This map is designed to be used as a general reference map for informational and educational purposes as well as a basemap by GIS professionals and other users.
Map Service Name: NatGeo_World_Map
Note:
Included with World Basic (Basic Legacy), World Standard and World Advanced (World Legacy), North America Standard and North America Advanced (North America Legacy) Collections. This is the last update.
Description
National Geographic World Map is designed to be used as a general reference map for informational and educational purposes as well as a basemap by GIS professionals and other users for creating web maps and web mapping applications.
The map was developed by National Geographic and Esri and reflects the distinctive National Geographic cartographic style in a multiscale reference map of the world. The map was authored using data from a variety of leading data providers, including Garmin, HERE, UNEP-WCMC, NASA, ESA, USGS, and others.
This reference map includes administrative boundaries, cities, protected areas, highways, roads, railways, water features, buildings, and landmarks overlaid on shaded relief and land-cover imagery for added context. The map includes global coverage down to ~1:144,000 scale and more detailed coverage for North America down to ~1:9,000 scale.
Attribution
Content may not reflect National Geographic's current map policy. Sources: National Geographic, Esri, Garmin, HERE, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCan, GEBCO, NOAA, INCREMENT P
Coordinate system
Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (WKID 102100)
Tiling scheme
Map service data format
Map server cache in JPEG format
Map and data notes
The following map and data notes are relevant for this map.
Map note
Although small-scale boundaries, place-names, and map notes were provided and edited by National Geographic, boundaries and names shown do not necessarily reflect the map policy of the National Geographic Society, particularly at larger scales where content has not been thoroughly reviewed or edited by National Geographic.
Data notes
The following credits include a list of data providers used to develop the map. Below are a few additional notes:
Reference data
National Geographic, Esri, Garmin, HERE, INCREMENT P, Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), METI.
Land cover imagery
NASA Blue Marble, ESA GlobCover 2009 (Copyright notice: © ESA 2010 and UCLouvain).
Protected areas
IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2011), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Annual Release. Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at www.protectedplanet.net.
Ocean data
GEBCO, NOAA.
Coverage
As illustrated in the coverage map below, coverage is provided at the following scales:
World Basic (Basic Legacy)
- ~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 worldwide and ~1:72,000 in North America
World Standard and World Advanced (World Legacy), North America Standard and North America Advanced (North America Legacy)
- ~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 worldwide
- ~1:72,000 down to ~1:9,000 in North America