and Climate• Land Cover• Energy Resources• Soils and Geology• Fresh Water• Habitat• Species

Content Tour: Infrastructure

• Transportation• Traffic• Structures• Utilities• Businesses• Agriculture

Content Tour: People

• Population• Housing• Neighborhoods• Jobs• Income• Spending• Health• Education• At Risk• Public Safety

Content Tour: Boundaries

• Administrative• Environmental• Geometric

Content Tour: Imagery

• Basemap Imagery• Multispectral Imagery• Temporal Imagery• Event Imagery

Content Tour: Basemaps

• Reference Maps• Creative Maps• Vector Tiles• Component Layers• Historical Maps

Content Tour: Trending

• New and Noteworthy• Current Events

- Hurricanes & Wildfires- World Cup & Olympics

Content Tour: Analysis Services

• Geocoding• Routing and network analysis• Geoenrichment• Hydrology• Elevation

• Exposed in Map Viewer tools, Pro tools, and the REST API

• From Living Atlas website• From within ArcGIS Online• From within ArcGIS Pro

Accessing Living Atlas Content

Brooke Hatcher, Geospatial Analyst

Using Sentinel-2 Imagery for Wildfire Activity

Living Atlas Content in ArcGIS Enterprise

• Reference content from ArcGIS Online- ~ 1,600 items- Internet access required- Content is updated frequently- Three levels

- Default- Subscriber (requires admin config)- Premium (requires admin config; consumes credits)

- Access through Portal or ArcGIS Pro- Can be disabled at any time

ArcGIS Security Update – TLS 1.2

• Esri is committed to using the latest industry standards and best practices for security protocols

• On April 16, 2019, we are updating ArcGIS Online to enforce the use of TLS (Transport Layer Security) version 1.2

• What Does This Mean For You?- Users of most ArcGIS software or custom solutions using Esri technology may be affected

by this planned update - If you have not updated and validated your system's support for TLS v1.2 only, you may lose your ability to connect to ArcGIS Online.

• What Do You Need to Do?- Go to the Esri TLS Support page for information, patches, and instructions for updating

software:

support.esri.com/en/tls

Configuring Living Atlas Content in Enterprise

Living Atlas Content in ArcGIS Enterprise

• Host Esri boundary layers- ~125 layers- State, province, census area, ZIP codes with

population- Optimized for analysis; useful in Insights- Can be used in disconnected environment

• To publish:- Download service definitions from My Esri- Admin uses command line tool available with

Portal to publish

Contributing to the Living Atlas

What Can You Share?

Layers Web Maps TablesApplications & Story Maps

Scenes & Rule Packages

What Can You Share?

Layers Web Maps TablesApplications & Story Maps

Scenes & Rule Packages

Why Should You Share?

• Reach a wide audience• Make your data discoverable• GIS Analysts can use data from the source

What is the Process?

User Nominates

an ItemEsri Curator Reviews It

Accepted

Under Review

Contributing Your Content to The Living Atlas

Considerations & Options for Nominating from Your Organization

• Dedicated publishing account

• Thumbnail with organization branding

• Terms of Use: Space for Boiler-Plate Text

• Dedicated publishing account?

• Thumbnail with organization branding

• Terms of Use: Space for Boiler-Plate Text

Considerations & Options for Nominating from Your Organization

Considerations & Options for Nominating from Your Organization

Verified Organization

Administrator marks item

"authoritative"

Item is now by Organizational

Name

What are Curators Looking For? Is Your Item Understandable and Ready to Use by Others?

• Documentation with full Item Details pages?• Good performance?• Delete Protection enabled?• Good User Profile?

- What organization is this person with?- Organizational profile?

What are Curators Looking For? Is Your Item Understandable and Ready to Use by Others?

• Documentation with full Item Details pages?• Good performance?• Delete Protection enabled?• Good User Profile?

- What organization is this person with?- Organizational profile?

• For Layers: are these good building blocks?- Aliases on field names?- Configured pop-ups?- Well-crafted symbology?

What do Curators See?

What do Curators See?

Additional Resources for Nominating Items

• A Simple Checklist for Nominating Your Maps and Apps to the Living Atlas• Make Your Items Discoverable, Understandable, and Easy to Use• What’s New With Authoritative Content• Improving Content Quality• Be Somebody (and show your best profile)• Put Your Best Thumbnail Forward• Using Tags Effectively

• Living Atlas Home Page• Putting the “Live” in the Living Atlas of the World• Wayback – 81 Flavors of World Imagery

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