This vector tile layer presents the World Topographic Map (with Contours and Hillshade) style (World Edition) and provides a basemap for the world, symbolized with a classic Esri topographic map style, including both vector contour lines and vector hillshade. This layer includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display.This is a multisource vector map style. The root.json style file calls three vector tile services to display all the data in the map. The "esri" source contains all the basemap tiles for this layer. The other two sources are "contours" and "hillshade". Click the View style button on right to see the json. The multisource section of this code is shown below."sources": { "esri": { "type": "vector", "url": "https://basemaps.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Basemap_v2/VectorTileServer" }, "contours": { "type": "vector", "url": "https://basemaps.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Contours_v2/VectorTileServer" }, "hillshade": { "type": "vector", "url": "https://basemaps.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Hillshade_v2/VectorTileServer" } },This vector tile layer is built using the same data sources used for other Esri Vector Basemaps. For details on data sources contributed by the GIS community, view the map of Community Maps Basemap Contributors. Esri Vector Basemaps are updated monthly.This layer is used in the Topographic (Vector) web map included in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.See the Vector Basemaps group for other vector tile layers. Customize this StyleLearn more about customizing this vector basemap style using the Vector Tile Style Editor. Additional details are available in ArcGIS Online Blogs and the Esri Vector Basemaps Reference Document.

This layer portrays elevation as an artistic hillshade. The map is designed to be used as a backdrop for topographical, soil, hydro, landcover or other outdoor recreational maps. It’s a default relief background in various basemaps such as Topographic, Terrain with Labels.The map is compiled from a variety of data sources from commercial, community maps and many authoritative organizations across the globe. The basemap has global coverage down to a scale of ~1:72k. In the United States, parts of Europe, Asia and Africa coverage goes down to ~1:9k. To see the coverage and sources of various datasets comprising this map layer, view the World Elevation Coverage Map. Additionally, this layer uses data from Vantor’s Precision 3D Digital Terrain Models for parts of the globe.The map is based on the Multi-directional hillshade algorithm. Precise Tile RegistrationThe World Hillshade map uses the improved tiling scheme “WGS84 Geographic, Version 2” to ensure proper tile positioning at higher resolutions (neighborhood level and beyond). The new tiling scheme is much more precise than tiling schemes of the legacy basemaps Esri released years ago. We recommend that you start using this new basemap for any new web maps in WGS84 that you plan to author. Due to the number of differences between the old and new tiling schemes, some web clients will not be able to overlay tile layers in the old and new tiling schemes in one web map.

This map provides a hillshaded surface generated dynamically using a multi-directional hillshade server-side custom function on the World Elevation Terrain layer. This algorithm computes hillshade from six different directions, where each hillshade is multiplied by a weight and thereafter the sum of all is normalized to produce the final output. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. This layer is useful for visualization of the Terrain because it is easy to interpret and use as a base layer in applications and maps.For more information about uses, refer Introducing Esri’s Next Generation Hillshade.What can you do with this layer?Use for Visualization: Yes. Multi-Directional Hillshade provides a quick indication of the shape of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding.Use for Analysis: No. A hillshade is generally not used for analysis.Note: If you intend to use it as basemap, consider using the tiled version of this service i.e. World Hillshade, which provides fast and performant rendering.Data Sources and Coverage: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see Elevation Coverage Map.This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping analysis tasks.

This layer provides a hillshaded surface (single band grayscale image) generated dynamically using the hillshade server-side function on the Terrain layer. The hillshading is based on a solar altitude angle of 45 degrees, and solar aspect angle of 315 degrees. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. This layer is useful for simple visualization of the Terrain because it is easy to interpret and use as a base layer in applications and maps. Update Frequency: QuarterlyCoverage: World/GlobalData Sources: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see World Elevation Coverage Map.What can you do with this layer?Use for Visualization: Yes. Hillshade provides a quick indication of the shape of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding. Use for Analysis: No. A hillshade is generally not used for analysis. For more details such as Data Sources, Mosaic method used in this layer, please see the Terrain layer. This layer allows query, identify, and export image requests. The layer is restricted to a 5,000 x 5,000 pixel limit in a single export image request.

This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping analysis tasks.

A hillshade is a grayscale 3D representation of the surface, with the sun's relative position taken into account for shading the image. This function uses the altitude and azimuth properties to specify the sun's position. This dataset is the hillshade used as a background of the basemap on geoportail.lu It is a rendering of a smoothed version of the 2013 Height model (DHM). This tool has been used to generate the hillshade: http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/raster-and-images/hillshade-function.htm

This is a 10 meter Hillshade file created by Metro from USGS DEM data provided by the BLM. It covers the 3-county area (Washington, Multnomah, and Clackamas Counties). Date of last data update: 2004 This is official RLIS data. Contact Person: Joe Gordon joe.gordon@oregonmetro.gov 503-797-1587 RLIS Metadata Viewer: https://gis.oregonmetro.gov/rlis-metadata/#/details/2162 RLIS Terms of Use: https://rlisdiscovery.oregonmetro.gov/pages/terms-of-use

This layer provides a hillshaded surface generated dynamically using a multi-directional hillshade server-side function on the World Elevation Terrain layer. This algorithm computes hillshade from six different directions, where each hillshade is multiplied by a weight and thereafter the sum of all is normalized to produce the final output. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. This layer is useful for visualization of the Terrain because it is easy to interpret and use as a base layer in applications and maps. For more information about uses, refer Introducing Esri’s Next Generation Hillshade.Note: If you intend to use it as basemap, consider using the tiled version of this layer i.e. World Hillshade, which provides fast and performant rendering.Update Frequency: QuarterlyCoverage: World/GlobalData Sources: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see World Elevation Coverage Map.What can you do with this layer?Use for Visualization: Yes. Multi-Directional Hillshade provides a quick indication of the shape of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding. For basemap needs, use World Hillshade instead.Use for Analysis: No. A hillshade is generally not used for analysis.This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping analysis tasks.

These hillshade datasets were derived from USGS 7.5' DEM Quads for the main 8 Hawaiian Islands. Individual DEM quads were first converted to a common datum, and vertical unit, and subsequently mosaicked in ArcGIS 9.x. The hillshade were created from these DEMs using the Hillshade function in ArcGIS 9.2's Spatial Analyst Extension. For all the hillshades, the altitude was set at 45, the Z factor at 1 and the output cell size at 10. The azimuth was set to 45 for the Hawaii (Big Island), Maui and Kauai hillshades. The azimuth was set to 315 for the remaining island hillshades. All rasters are 16 bit signed integers with a spatial resolution of 10 meters. They are in the ERDAS Imagine (.img) format and are referenced to the NAD83 UTM coordinate system. The hillshade for Hawaii (Big Island) is in UTM zone 5N, and the hillshades for the remaining 7 islands are in UTM zone 4N. On this metadata sheet, the bounding coordinates and row and column counts are for a hypothetical 10m grid that would contain the 8 main Hawaiian Islands. For bounding coordinates and the number of rows and columns for each actual, individual hillshade, users should consult their respective layer properties.

This web map provides a hillshaded surface generated dynamically using a multi-directional hillshade server-side function on the World Elevation Terrain layer. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. This layer is useful for visualization of the Terrain because it is easy to interpret and use as a base layer in applications and maps.For more information about uses, refer Introducing Esri’s Next Generation Hillshade.What can you do with this layer?Use for Visualization: Yes. Multi-Directional Hillshade provides a quick indication of the shape of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding.Use for Analysis: No. A hillshade is generally not used for analysis.For more details such as Data Sources, Mosaic method used in this layer, please see the Terrain layer.

This map provides an elevation tinted hillshade surface generated dynamically using a chain of server-side functions on a Terrain layer. A tinted hillshade is a combination of a hillshade applied to the Terrain, fused to a colormap applied to the same Terrain to represent elevation. The hillshading is based on a solar altitude angle of 45 degrees, and solar aspect angle of 315 degrees. The z factor is varied based on scale so that a suitable hillshade is visible at all scales. Update Frequency: QuarterlyCoverage: World/GlobalData Sources: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see World Elevation Coverage Map.What can you do with this layer?Use for Visualization: Yes. This is appropriate for visualizing the shape and height of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to applications or maps to enhance a users’ contextual understanding. Use for Analysis: No. To learn more about the technique used in this map to fuse the elevation tint with hillshade, refer NAGI fusion method paper and blog.For more details such as Data Sources, Mosaic method used in this layer, please see the Terrain layer. This layer allows query, identify, and export image requests. The layer is restricted to a 5,000 x 5,000 pixel limit in a single export image request.

This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping analysis tasks.

Maine Elevation Hillshade Map contains LiDAR derived information. Source data is either a one or two meter pixel size 32 bit floating point Digital Elevation Model (DEM). A hillshade raster function has been applied to the DEM image service to render this map.

This layer provides a darker version of multi-directional hillshade, generated dynamically using a server-side custom function on the World Elevation Terrain layer. It complements the lighter version of Multi-Directional Hillshade function. The z factor is varied based on scale to generate an appropriate visualization at all scales. This layer is useful for visualization of the Terrain and is suitable to use as backdrop for thematic content in web applications and maps. For more information about uses, refer Introducing Dark Hillshade.Note: If you intend to use it as basemap, consider using the tiled version of this service i.e. World Hillshade (Dark), which provides fast and performant rendering.Update Frequency: QuarterlyCoverage: World/GlobalData Sources: This layer is compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers. To see the coverage and extents of various datasets comprising this service in an interactive map, see World Elevation Coverage Map.

What can you do with this layer?

Use for Visualization: Yes. Dark Multi-Directional Hillshade provides a quick indication of the shape of the terrain at a range of map scales. The image service can be added to web applications or other maps to enhance contextual understanding. For basemap needs, use World Hillshade (Dark) instead.

Use for Analysis: No. A hillshade is generally not used for analysis.This layer is part of a larger collection of elevation layers that you can use to perform a variety of mapping analysis tasks.

2011 NED hillshade for New Hampshire

This data set is a hillshade model for Arizona. The data were created by processing U.S.Geological Survey 10 meter Digital Elevation Model files for all of the 7.5 minute quadrangle map areas in Arizona. The processing produced ESRI formatted lattice files for each quadrangle. These were then merged based on county boundaries. The lattice blocks were then processed through a hillshade model in ARC/INFO to produce hillshade TIF files.

A shaded relief map that provides a clear picture of the topography of the State. The Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) that support this service have a 3ft. grid cell size. They were derived from LiDAR collected by the NC Floodplain Mapping Program and processed by NC Department of Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management. More information about the LiDAR data can be found on the North Carolina LiDAR website.Download county-based DEMs from the NC OneMap Direct Data Downloads section of the website. Data should not be downloaded using the map on the dataset's item page.

The MassGIS Topographic Features for Basemap is a general-reference map that contains a variety of features, all from the MassGIS database. The map was designed by MassGIS staff and cached (pre-rendered) for the web using ArcGIS Pro. The caching process greatly speeds the display of all basemap features.This Topographic Base includes shaded relief, elevation contour lines with labels in feet, protected open space (parks, forests, preserves, etc.), hydrography (lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, wetlands), ocean, surrounding states, developed land areas, and airfields and runways.Updated October 23, 2025.Other "basemap" features, like streets, infrastructure (schools, hospitals, rail lines, etc.) and political boundaries, are included in the "MassGIS Detailed Features Basemap Map Layer" and may be drawn atop this Topographic Base to display a more complete basemap.More details...

Download data: https://gis.yolocounty.org/website/DEM/Sac_Region_Dem_2006.tif.aux.zip

This image service is available through CTECO, a partnership between UConn CLEAR and CT DEEP. The Hillshade service is created by applying the hillshade function to the bare earth Elevation service.

World Elevation layers are compiled from many authoritative data providers, and are updated quarterly. This map shows the extent of the various datasets comprising the World Elevation dynamic (Terrain,TopoBathy) and tiled (Terrain 3D, TopoBathy 3D, World Hillshade, World Hillshade (Dark)) services.The tiled services (Terrain 3D,TopoBathy 3D,World Hillshade,World Hillshade (Dark)) also include an additional data source from Vantor's Precision3D covering parts of the globe.Note: ArcGIS Elevation service, Terrain 3D (for Export) and TopoBathy 3D (for Export) does not include Vantor Precision3D and Airbus WorldDEM4Ortho.To view the all the sources in a table format, check out World Elevation Data Sources Table.Topography sources listed in the table are part of Terrain, TopoBathy, Terrain 3D, TopoBathy 3D, World Hillshade and World Hillshade (Dark), while bathymetry sources are part of TopoBathy and TopoBathy 3D only.Disclaimer: Data sources are not to be used for navigation/safety at sea and in air.

The NYS Hillshade was created by the New York State GIS Program Office (NYSGPO) and is generated using all available Bare Earth DEMs with the Statewide USGS 10 Meter DEM to fill in gaps where higher resolution models currently do not exist. The 10 Meter hillshade is visible at all levels and high resolution hillshades turn on under 1:500,000. Metadata for the NYS data can be found by individual project here: http://gis.ny.gov/elevation/metadata.htm