This reference layer presents country, state/province, county or equivalent boundaries and place-names for the world suitable for overlaying on light basemaps. This item is in mature support. A brief summary of the item is not available. Add a brief summary about the item.
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Item created: Dec 17, 2009 Item updated: Jan 4, 2024 View count: 4,586,591
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Important Note: This item is in mature support as of March 2019 and is no longer updated.
This layer presents country boundaries; first-order (State/Province) internal administrative boundaries for most countries; second-order administrative boundaries for the United States (counties), Canada, India, New Zealand, and Europe, South America, and Africa; and place-names for the world. Alignment of boundaries is a presentation of the feature provided by our data vendors and does not imply endorsement by Esri or any governing authority.
The map was developed by Esri using administrative and cities data from Esri, HERE, and Garmin basemap layers for the world. Data for select areas is provided by the GIS Community. You can contribute your data to this layer and have it served by Esri. For details on the users who contributed data for this map via the Community Maps Program, view the list of Contributors for the World Boundaries and Places Map. Data for select areas of Africa and Pacific Island nations was sourced from OpenStreetMap contributors. Specific country list and documentation of Esri's process for including OSM data is available to view.
This map is designed for use with services with lighter backgrounds, such as the World Shaded Relief map service, as you can see in this Shaded Relief web map which includes the World Boundaries and Places Alternate and the World Reference Overlay layers which you can turn on in order to compare their utility as reference overlays.
A different version of this map is also available, the World Boundaries and Places layer, which is designed for overlaying on basemaps with darker backgrounds, such as the World Imagery service.
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ID: 7270fa65d81a4076a2afea1fba18c18d
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No acknowledgements.Sources: Esri, Garmin, HERE, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community
Comments (2)
Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere https://www.esri.com/events/seminars/bettermaps/~/media/files/pdfs/events/seminars/bettermaps/materials/pdfs/webmercatorsmnrbrochure.pdf
Hi, what is the coordinate system of this map?