The following tables name the current Community Maps Program contributors to the World Topographic Map hosted by ESRI in the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme and provide information on their specific content. The basemap was compiled to uniform cartography using a variety of best available sources from these data providers.
The basemap currently provides coverage for the world from a scale of ~1:584,000,000 down to ~1:144,000, coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii from a scale of ~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000, coverage for Arkansas from a scale of ~1:577,000 down to ~1:4,500, coverage for Canada and Western Europe from a scale of ~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000, and coverage for Hong Kong and Macau from a scale of ~1:72,000 down to ~1:1,000. See the Scale Descriptions in the ArcGIS Services Directory for details on the coverage for a specific scale.
The basemap also includes detailed maps for selected areas in North America from a scale of 1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 including Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; the City of Charlotte and County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina; the City and County of Denver, Colorado; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Pasadena, Redlands, San Francisco, and the City and County of San Diego, California; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Seattle, Washington; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Washington, D.C.; as well as detailed maps of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park from a scale of 1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 and Yosemite National Park from a scale of 1:9,000 down to 1:2,000. These are meant to demonstrate how the topographic map can and will be extended with more detailed data sets for local areas.
These tables name the contributors for global, United States, international, and local area data.
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Contributor |
Description |
Coverage |
Year |
Scale Range |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Global Forest Resources Assessment data for forest canopy cover |
Global |
2005 |
~1:584,000,000 down to ~1:1,100,000 |
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ETOPO2 data for ocean depth tint |
Global |
2006 |
~1:147,000,000 down to ~1:2,300,000 |
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GTOPO30 data for hillshade at extreme latitudes |
Global |
1996 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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SRTM 90m (1 Arc Second) data for hillshade for land |
Between 60 degrees south and north |
2000 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Vmap Level 0, edition 5, for elevation points and labels |
Global |
1992 |
~1:1,150,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Freshwater hydrography including labels Administrative boundary labels beginning at ~1:1,150,000 Roads data from ~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:2,300,000 Land tint beginning at ~1:2,300,000 Ocean/coasts tint beginning at ~1:2,300,000 |
Global |
2008 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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DeLorme World Base Map, including: – Administrative borders – Land cover – Water bodies – Transportation networks and airports – Contours and physiographic features – Cities and place names |
Global |
2009 |
~1:1,150,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Marine water bodies including labels down to ~1:2.300,000 Physiographic Features Country boundaries, sub-political units, and cities including labels |
Global |
2005 2006–2009 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:144,000 |
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Contributor |
Description |
Coverage |
Year |
Scale Range |
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30m (1 arc second) SRTM NED data for: – Hillshade – Contours beginning at ~1:288,000 – Hillshade at ~1:72,000 where 10m DEM is not available |
Lower 48 U.S. States |
2003 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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10m DEM data for hillshade |
Lower 48 U.S. States |
2003 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Hillshade and contours |
Hawaii |
2008 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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30m NLCD data for Forest Canopy |
Lower 48 U.S. States and Hawaii |
1992 |
~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) |
Named Mountains and Hills with elevation from U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits (gsummit) |
Arkansas |
2008 |
~1:9,000 down to ~1:4,500 |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Center |
NHD PLus hydrography data for: – Freshwater hydrography – Ocean/coasts tints for gaps starting at ~1:577,000 – For ~1:144,000 down to ~1:18,000, ESRI improved the data, adding key missing features, and worked on the attributes – For smaller scales, ESRI generalized the data; producing one additional edition of the areas and water bodies feature classes, and two smaller scale editions of the flowlines. These generalized data start appearing at ~1:72,000,000 for the flowlines, and the water bodies and areas begin appearing at ~1:9,000,000. |
United States |
2005 |
~1:72,000,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Center |
NHD data for: – Flowlines, waterbodies, areas, points |
Arkansas |
2009 |
~1:36,000 down to ~1:4,500 |
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National Parks |
United States |
2009 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Data for: – State Parks, Military Bases, Urban Areas, State and County Boundaries – Local Parks and National Lands starting at ~1:288,000 – Railroads starting at ~1:36,000 – Building footprints at ~1:4,500 |
Arkansas |
2009 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:4,500 |
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MultiNet data for: – Airports – Small city points at ~1:9,000 |
Arkansas |
2008 |
~1:9,000 down to ~1:4,500 |
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MultiNet data for: – National Forests – State parks and military bases beginning at ~1:2,300,000 – Ocean/coasts tint for the U.S. and Canada beginning at ~1:2,300,000 – Road data beginning at ~1:1,150,000 – Local parks and local landmarks starting at ~1:288,000 |
United States |
2008 |
~1:9,200,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Data & Maps DVD for roads |
United States |
2007 |
~1:4,500,000 down to ~1:1,150,000 |
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Data & Maps DVD for U.S. Geographic Names Information System Summits (gsummit) for proper names and locations of points, spot heights, and elevations |
United States |
1974–2007 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Marine water bodies including labels Physiographic Features including labels City areas |
United States |
2005 2006–2009 |
~1:577,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Contours derived from USGS 1 Arc Second NED Physiographic Features including labels at ~1:9,000 |
Arkansas |
2003 2009 |
~1:9,000 down to ~1:4,500 |
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Contributor |
Description |
Coverage |
Year |
Scale Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CanVec1, 2 data for: – Coastal water, water bodies, permanent snow and ice, glacial debris, extraction areas, single line water courses, wooded areas, golf courses, residential zones, industrial and commercial areas, and named features – Operational railways, standard gauge for ~1:72,000 – Railways, trails, and campgrounds for ~1:36,000 down to ~1:18,000 – Summits for ~1:18,000 were derived by ESRI Canada from CanVec spot heights and NRCAN mountain summits |
Canada |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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The Atlas of Canada1, 2 data for First Nations Land, glaciers, lakes, and mountains including annotation for lakes and mountains |
Canada |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Provincial borders |
Canada |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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– Street data from Dynamap, Version 11.1 – Airport data from TeleAtlasAirports – National, regional, and local parks (local parks area > 6000) data from TeleAtlasParks for ~1:72,000 – National, regional, and local parks (local parks area > 3000) data from TeleAtlasParks for ~1:36,000 – National, regional, and local parks (local parks area > 1000) data from TeleAtlasParks for ~1:18,000 |
Canada |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (G-DEM) for: – Shaded relief – Contours |
Western Europe |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Edition 5 of VMAP Level 0 for elevation points |
Western Europe |
1992 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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– Land cover – Land use – Summits – Hydropoints |
Western Europe |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Tele Atlas Europe |
Western Europe |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Named physiographic features derived from from CIA World Factbook and USGS DRGs |
Western Europe |
2009 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:18,000 |
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Basemap data |
Hong Kong and Macau |
2010 |
~1:72,000 down to ~1:1,000 |
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Contributor |
Coverage |
Scale Range |
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Austin, Texas |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Boston, Massachusetts |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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City of Charlotte, North Carolina County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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City and County of Denver, Colorado |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Pasadena, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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City of Redlands, Department of Innovation and Technology, GIS Division |
Redlands, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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San Francisco, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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City of Seattle, Washington |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Washington, DC |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Metro (Portland Metropolitan Area) |
Portland, Oregon |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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New York City Data Mine4, including data from several agencies: – Department of City Planning (DCP) – Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) – Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) – Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) – New York City Economic Development Corp (NYCEDC) and University of Virginia Library for DEM/hillshade data |
New York, New York |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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San Diego Geographic Information Source (SANGIS)5and San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) |
City and County of San Diego, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:1,000 |
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Yosemite National Park Resource Management Division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) |
Yosemite National Park, California |
1:9,000 down to 1:2,000 |
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