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Use the basemap gallery tool to choose between a variety of basemaps.
Use the basemap gallery tool to choose between a variety of basemaps.
How to Choose a Basemap
How to Choose a Basemap
- Select a Basemap from the gallery.
- Choose from:
- Imagery - ("satellite imagery for the world and high-resolution aerial imagery for many areas in WGS 1984.") view full details
- Light Gray Canvas - ("provides a detailed vector basemap for the world featuring a neutral background style with minimal colors, labels and features.") view full details
- National Geographic - ("developed by National Geographic and Esri and reflects the distinctive National Geographic cartographic style in a multi-scale reference map of the world.") view full details
- Streets - ("provides a detailed vector basemap for the world that includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints and administrative boundaries") view full details
- Terrain with Labels - ("displays multidirectional hillshade under map content from a vector tile layer of populated place names, and admin and water labels with boundary and road lines.") view full details
- Topographic - ("displays highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints and administrative boundaries, designed for use with shaded relief for added context." view full details
Sources: Esri, DigitalGlobe, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, GeoEye, USDA FSA, USGS, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, OpenStreetMap contributors, National Geographic, DeLorme, UNEP-WCMC, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, iPC, Intermap and the GIS User community
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