by James Shimota 

The ESRI Data & Maps 2009 Update is now available!  It has been a few months in the making and there are many new features you will really enjoy.

•In previous years, the Data & Maps Update included only those datasets that had been updated since the last ArcGIS software release, requiring you to have to overwrite the previous Data & Maps footprint with the new files.  To make things easier, the 2009 update DVD contains all the data present on the Data & Maps and StreetMap North America DVD (released as part of the ESRI Data & Maps 9.3.1 Media Kit) plus all the updated datasets and display files. 

•Another major enhancement is that most of the new layers in the update are available for download through the ESRI Data & Maps Group on ArcGIS Online Sharing. Now, if you only need a couple of the data updates, you can just download those instead of having to request the entire DVD. 

•In StreetMap, the streets network, geocoding files and locators have been updated to the 2005 Tele Atlas street base.  All other supporting datasets in the Data & Maps StreetMap have been updated to current 2009 Tele Atlas data.

•The new (and much anticipated by many users) 111th US Congressional Districts data is included in this update, along with the existing 110th Congressional District.  Displayed side by side provides interesting study.

•Both US and Europe demographic data has been updated for 2009. Tele Atlas US Census data for Block points through the State level are all new.  MBR Research provided the source for the European NUTS updated datasets, which are the European equivalent to the US Census data.

 

•For better graphical representation, many new .lyr’s and multi-scale grouped layers have been incorporated into the product.  The Europe Purchasing Power shown above is an example of a multi-scale grouped layer.  By zooming in, more detailed demographic data is displayed within four scale ranges.

You can request the DVD here or visit the ESRI Data & Maps Group on ArcGIS Online to download the specific layers you need. Enjoy!

Because content is such a crucial component of your GIS projects, and because ESRI is working to make more content available to you, we decided it’s about time we launch a blog about all things ArcGIS Data.

 

The ArcGIS Content team builds the data components you find in the box with ArcGIS products, such as ESRI Data & Maps, and also the street data you find in ArcLogistics and the Business Analyst suite, all the maps and tasks in ArcGIS Online, the maps for MapIt, and basically any other GIS data in ESRI products.

 

ESRI Data & Maps

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Since we complete or release a new data product almost every week, we thought it would be a good idea to open up this direct line of communication with you. We will keep you posted on the latest and greatest data news and give you a heads-up on what we have in the works.

So stay tuned…

On behalf of the ArcGIS Content Team, welcome to the new ArcGIS Data Blog.