This map portrays elevation as an artistic hillshade in a dark color palette and provides terrain context while highlighting feature layers and labels.
Map Service Name: World_Hillshade_Dark
Description
The map was compiled from a variety of sources from several data providers. The basemap has global coverage down to a scale of ~1:144,000. In the United States, Japan and parts of Europe coverage is provided down to ~1:18,000. In select areas of the United States and a few European countries, coverage is provided down to ~1:9,000.
This dark version of World Hillshade is especially useful in building maps that provide terrain context while highlighting feature layers and labels.
Attribution
Sources: Airbus, USGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, GSA, GSI, Intermap 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:
World Basic (Collection 1)
~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 worldwide
World Standard (Collection 2) and World Advanced (Collection 3)
- ~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 worldwide
- ~1:72,000 to ~1:9,000 in select areas in the United States and Europe
North America Standard (Collection 4) and North America Advanced (Collection 5)
- ~1:591,000,000 down to ~1:144,000
- ~1:72,000 down to ~1:9,000 in select areas