This map includes country boundaries, first-order (state/province) internal administrative boundaries for most countries, and place-names for the world. The map is designed to be overlaid on lighter backgrounds such as shaded relief basemaps.
Map Service Name: World_Boundaries_and_Places_Alternate
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. The World Boundaries and Places Alternate map is in mature support, and it is not being updated.
Description
This map 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 some countries in Europe; and place-names for the world. Alignment of boundaries is a presentation of the feature provided by Esri 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; Garmin basemap layers for the world; HERE data for North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America and Central America, Africa, India, and most of the Middle East; OpenStreetMap data for some features in select African countries and Pacific Islands; and feature names from the GIS user community. Specific country list and documentation of Esri's process for including OSM data is in OSM Data Usage in Esri's ArcGIS Online Basemaps (PDF).
This map is designed for use with maps with lighter backgrounds.
Attribution
Sources: Esri, Garmin, HERE, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community
Coordinate system
Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (WKID 102100)
Tiling scheme
Map service data format
Map server cache in PNG32 format
Coverage
This map provides coverage for the world down to a scale of ~1:144,000.
The reference layer includes similar coverage to World Boundaries and Places.