Important Note: This item is in mature support as of July 2021. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.This layer provides labels for selected cities, towns, and neighborhoods around the world in support of the World Dark Gray Base map. Together they draw attention to your thematic content by providing a neutral background with minimal colors, labels, and features. Only key information is represented to provide geographic context, allowing your data to come to the foreground.See the Esri Canvas Maps Part I: Author Beautiful Web Maps With Our New Artisan Basemap Sandwich blog post for more information on how to use this map.This map was compiled by Esri using HERE data, Garmin basemap layers, OpenStreetMap data, GIS community data, and Esri basemap data. The map includes worldwide coverage from 1:591M scale to 1:577k scale. More detailed coverage is included in North America, Europe, Africa, South America and Central America, the Middle East, Pacific Island nations, India, Australia, and New Zealand down to the 1:9k scale. Data for Africa and Pacific Island nations from ~1:288k to ~1:9k was sourced from OpenStreetMap contributors. Specific country list and documentation of Esri's process for including OSM data is available to view.

Important Note: This item is in mature support as of July 2021. A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version.This layer provides labels for selected cities, towns, and neighborhoods around the world in support of the World Light Gray Base map. Together they draw attention to your thematic content by providing a neutral background with minimal colors, labels, and features. Only key information is represented to provide geographic context, allowing your data to come to the foreground. The World Light Gray Base is designed to be drawn on top of this base map and provides selected city labels throughout the world. This web map lets you view the Light Gray Base with the Reference layer drawn on top. See the Esri Canvas Maps Part I: Author Beautiful Web Maps With Our New Artisan Basemap Sandwich blog post for more information on how to use this map.The map was compiled by Esri using HERE data, Garmin basemap layers, OpenStreetMap data, GIS community data, and Esri basemap data. The map includes worldwide coverage from 1:591M scale to 1:72k scale. More detailed nationwide coverage is included in North America, Europe, Africa, South America and Central America, the Middle East, Pacific Island nations, India, Australia, and New Zealand to be fully consistent with the World Street Map and World Topographic Map down to the 1:9k scale. Data for Africa and Pacific Island nations from ~1:288k to ~1:4k (~1:2k and ~1:1k in select areas) was sourced from OpenStreetMap contributors. Specific country list and documentation of Esri's process for including OSM data is available to view.