ArcGIS - National Geographic World Map

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National Geographic World Map

This map is designed to be used as a general reference map for informational and educational purposes as well as a basemap by GIS professionals and other users for creating web maps and web mapping applications. Map Service by esri (last modified: December 13, 2011) (12 ratings, 39221 views) Sign In to rate this item. Facebook Twitter

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This map is designed to be used as a general reference map for informational and educational purposes as well as a basemap by GIS professionals and other users for creating web maps and web mapping applications. The map was developed by National Geographic and Esri and reflects the distinctive National Geographic cartographic style in a multi-scale reference map of the world. The map was authored using data from a variety of leading data providers, including DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, NASA, ESA, USGS, and others. This reference map includes administrative boundaries, cities, protected areas, highways, roads, railways, water features, buildings and landmarks, overlaid on shaded relief and land cover imagery for added context. The map includes global coverage down to ~1:144k scale and more detailed coverage for North America down to ~1:9k scale. Map Note: Although small-scale boundaries, place names and map notes were provided and edited by National Geographic, boundaries and names shown do not necessarily reflect the map policy of the National Geographic Society, particularly at larger scales where content has not been thoroughly reviewed or edited by National Geographic. Data Notes: The credits below include a list of data providers used to develop the map. Below are a few additional notes: Reference Data: National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, iPC, NRCAN, METI Land Cover Imagery: NASA, ESA (Copyright notice: ESA 2010 and UCLouvain) Protected Areas: IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2011), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Annual Release. Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net. Ocean Data: GEBCO, NOAA Explore the Map: You can Explore the National Geographic Map using this live map presentation authored by Allen Carroll. Allen was formerly the Chief Cartographer at National Geographic and is currently part of the ArcGIS Online team at Esri. Web Map: Here's a ready-to-use web map that uses the National Geographic World Map as its basemap. Tip: Remember that you can open a web map, zoom in to a location of interest, then click the Share button to get a URL link or code you can embed in your own web page that launches the map at that location. This makes it really easy to share the web map with others showing the location of your choice. This doesn't even require that you sign-in to ArcGIS Online, so anyone can do it.

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colinbuchanan (December 16, 2011) how do I load this in existings mxd's? jwvaneck (December 16, 2011) thrilled! will use it where and when I can. Thanks to all who made this possible. Jw. bluecobra (December 16, 2011) Thank you ESRI and NatGeo and everyone responsible behind the scenes. I use ArcGIS Desktop at work but, when I go home to relax, I like to fly around the world in Microsoft's Flight Simulator X. I was just telling my friend that I wanted to print a map like NatGeo's World Map to show all the places I've flown and to go to Sign In to add a comment.

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National Geographic World Map http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/NatGeo_World_Map/MapServer

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World, Global, North America, National Geographic Society, NatGeo, NGS National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, iPC 1 KB Left: -180 Top: 85 Right: 180

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