Using the Community Maps Contributor App

Tamara Yoder

ArcGIS includes a Living Atlas of the WorldMaps and Layers from Esri and Thousands of Contributors

… with Curated Content on Many Topics

The Collection is growing and changing on a daily basis…

Living Atlas Content is Published by Esri, Users, and PartnersBuilt by the ArcGIS Community and Curated by Esri

EsriContent

COMMUNITY MAPS

UserContent

PartnerContent

Publish Content through Community MapsHelp Us Make Community Maps better with Your Data

• Goal is to Blend Your Local, Authoritative Data into the Appropriate Community Map- Improve the maps and layers with better data

• Identify Community Map(s) you can Support- Imagery, Elevation, Oceans, Hydrography, Demographics, and Basemaps

Community Maps Opportunities to Contribute

• Imagery – Current and high resolution (1m or better)

• Elevation – 10 meter DEM or better (3m or better in USA)

• Oceans – Bathymetry & Places

• Hydrography – Streams, Watersheds & Elevation

• Demographics – Lifestyle and Business Data

• Basemaps – Reference layers and features

The Benefits to Contributing

• Reach a broad audience with your data in ArcGIS Online

• Your basemap doesn’t end at your city border

• 99.9% reliable access to maps with your data

• High quality cartography

• Recognition for contributed content

• Retain ownership of your contribution

Esri Community Maps: High-Level Architecture

Commercial Data

ArcGIS Online World Topo Map

World Street Map

World Imagery

Value AddedServices

Community Maps

Other Maps & Layers(elevation, buildings,…)

Contributor Data

Web Mapsand Apps

Contribution App

Contribution App

Apply

Submit Data

Data Review

Map Preview

GDB

Open Data

Contributing to Community MapsWho does What?

Apply

Review

Contributor

Esri

Approve

Upload

Download

Migrate

QA &Load

Cache

Review Approve

Transfer Tiles

Blend Tiles in Bundle

Update

Evaluate

“Go Live”Serve Cache for QA

Prepare Data

Author

QA Affected Bundles

Community MapsContributor App Demo

Contributing to Community MapsWho does What?

Apply

Review

Contributor

Esri

Approve

Upload

Download

Migrate

QA &Load

Cache

Review Approve

Transfer Tiles

Blend Tiles in Bundle

Update

Evaluate

“Go Live”Serve Cache for QA

Prepare Data

Author

QA Affected Bundles

Contributing to Community MapsWho does What?

Apply

Review

Contributor

Esri

Approve

Upload

Download

Migrate

QA &Load

Cache

Review Approve

Transfer Tiles

Blend Tiles in Bundle

Update

Evaluate

“Go Live”Serve Cache for QA

Prepare Data

Author

QA Affected Bundles

Contributing to Community MapsWho does What?

Apply

Review

Contributor

Esri

Approve

Upload

Download

Migrate

QA &Load

Cache

Review Approve

Transfer Tiles

Blend Tiles in Bundle

Update

Evaluate

“Go Live”Serve Cache for QA

Prepare Data

Author

QA Affected Bundles

Contributing to Community MapsWho does What?

Apply

Review

Contributor

Esri

Approve

Upload

Download

Migrate

QA &Load

Cache

Review Approve

Transfer Tiles

Blend Tiles in Bundle

Update

Evaluate

“Go Live”Serve Cache for QA

Prepare Data

Author

QA Affected Bundles

Thank you…

• Please fill out the session survey in your mobile app

• Select Using the Community Maps Contributor App

in the Mobile App- Use the Search Feature to quickly find this title

• Click “Demo Theater Survey”

• Answer a few short questions and enter any comments

Want to learn more?

• Documentation- http://esriurl.com/CMDataPrepDoc

- http://esriurl.com/CMVideos

• Related Esri Training and Tutorials- http://esriurl.com/CMDataPrepTraining

• Additional Resources- livingatlas.arcgis.com

- http://esriurl.com/CMWebsite