Directory of map styles

ArcGIS Data Appliance 2025: Esri Vector Basemaps includes the following 60 vector tile layers. The styles can be published in Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (WMA) projection or WGS84/GCS (GCS) tiling scheme.

Layer name and thumbnail	Style folder name	Description
Charted Territory	chartedterritory	The Charted Territory vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a geopolitical style reminiscent of a printed atlas plate or a school classroom wall map. This layer is designed for use with the World Hillshade basemap.
Colored Pencil	coloredpencil	The Colored Pencil vector tile layer is presented in the style of hand-drawn, colored pencil cartography.
Community	community	The Community vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring strong colors to emphasize large-scale features.
Dark Gray Canvas	canvasdark	The Dark Gray Canvas vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a dark neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features.
Dark Gray Canvas (Community Maps)	canvasdarkcommunity	The Dark Gray Canvas (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features with select roads provided by community contributors.
Dark Gray Canvas Base	canvasdarkbase	The Dark Gray Canvas Base vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a dark neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features. This layer is designed for use with the Dark Gray Canvas Reference layer.
Dark Gray Canvas Reference	canvasdarkreference	The Dark Gray Canvas Reference vector tile layer provides a city reference overlay of the world designed for use over a dark neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features. This layer is designed for use with the Dark Gray Canvas Base layer.
Dark Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language)	canvasdarkreferencelocallanguage	The Dark Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed reference label layer. Labels are in local languages at large scale. This layer is designed for use with the Dark Gray Canvas Base layer.
Enhanced Contrast Base	enhancedcontrastbase	The Enhanced Contrast Base vector tile layer aims to meet the standards for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and U.S. Government Section 508 compliance. It includes land cover, water bodies, and transportation linework. It is designed for use with the Enhanced Contrast Reference layer.
Enhanced Contrast Dark Base	enhancedcontrastdarkbase	The Enhanced Contrast Dark Base vector tile layer aims to meet the standards for WCAG and U.S. Government Section 508 compliance. It includes land cover, water bodies, and transportation linework. It is designed for use with the Enhanced Contrast Dark Reference layer.
Enhanced Contrast Dark Reference	enhancedcontrastdarkreference	The Enhanced Contrast Dark Reference vector tile layer aims to meet the standards for WCAG and U.S. Government Section 508 compliance. It includes administrative boundaries and map labels. It is designed for use with the Enhanced Contrast Dark Base layer.
Enhanced Contrast Reference	enhancedcontrastreference	The Enhanced Contrast Reference vector tile layer aims to meet the standards for WCAG and U.S. Government Section 508 compliance. It includes administrative boundaries and map labels. It is designed for use with the Enhanced Contrast Base layer.
Human Geography Base	humangeographybase	The Human Geography Base vector tile layer provides a detailed vector basemap of the world symbolizing the land with a light gray, neutral background style.
Human Geography Dark Base	humangeographydarkbase	The Human Geography Dark Base vector tile layer provides a simple vector basemap of the world symbolizing the land with a very dark gray, neutral background style.
Human Geography Dark Detail	humangeographydarkdetail	The Human Geography Dark Detail vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap with a dark monochromatic style and content adjusted to support human geography information. This layer is a detailed reference layer that includes administrative boundaries, roads, and highways.
Human Geography Dark Label	humangeographydarklabel	The Human Geography Dark Label vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap with a dark monochromatic style and content adjusted to support human geography information. The map includes labels for highways, major roads, minor roads, water features, cities, landmarks, and administrative boundaries.
Human Geography Detail	humangeographydetail	The Human Geography Detail vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap with a monochromatic style and content adjusted to support human geography information.
Human Geography Label	humangeographylabel	The Human Geography Label vector tile layer provides a detailed vector basemap for world labels designed to draw attention to the thematic content.
Hybrid Reference Layer	hybrid	The Hybrid Reference Layer vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer of the world designed to be overlaid on imagery.
Hybrid Reference Layer (Community Maps)	hybridreferencecommunity	The Hybrid Reference Layer (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer of the world designed to be overlaid on imagery with select roads provided by community contributors.
Hybrid Reference Layer (Local Language)	hybridreferencelocallanguage	The Hybrid Reference Layer (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer, including transportation and labels of the world. Labels are in local languages at large scale. This layer is designed for use with the World Imagery basemap.
Hybrid Reference Layer (Places)	hybrid-places	The Hybrid Reference Layer (Places) provides a detailed reference layer of the world designed to be overlaid on imagery and includes places, or points of interest. These shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest are displayed with icons and labels.
Light Gray Canvas	canvaslight	The Light Gray Canvas vector tile layer provides a detailed vector basemap of the world symbolized with a light gray, neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features that is designed to draw attention to the thematic content.
Light Gray Canvas (Community Maps)	canvaslightcommunity	The Light Gray Canvas (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a light neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features. Select roads are provided by community contributors.
Light Gray Canvas Base	canvaslightbase	The Light Gray Canvas Base vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a light neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features. This layer is designed for use with the Light Gray Canvas Reference layer.
Light Gray Canvas Reference	canvaslightreference	The Light Gray Canvas Reference vector tile layer provides a detailed reference overlay of the world featuring a light neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features. This layer is designed for use with the Light Gray Canvas Base layer.
Light Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language)	canvaslightreferencelocallanguage	The Light Gray Canvas Reference (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed reference label layer. Labels are in local languages at large scale. This layer is designed for use with the Light Gray Canvas Base layer.
Mid-Century	midcentury	The Mid-Century vector tile layer provides a customized vector layer of the world symbolized with a unique mid-century-styled map. It takes its inspiration from the art and advertising of the 1950s with unique fonts. The symbols for cities and capitals have an atomic slant to them.
Modern Antique	modernantique	The Modern Antique vector tile layer provides a customized vector layer of the world symbolized with a unique antique-styled map and a modern flair—including the benefit of multiscale mapping.
National Geographic Style	natgeostyle	The National Geographic Style vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring boundary ribbons and other map content. This layer is designed for use with the World Hillshade relief basemap for added context.
National Geographic Style (Local Language)	natgeostylelocallanguage	The National Geographic Style (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring boundary ribbons and other map content. This layer is designed for use with the World Hillshade relief basemap for added context. Labels are in local languages at large scale.
Newspaper	newspaper	The Newspaper vector tile layer provides a customized vector layer of the world symbolized with a unique newspaper-styled map. It has a black and white appearance with select features highlighted in red. Many of the area fills have halftone patterns commonly found in traditional newspaper printing.
Nova	nova	The Nova vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a dark background with glowing blue symbology inspired by the ArcGIS.com splash screen. The Nova vector tile layer emulates this color scheme with a grid pattern across the ocean and stripes or square stippled patterns for land-use features visible at larger scales.
Outline	outline	The Outline vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a simple black and white outline.
World Navigation Map	navigation	The World Navigation Map vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom navigation map style.
World Navigation Map (Community Maps)	navigationcommunity	The World Navigation Map (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom navigation map style with select roads provided by community contributors.
World Navigation Map (Local Language)	navigationlocallanguage	The World Navigation Map (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom navigation map style. Labels are in local languages at large scale.
World Navigation Map (Places)	navigation-places	The World Navigation Map (Places) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a navigation map style with the additional content of global places. These shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest are displayed with icons and labels.
World Navigation Map (Dark Mode)	navigationdark	The World Navigation Map (Dark Mode) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark navigation map style.
World Navigation Map (Dark Mode - Community Maps)	navigationdarkcommunity	The World Navigation Map (Dark Mode - Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark navigation map style with select roads provided by community contributors.
World Navigation Map (Dark Mode - Local Language)	navigationdarklocallanguage	The World Navigation Map (Dark Mode - Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark navigation map style. Labels are in local languages at large scale.
World Navigation Dark Map (Places)	navigationdark-places	The World Navigation Dark Map (Places) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark navigation map style with the additional content of global places. These shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest are displayed with icons and labels.
World Ocean Reference	oceanreference	The World Ocean Reference vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a custom ocean style. This layer is designed for use with the World Ocean Base raster layer.
World Street Map	streetmap	The World Street Map vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri street map style.
World Street Map (Community Maps)	streetmapcommunity	The World Street Map (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri street map style with select roads provided by community contributors.
World Street Map (Local Language)	streetmaplocallanguage	The World Street Map (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri street map style. Labels are in local languages at large scale.
World Street Map (Places)	streets-places	The World Street Map (Places) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a street map style with the additional content of global places. These shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest are displayed with icons and labels.
World Street Map (Night)	streetmapnight	The World Street Map (Night) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom nighttime street map style.
World Street Map (Night - Community Map)	streetmapnightcommunity	The World Street Map (Night - Community Map) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom nighttime street map style with select roads provided by community contributors.
World Street Map (Night-Local Language)	streetmapnightlocallanguage	The World Street Map (Night-Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a custom nighttime street map style. Labels are in local languages at large scale.
World Street Map Night (Places)	streetsnight-places	The World Street Map Night (Places) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap featuring a dark street map style with the additional content of global places. These shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest are displayed with icons and labels.
World Street Map (with Relief)	streetmaprelief	The World Street Map (with Relief) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri street map style designed for use with a relief map.
World Street Map (with Relief - Community Maps)	streetmapreliefcommunity	The World Street Map (with Relief - Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri street map style designed for use with a relief map. Select roads are provided by community contributors.
World Terrain Base	terrainlabelsbase	The World Terrain Base vector tile layer displays minimal map content: water and land fill, water lines, and roads. This layer is designed for use as a base layer with the World Terrain Reference layer and World Hillshade basemap.
World Terrain Reference	terrainlabelsreference	The World Terrain Reference vector tile layer displays minimal map content: populated place-names, administrative areas, and water labels with boundary lines. This layer is designed for use as a reference overlay with the World Terrain Base layer and the World Hillshade basemap.
World Terrain Reference (Local Language)	terrainlabelsreferencelocallanguage	The World Terrain Reference (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed reference layer of the world. Labels are in local languages at large scale. This layer is designed for use with the World Terrain Base layer and the World Hillshade basemap.
World Terrain with Labels	terrainlabels	The World Terrain with Labels vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world symbolized with populated places, administrative areas, boundary lines, and roads. The minimal features and styling are designed to draw attention to the thematic content.
World Terrain with Labels (Community Maps)	terrainlabelscommunity	The World Terrain with Labels (Community Maps) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world symbolized with populated places, administrative areas, boundary lines, and roads. The minimal features and styling are designed to draw attention to the thematic content. Select roads are provided by community contributors.
World Topographic Map	worldtopomap	The World Topographic Map vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri topographic map style designed for use with a relief map.
World Topographic Map (Local Language)	worldtopomaplocallanguage	The World Topographic Map (Local Language) vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap of the world featuring a classic Esri topographic map style. Labels are in local languages at large scale. This layer is designed for use with the World Hillshade basemap.