Maxar's hi-res Vivid Basemaps enhances Esri ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has announced that Esri, the global leader in geographic systems (GIS) and location intelligence, will enhance the World Imagery layer with higher resolution Maxar Vivid basemaps in the Living Atlas.

With the new, multiyear agreement, Esri will use Maxar's Vivid basemaps to upgrade nearly half of the global landmass in Living Atlas from 1.2 m resolution to 60 cm resolution. This enhancement reflects a continued investment from the Esri Living Atlas team to bring the best quality, highest resolution imagery basemaps to ArcGIS Online users for creating more accurate maps and making better decisions.

Esri's Living Atlas is a collection of geographic information from around the globe, including maps, apps and data layers. ArcGIS users around the globe rely on the Living Atlas daily to create new derivative maps and data layers, to conduct environmental studies, and to build dashboards for tracking pandemics, among many other use cases.

"Maxar is proud to continue to license Vivid as the foundational data for the Living Atlas, which is used by so many organizations around the world," said Dan Nord, Maxar Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Earth Intelligence. "Derived datasets and maps are only as good as the primary data source so we applaud Esri for choosing Maxar's industry-leading basemaps for its subscribers."

Over the past decade, Maxar has become the single largest provider of satellite imagery for Esri's Living Atlas with Maxar's Vivid basemaps providing the stunning, high-accuracy, global satellite imagery layer to support mapping, visualization and analytics. Maxar supplies quarterly Vivid updates to keep ArcGIS and end users' maps as current as possible.

"Esri's ArcGIS system is more powerful for end users with Maxar's satellite imagery serving as foundational data in Esri's World Imagery offerings," said Deane Kensok, Chief Technology Officer for ArcGIS Content at Esri.

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