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Esri Expands World Imagery with Airbus High-Resolution Basemap Coverage for 2,000 Cities Worldwide

Financial Post · August 20, 2026 at 8:10 a.m.

REDLANDS, Calif. -- At the 2026 Esri User Conference (UC), the global leader in location intelligence announced a significant enhancement to its World Imagery basemap through a new agreement with Airbus.

The collaboration will enable Esri to provide ArcGIS users with high-resolution imagery coverage for approximately 2,000 cities around the world through the addition of the new Airbus, Nearmap, and Vantor imagery.

The added data is part of an enhanced imagery initiative for the World Imagery Basemap, the most widely used map service in ArcGIS, and was highlighted during this year’s Esri UC Plenary.

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Esri Expands World Imagery with Airbus High-Resolution Basemap Coverage for 2,000 Cities Worldwide

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