The following tables name the current Community Maps Program contributors to the ArcGIS Online World Topographic Map in the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme hosted by ESRI and provide information on their specific content. The basemap was compiled to uniform cartography using a variety of best available sources from these data providers.
The basemap currently provides coverage for the world from a scale of ~1:584,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 and coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii from a scale of ~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000. See the Scale Descriptions in the ArcGIS Services Directory for details on the coverage for a specific scale.
The basemap also includes detailed maps for selected cities in the United States from a scale of 1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 including New York, New York; Pasadena and Redlands, California; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C.; as well as a detailed map of Yosemite National Park from a scale of 1:9,000 down to 1:2,000. These are meant to demonstrate how the topographic map can and will be extended with more detailed data sets for local areas.
These tables name the Community Maps Program contributors for global, United States, and local area data.
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Contributor |
Description |
Coverage |
Year |
Scale Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Global Forest Resources Assessment data for forest canopy cover |
Global |
2005 |
~1:584,000,000 down to ~1:1,100,000 |
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ETOPO2 data for ocean depth tint |
Global |
2006 |
~1:147,000,000 down to ~1:2,300,000 |
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GTOPO30 data for hillshade at extreme latitudes |
Global |
1996 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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SRTM 90m (1 Arc Second) data for hillshade for land |
Between 60 degrees south and north |
2000 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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| National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) | Vmap Level 0, edition 5, for elevation points and labels | Global | 1992 | ~1:1,150,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Freshwater hydrography including labels Administrative boundary labels beginning at ~1:1,150,000 Roads data from ~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:2,300,000 Land tint beginning at ~1:2,300,000 Ocean/coasts tint beginning at ~1:2,300,000 |
Global |
2008 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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| DeLorme |
DeLorme World Base Map, including: – Administrative borders – Land cover – Water bodies – Transportation networks and airports – Contours and physiographic features – Cities and place names |
Global | 2009 | ~1:1,150,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Marine water bodies including labels down to ~1:2.300,000 Physiographic Features Country boundaries, sub-political units, and cities including labels |
Global |
2005 2006–2009 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Contributor |
Description |
Coverage |
Year |
Scale Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30m (1 arc second) SRTM NED data for: – Hillshade – Contours beginning at ~1:288,000 – Hillshade at ~1:72,000 where 10m DEM is not available |
Lower 48 U.S. States |
2003 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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10m DEM data for hillshade |
Lower 48 U.S. States |
2003 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Hillshade and contours |
Hawaii |
2008 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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30m NLCD data for Forest Canopy |
Lower 48 U.S. States and Hawaii |
1992 |
~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Center |
NHD PLus hydrography data for: – Freshwater hydrography – Ocean/coasts tints for gaps starting at ~1:577,000 – For ~1:144,000 down to ~1:18,000, ESRI improved the data, adding key missing features, and worked on the attributes – For smaller scales, ESRI generalized the data; producing one additional edition of the areas and water bodies feature classes, and two smaller scale editions of the flowlines. These generalized data start appearing at ~1:72,000,000 for the flowlines, and the water bodies and areas begin appearing at ~1:9,000,000. |
United States |
2005 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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National Parks |
United States |
2009 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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MultiNet data for: – National Forests – State parks and military bases beginning at ~1:2,300,000 – Ocean/coasts tint for the U.S. and Canada beginning at ~1:2,300,000 – Road data beginning at ~1:1,150,000 – Local parks and local landmarks starting at ~1:288,000 |
United States |
2008 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Data & Maps DVD for roads |
United States |
2007 |
~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:1,150,000 |
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Data & Maps DVD for U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits (gsummit) for proper names and locations of points, spot heights, and elevations |
United States |
1974–2007 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Marine water bodies including labels Physiographic Features including labels City areas |
United States |
2005 2006–2009 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Contributor |
Coverage |
Scale Range |
|---|---|---|
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Pasadena, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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City of Redlands, Department of Innovation and Technology, GIS Division |
Redlands, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
| District of Columbia Geographic Information System (DCGIS) | Washington, DC | 1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Metro (Portland Metropolitan Area) |
Portland, Oregon |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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New York City Data Mine1, including data from several agencies: – Department of City Planning (DCP) – Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) – Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) – Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) – New York City Economic Development Corp (NYCEDC) and University of Virginia Library for DEM/hillshade data |
New York, New York |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Yosemite National Park Resource Management Division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) |
Yosemite National Park, California | 1:9,000 down to 1:2,000 |
1The City of New York can not vouch for the accuracy or completeness of data provided by this web site or application or for the usefulness or integrity of the web site or application. This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, NYC.gov, the official web site of the City of New York. For more information, see Terms of Use on the New York City Data Mine Web site.