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 a set of hard drives 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. Use the Summarize Elevation geoprocessing tool to calculate summary statistics for features you provide based on the elevation in the Terrain data.*
*Not included with World Basic (Collection 1).
ArcGIS Data Appliance includes a World Gazetteer with most product options that allows you to find on a map more than 25 million places around the world. World Gazetteer can be downloaded from My Esri or ships separately on request. Learn more about World Gazetteer on the ArcGIS Data Appliance website.
ArcGIS Data Appliance 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 can be downloaded from My Esri or ships separately on request. Learn more about Esri Vector Basemaps on the ArcGIS Data Appliance website.
ArcGIS Data Appliance includes Open 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. Open Vector Basemaps can be downloaded from My Esri or ships separately on request. Learn more about Open Vector Basemaps on the ArcGIS Data Appliance website.
Product options
There are eight product options available with ArcGIS Data Appliance 2026. Most Data Appliance product options are composed of multiple components, as shown in the following table:
| Product option | What's included |
|---|---|
| ArcGIS Data Appliance World Basic | Collection 1; and Open Vector Basemaps: Basic (WMA only) |
ArcGIS Data Appliance World Standard | Collection 2; Esri Vector Basemaps, Open Vector Basemaps, and World Gazetteer |
ArcGIS Data Appliance World Advanced | Collection 3; Esri Vector Basemaps, Open Vector Basemaps, and World Gazetteer |
ArcGIS Data Appliance North America Standard | Collection 4; Esri Vector Basemaps, Open Vector Basemaps, and World Gazetteer |
ArcGIS Data Appliance North America Advanced | Collection 5; Esri Vector Basemaps, Open Vector Basemaps, and World Gazetteer |
ArcGIS Data Appliance: World Gazetteer | World Gazetteer |
ArcGIS Data Appliance: Esri Vector Basemaps | Esri Vector Basemaps |
ArcGIS Data Appliance: Open Vector Basemaps | Open Vector Basemaps |
Each of the following product components can be downloaded from My Esri or can ship separately on its own USB flash drive on request:
- Open Vector Basemaps: Basic (WMA only) and its help documentation downloaded from My Esri or on the World Basic flash drive.
- World Gazetteer.
- Esri Vector Basemaps.
- Open Vector Basemaps.
See ArcGIS Data Appliance 2026 content for more information on the collections and services available with ArcGIS Data Appliance 2026.
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 the largest scale available from Esri (depending on the product option). See the Service Summary for details.
- North America Standard and North America Advanced—Regional coverage down to the largest scale available from Esri (depending on the product option), as indicated on the inset map; coverage includes United States outlying territories. See the Service Summary for details.
