World Imagery (Firefly)

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World Imagery (Firefly) is GIS data on imagery and land cover covering Global, 2026, published by esri_livingatlas. Licence: Public domain.

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About this dataset

This layer presents 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. 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.

Questions about this data

What does World Imagery (Firefly) contain?

World Imagery (Firefly) is GIS data about imagery and land cover.

What area and years does it cover?

It covers Global. The data is from 2026.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes: its licence is Public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/), which allows commercial use with attribution where the licence requires it.

How do I cite it?

Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community

How do I load it into a map?

Sign in to OrionGIS (free) and choose "Open in map" to load it into Map Studio or add it to a project, or download it to use in QGIS, ArcGIS or any GIS. The source format is Map Service.

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