National Geographic Style Base

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.

This vector tile layer presents the Environment Base style (World Edition) and is designed for use as a base layer to support environment related content. It deemphasizes human elements and focuses more prominently on landscape features. Features include vegetation, parks, farming areas, open space, indigenous lands, military bases, bathymetry, large scale contours, and elevation values. This layer is designed for use with the Environment Detail and Label, Environment Surface Water and Label, and Environment Watersheds to combine into one unified basemap. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display.  This multisource 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 Environment Map web map included in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. See the Vector Basemaps group for other vector tile layers.  Customize this Style Learn 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 vector tile layer presents the Human Geography Dark Base style (World Edition) and provides a simple vector basemap for the world symbolizing the land with a very dark gray, neutral background style. It is designed to be used with the Human Geography Dark Label and Human Geography Dark Detail layers (or other editions of these layers). This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and use in mobile devices. 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 Human Geography Dark Map web map included in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. See the Vector Basemaps group for other vector tile layers.  Customize this Style Learn 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.

Last updated October 2026 Projection New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000). This vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap for New Zealand in the NZ Transverse Mercator projection. The style is based on the classic Esri Topographic style. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display. This map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries for added context. This map is designed for use with a shaded relief layer. Data sourcesLand Information New Zealand Buildings, Parcels, Place Names, Water-bodies, Vegetation, Protected Areas, Airports, Railways & Islands. Statistics New Zealand Administrative Boundaries & Urban Areas National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) River Environment Classification © OpenStreetMap Contributors Road Centrelines, Buildings, Landuse Types, Areas of Interest and Points of Interest. Natural Earth Bathymetry & Marine Labels This map is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers layers and maps that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily. If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us now at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz Customize this Map Because this map is delivered as a vector tile layer, users can customize the map to change its content and symbology, including fonts. Users are able to turn on and off layers and change symbols for layers. An easy way to change the style of this map is to use the Vector Basemap Style Editor:https://developers.arcgis.com/vector-tile-style-editor/

This vector tile layer presents the Human Geography Base style (World Edition) and provides a simple vector basemap for the world symbolizing the land with a light gray, neutral background style. It is designed to be used with the Human Geography Detail and Human Geography Label layers (or other editions of these layers). This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and use in mobile devices. 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 Human Geography Map web map included in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. See the Vector Basemaps group for other vector tile layers.  Customize this Style Learn 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.

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of March 2019 and will retire in December 2029. A replacement item has not been identified at this time. See Sunsetting Legacy Basemaps blog for more information. This map presents land cover and detailed topographic maps for the United States. 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.  Known Issues: There is a known issue with minor positional shifts (~300 meters) of topo map sheets in the Alaska region.  Please be aware if using the topo map for orthorectification or similar purposes.