This basemap provides a neutral background for your data with minimal colors, labels, and features.
Map Service Name: World_Light_Gray_Base
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
World Light Gray Base draws attention to your thematic content by providing a neutral background with minimal colors, labels, and features. Only key information is represented to provide geographic context, allowing your data to come to the foreground. This light gray map supports any strong color, creating a visually compelling map graphic, which helps your reader see the patterns intended.
The map shows populated places, water, roads, urban areas, parks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. 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. This map was compiled by Esri using HERE data, Garmin basemap layers, OpenStreetMap contributors, Esri basemap data, and select data from the GIS user community. Worldwide coverage is provided from Level 0 (1:591,000,000 scale) through Level 13 (1:72,000 scale). In North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Europe, India, South America and Central America, Africa, most of the Middle East, and Australia and New Zealand, coverage is provided from Level 14 (1:36,000 scale) through Level 16 (1:9,000 scale). A specific country list and documentation of Esri's process for including OSM data are in OSM Data Usage in Esri's ArcGIS Online Basemaps (PDF).
For details on data sources in this map service, view World Canvas Map Contributors (PDF).
Attribution
Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © 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 JPEG format
Coverage
As illustrated in the coverage map below, coverage is provided at the following scales:
The World Light Gray Reference layer includes similar coverage.
World Basic (Basic Legacy)
~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:72,000 worldwide
World Standard and World Advanced (World Legacy)
~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:9,000 in select areas
North America Standard and North America Advanced (North America Legacy)
- ~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:72,000
- ~1:36,000 down to ~1:9,000 in North America in select areas