ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

The world's foremost collection of geospatial information

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There is always new content available in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Access ready-to-use, authoritative data layers, curated and prepared for easy ArcGIS integration. Stimulate your creativity by exploring inspiring spatial content from thousands of organizations including maps, apps, and story maps. Support the greater spatial community by contributing your own projects and data to Living Atlas and engage others with the content you create.

You do the analyzing, we'll do the curating.

Your time is valuable. Trust in Esri to get you started using quality location data, fast. Living Atlas saves you time with curated and prepared data layers that can be easily integrated into your GIS workflows.

See What Others Can't

Discover the global collection of prepared maps and apps that bring ArcGIS to life. Insert live feeds, ready-to-use visualizations, and interactive maps into your dashboards to complement your narrative.

Contribute to Living Atlas

Do you have a captivating story map, web app, or data layer that you would like to contribute to Living Atlas? Would you like to enhance your local basemap with areas of interest, addresses, or street locations? Get started today and see why thousands of organizations already contribute authoritative content to advance Esri's basemaps, imagery, elevation, and so much more.

Join the community


There is always new content available in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Access ready-to-use, authoritative data layers, curated and prepared for easy ArcGIS integration. Stimulate your creativity by exploring inspiring spatial content from thousands of organizations including maps, apps, and story maps. Support the greater spatial community by contributing your own projects and data to Living Atlas and engage others with the content you create.

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