Description of the item, its purpose, and any pertinent details about how it was made or used: this metadata resource is for use by City of Vancouver GIS employees or other CoV employees authoring data products in ArcGIS Pro or equivalent environment. Suggested use: Edit the Project metadata record by replacing only those elements that will likely change, including your name, phone, contact info (if different); keep elements that are common for all CoV data (bounding box, phone for metadata contact, etc.). NOTES FOR USING TEMPLATE FILES: If choosing "Open in ArcGIS Pro" option from the Item page, a pitemx file will be generated and you will be prompted to create a new project. Upon creating a new project, this template will generate the project metadata and open the thumbnail template. If choosing "Download" option: when opening ArcGIS Pro, choose "Start with Another Template" option (a folder icon below the main Template option row).

This layer features special areas of interest (AOIs) that have been contributed to Esri Community Maps using the new Community Maps Editor app. The data that is accepted by Esri will be included in selected Esri basemaps, including our suite of Esri Vector Basemaps, and made available through this layer to export and use offline. Export DataThe contributed data is also available for contributors and other users to export (or extract) and re-use for their own purposes. Users can export the full layer from the ArcGIS Online item details page by clicking the Export Data button and selecting one of the supported formats (e.g. shapefile, or file geodatabase (FGDB)). User can extract selected layers for an area of interest by opening in Map Viewer, clicking the Analysis button, viewing the Manage Data tools, and using the Extract Data tool. To display this data with proper symbology and metadata in ArcGIS Pro, you can download and use this layer file.Data UsageThe data contributed through the Community Maps Editor app is primarily intended for use in the Esri Basemaps. Esri staff will periodically (e.g. weekly) review the contents of the contributed data and either accept or reject the data for use in the basemaps. Accepted features will be added to the Esri basemaps in a subsequent update and will remain in the app for the contributor or others to edit over time. Rejected features will be removed from the app.Esri Community Maps Contributors and other ArcGIS Online users can download accepted features from this layer for their internal use or map publishing, subject to the terms of use below.