Enhanced Contrast Base

This presents the Enhanced Contrast Dark Base style (World Edition) and provides the base layer for a dark-colored basemap that aims to meet the requirements of the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) AA standard, and US Government Section 508 compliance. This layer includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, parks, landmarks and building footprints. It is designed to be used with the Enhanced Contrast Dark Reference layer that includes administrative boundaries and all labels, but it can also be used separately. Map detail is built using a hierarchy with a higher contrast than usual, and with color-vision-deficient-safe colors. 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 Enhanced Contrast 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.

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.

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.

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 Environment Watersheds style (World Edition) and was designed to show global watershed boundary lines. Map features in the layer are from the HydroSHEDS v1 dataset. This layer is designed for use with the Environment Base, Environment Detail and Label, and Environment Surface Water and Label to combine into one unified basemap. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display. 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 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.

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 Dark Gray Canvas 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. 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/