What's new

ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 includes the following improvements and enhancements:

Note:

What is ArcGIS Data Appliance provides information about the ArcGIS Data Appliance product options, and ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 content includes a table to help you understand the difference between the services in each product option.

Esri Vector Basemaps

Esri Vector Basemaps, an additional set of basemaps in vector tile format, is available in WGS84/GCS tiling scheme as well as the existing Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere projection; it ships separately on a USB flash drive with most product options. There are 33 updated vector map styles. Vector basemaps can also be customized.

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This feature is not included with the World Basic product option.

OpenStreetMap Vector Basemaps

OpenStreetMap (OSM) Vector Basemaps, an additional set of basemaps in vector tile format, is available in Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere projection and WGS84/GCS tiling scheme; it ships separately on a USB flash drive with most product options. There are 10 updated OSM vector map styles. The contents of these maps are built from the OpenStreetMap Daylight Distribution data. Vector basemaps can also be customized.

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OSM Vector Basemaps: Basic (WMA only), a set of basemaps in vector tile format, is included on the ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 World Basic flash drive as part of the World Basic product option.

World Imagery

The World Imagery basemap was updated with more recent, higher-accuracy, and more detailed imagery.

World Imagery receives updated high-resolution, commercially licensed content globally and contributions from the GIS community in select areas. The commercial content is sourced from Maxar's constellation of high-resolution imaging satellites, while the community contributions are generally high-resolution aerial photography. Additional information is available in the World Imagery service description and in the associated metadata layer provided with your source documents.

The following map shows the updated coverage in this release:

Updated coverage for World Imagery

License:

Coverage is defined by the product option you licensed.

World Hillshade and World Hillshade (Dark)

The World Hillshade and World Hillshade (Dark) layers were updated with lidar-derived 50-centimeter elevation data of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; 1-meter elevation data of Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, parts of New Zealand, and the United States; and 10-meter elevation data of the Slovak Republic and Italy.

World Elevation

The Terrain 3D layer was updated with lidar-derived 50-centimeter elevation data of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; 1-meter elevation data of Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, parts of New Zealand, and the United States; along with 10 meter elevation data of the Slovak Republic and Italy.

The Terrain layer was updated with lidar-derived 50 centimeters elevation data of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; 1 meter elevation data of Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, parts of New Zealand, Canada, and the United States; and 10-meter elevation data of the Slovak Republic and Italy.

Elevation Analysis

The Profile and Viewshed geoprocessing tools were updated with 10-meter elevation data of Latvia, Lithuania, the Slovak Republic, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.

World Places Locator

The World Places Locator on the ArcGIS Data Appliance 2023 Standard, Advanced, and Locator flash drive is the same version included with ArcGIS Data Appliance 2022.

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The World Places Locator is not included with the World Basic product option.