This map features shaded relief imagery, bathymetry and coastal water features that provide neutral background with political boundaries and placenames for reference purposes. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the World Hillshade and Terrain with Labels.

This map features satellite imagery for the world and high-resolution aerial imagery for many areas. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the World Imagery map service description.

This 3D basemap presents OpenStreetMap (OSM) data hosted by Esri using the OpenStreetMap style. Esri created this Buildings, Places and Labels, Trees, and OpenStreetMap layers from the Daylight map distribution of OSM data, which is supported by Facebook and supplemented with additional data from Microsoft. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Volunteers gather location data using GPS, local knowledge, and other free sources of information and upload it. The resulting free map can be viewed and downloaded from the OpenStreetMap site: www.OpenStreetMap.org. Esri is a supporter of the OSM project and is excited to make this new scene available to the OSM, GIS, and Developer communities.

This map provides a detailed basemap for the world featuring a custom night time street map style. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the World Street Map (Night).

Important Note: This item is in mature support as of June 2021 and is no longer updated. This map presents land cover and detailed topographic maps for the United States. It uses the USA Topographic Map service. The map includes the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Earth physical map at 1.24km per pixel for the world at small scales, i-cubed eTOPO 1:250,000-scale maps for the contiguous United States at medium scales, and National Geographic TOPO! 1:100,000 and 1:24,000-scale maps (1:250,000 and 1:63,000 in Alaska) for the United States at large scales. The TOPO! maps are seamless, scanned images of United States Geological Survey (USGS) paper topographic maps.The maps provide a very useful basemap for a variety of applications, particularly in rural areas where the topographic maps provide unique detail and features from other basemaps.To add this map service into a desktop application directly, go to the entry for the USA Topo Maps map service. Tip: Here are some famous locations as they appear in this web map, accessed by including their location in the URL that launches the map:Grand Canyon, ArizonaGolden Gate, CaliforniaThe Statue of Liberty, New YorkWashington DCCanyon De Chelly, ArizonaYellowstone National Park, WyomingArea 51, Nevada

This web map provides provides a customized world basemap that is uniquely symbolized. It is optimized to display special areas of interest (AOIs) that have been created and edited by Community Maps contributors. These special areas of interest include landscaping features such as grass, trees, and rock and sports amenities like tennis courts, football and baseball field lines, and more. This vector tile layer is built using the same data sources used for the World Topographic Map and other Esri basemaps. Alignment of boundaries is a presentation of the feature provided by our data vendors and does not imply endorsement by Esri or any governing authority.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the Community tile layer referenced in this map.Customize this MapBecause this map includes a vector tile layer, you can customize the map to change its content and symbology. You are able to turn on and off layers, change symbols for layers, switch to alternate local language (in some areas), and refine the treatment of disputed boundaries. For details on how to customize this map, please refer to the Esri Vector Basemap Reference Document (v2) and vector basemap articles on the ArcGIS Online Blog.Fonts available for use in the style resource directory are under the OFL, Open Font License.This map was designed and created by Cindy Prostak.

This map is designed to focus attention on your thematic content by providing a neutral background with minimal colors, labels, and features. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the Light Gray Base and Light Gray Reference.

The Charted Territory Map (World Edition) web map provides a customized world basemap uniquely symbolized. It takes its inspiration from a printed atlas plate and pull-down scholastic classroom maps. The map emphasizes the geographic and political features in the design. The use of country level polygons are preassigned with eight different colors. It also includes the global graticule features as well as landform labels of physical features and hillshade. This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the Charted Territory vector tile layer and World Hillshade. The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the layers referenced in this map.

The Navigation (Dark) (World Edition) web map provides a detailed world basemap symbolized with a custom dark mode navigation map style that is designed for use at night in mobile devices. This map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the World Navigation Map (Dark) vector tile layer.The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the tile layer referenced in this map.

This web map features a vector basemap of OpenStreetMap (OSM) data created and hosted by Esri. Esri produced this vector tile basemap in ArcGIS Pro from a live replica of OSM data, hosted by Esri, and rendered using a creative cartographic style emulating a blueprint technical drawing. The vector tiles are updated every few weeks with the latest OSM data. This vector basemap is freely available for any user or developer to build into their web map or web mapping apps.OpenStreetMap (OSM) is an open collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Volunteers gather location data using GPS, local knowledge, and other free sources of information and upload it. The resulting free map can be viewed and downloaded from the OpenStreetMap site: www.OpenStreetMap.org. Esri is a supporter of the OSM project and is excited to make this new vector basemap available available to the OSM, GIS, and Developer communities.

This vector web map is built using the same data sources used for other Esri vector tile layers and webmaps. This reference map includes administrative boundaries, cities, protected areas, highways, roads, railways, water features, buildings, and landmarks, overlaid on shaded relief and a colorized physical ecosystems base for added context to conservation and biodiversity topics. Alignment of boundaries is a presentation of the feature provided by our data vendors and does not imply endorsement by Esri, National Geographic or any governing authority.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. Customize this MapBecause this map includes a vector tile layer, you can customize the map to change its content and symbology. You are able to turn on and off layers, change symbols for layers, switch to alternate local language (in some areas), and refine the treatment of disputed boundaries. For details on how to customize this map, please refer to these articles on the ArcGIS Online Blog. The map was developed by Esri and reflects a distinctive National Geographic Society cartographic style in a multi-scale reference map of the world. NGS provided guidance and design feedback throughout the process. Special thanks to the National Geographic Cartography Team for their support and guidance! Content does not reflect National Geographic's current map policy.

This topographic map is designed to be used as a basemap and a reference map. The map has been compiled by Esri and the ArcGIS user community from a variety of best available sources. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the World Hillshade and World Topographic Map.

This map features a detailed reference layer for the world that is overlaid on imagery. The map is intended to support the ArcGIS Online basemap gallery. For more details on the map, please visit the Hybrid Reference Layer and World Imagery .

The Mid-Century Map (World Edition) web map provides a customized world basemap symbolized with a unique "Mid-Century" style. It takes its inspiration from the art and advertising of the 1950's with unique fonts. The symbols for cities and capitals have an atomic slant to them. The map data includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries.This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the Mid-Century vector tile layer.The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the tile layer referenced in this map.

This map features recent high-resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery for the United States and is optimized for display quality and performance. The map also includes a reference layer.This NAIP imagery is from the USDA Farm Services Agency. The NAIP imagery in this layer has been visually enhanced and published as a tile layer for optimal display performance.NAIP imagery collection occurs on an annual basis during the agricultural growing season in the continental United States. Approximately half of the US is collected each year and each state is typically collected every other year. The NAIP program aims to make the imagery available to governmental agencies and to the public within a year of collection.This layer will be updated each year, as the latest imagery is received and processed. Currently, it is primarily composed of NAIP imagery from 2018 and 2019.Use the NAIP Imagery Metadata layer as an overlay to access detailed information about each image in this tile layer. With the metadata layer, a user can point and click any location within the continental US to access information such as collection date and resolution for the imagery at that location.While this tile layer is intended for visualization, the Living Atlas also provides the following NAIP layers for image analysis:USA NAIP Imagery: Natural ColorUSA NAIP Imagery: Color InfraredUSA NAIP Imagery: NDVI

The Colored Pencil Map (World Edition) web map provides a detailed vector basemap for the world symbolized with the appearance of being hand-drawn by colored pencils. The map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, trees, and administrative boundaries. This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the Colored Pencil vector tile layer. The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the layer items referenced in this map.

This map features an alternative view of the World Imagery map designed to be used as a neutral imagery basemap, with de-saturated colors, that is useful for overlaying other brightly styled layers. This map is intended to support 'firefly cartography' and other cartographic designs that require a neutral background, with the spatial context and texture of imagery, to contrast with the foreground thematic layers that are designed to capture the users attention. The map also includes a reference layer.Content meant to provide spatial context (the basemap) should recede in visual priority, helping to establish the thematic layers that they support (rather than compete with them). There are many ways to sufficiently mute your basemap, but for satellite imagery, de-saturation is a nice option. An image that is all or mostly black and white won’t compete as much with the brightly colored thematic data that it supports. With this map, the color of the imagery is mostly removed at the smallest global scales and then gradually re-introduced at the larger scales, where the full detail of the imagery is available.

The Newspaper Map (World Edition) web map provides a customized world basemap symbolized with a unique "newspaper" style. It has a black & white appearance with select features highlighted in red. Many of the area fills have halftone patterns commonly found in traditional newspaper printing. The comprehensive map data includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the Newspaper vector tile layer.The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the tile layer referenced in this map.

This web map provides a detailed vector basemap with a dark monochromatic style and content adjusted to support Human Geography information. Where possible, the map content has been adjusted so that it observes WCAG contrast criteria.The web map consists of 3 vector tile layers:A label reference layer including cities and communities, countries, administrative units, and at larger scales street names.A detail reference layer including administrative boundaries, roads and highways, and larger bodies of water. This layer is designed to be used with a high degree of transparency so that the detail does not compete with your information. It is set at approximately 50% in this web map, but can be adjusted.A simple basemap consisting of land areas in a very dark gray only.For an example of how to best use this basemap, read A Dark Version of the Human Geography Basemap for more information.These layers provide unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and offline use in mobile devices: They are built using the same data sources used for the Dark Gray Canvas and other Esri basemaps. Alignment of boundaries is a presentation of the feature provided by our data vendors and does not imply endorsement by Esri or any governing authority.This map was designed and created by Andrew Skinner.

The Nova Map (World Edition) web map provides a detailed world basemap featuring a dark background with glowing blue symbology and colors that are reminiscent of science-fiction shows, where one is looking at a map of the world on a 'head's up' device or a map that would be projected from a transparent glass wall. The map is designed with a grid pattern across the ocean and stripes or square stippled patterns for land use features visible at larger scales. Additional graphics in the oceans presents a futuristic user interface. The futuristic and less terrestrial feel theme continues with the geometric patterns, starburst city dot symbols, and cool color scheme. The fonts displayed are clean and squarish (san serif) with a futuristic, science-fiction, or high technology appearance.This basemap, included in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, uses the Nova vector tile layer.The vector tile layer in this web map 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.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map. You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map. If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps. If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the tile layer referenced in this map.