What is ArcGIS Data Appliance?

ArcGIS Data Appliance is an Esri content solution that allows you to quickly create, publish, and share maps and related content (for example, elevation data, places locator) with colleagues securely behind your firewall. It connects directly to your internal network and is preloaded with terabytes of detailed data from industry-leading data providers to enhance your ArcGIS and web apps. Your maps are powered by the back-end infrastructure of the data appliance and a server.

ArcGIS Data Appliance consists of hardware and data. It runs with ArcGIS Enterprise, which helps make data appliance services available to others in your organization and, optionally, anyone with an internet connection. The data appliance hardware is preloaded with data to support configuration with the data product option you licensed from Esri.

This version of ArcGIS Data Appliance includes the following:

  • Raster basemap and reference services with cartographic mapping content to help you start building critical GIS applications right away.
  • Esri's Terrain service, providing a consolidated, multiresolution dataset essential for a wide range of use cases, from scientific study to everyday applications including hazard mitigation, conservation, infrastructure, national security, and more.*
  • Terrain 3D service, providing terrain content for visual context and analysis in ArcGIS Pro and Scene Viewer.
  • Elevation analysis services that allow you to perform raster analysis on world elevation data. Use the Profile geoprocessing service tool to create elevation profiles along any given polyline features. Use the Viewshed geoprocessing service tool to create viewsheds for any given observation point features anywhere on the surface of the earth.*
  • A world places locator that allows you to find on a map more than 30 million places around the world.*

*Not included with World Basic (Collection 1).

ArcGIS Data Appliance also includes Esri Vector Basemaps with most product options. These maps have a smaller footprint on disk and can be published in many styles using an Enterprise portal. Esri Vector Basemaps ships separately. Learn more about Esri Vector Basemaps on the ArcGIS Data Appliance website.

ArcGIS Data Appliance also includes OpenStreetMap (OSM) Vector Basemaps with most product options. These maps have a smaller footprint on disk and can be published in several styles using an Enterprise portal. OSM Vector Basemaps ships separately. Learn more about OSM Vector Basemaps on the ArcGIS Data Appliance website.

Product options

There are eight product options available with ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023. Most Data Appliance product options are composed of multiple components, as shown in the following table:

Product optionWhat's included

ArcGIS Data Appliance World Basic

Collection 1*, and OSM Vector Basemaps: Basic (WMA only)*

ArcGIS Data Appliance World Standard

Collection 2**; Esri Vector Basemaps*** and OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps***

ArcGIS Data Appliance World Advanced

Collection 3**; Esri Vector Basemaps*** and OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps***

ArcGIS Data Appliance North America Standard

Collection 4**; Esri Vector Basemaps*** and OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps***

ArcGIS Data Appliance North America Advanced

Collections 5**; Esri Vector Basemaps*** and OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps***

ArcGIS Data Appliance: World Places Locator

World Places Locator**

ArcGIS Data Appliance: Esri Vector Basemaps

Esri Vector Basemaps***

ArcGIS Data Appliance: OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps

OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps***

*Includes the ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 World Basic flash drive with help documentation, and OSM Vector Basemaps: Basic (WMA only) and OSM Vector Basemaps help documentation.

**Includes the ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 Standard, Advanced, and Locator flash drive with help documentation and the World Places Locator.

***Ships separately on a USB flash drive.

See ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 content for more information on the collections and services available with ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023.

Data Appliance coverage map

As illustrated in the following coverage map, coverage is provided at the following scales:

  • World Basic—Worldwide coverage down to ~1:144k.
  • World Standard and World Advanced—Worldwide coverage down to largest scale available.
  • North America Standard and North America Advanced—Regional coverage down to largest scale available, as indicated on the inset map; coverage includes United States outlying territories.

Coverage for Data Appliance options