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Maps containing online data for the World
Click on an MXD file to open it in ArcMap. (If using 9.2 Service Pack 4 or earlier, right-click and save the MXD to disk).
The new ArcGIS Online public beta website is now live! Visit http://www.arcgisonline.com to find maps, data and other resources from ESRI and the ArcGIS community. You can easily upload your own data and share it either publically or in private groups. Sharing your local data such as feature layers is easy if you have ArcGIS 9.3.1 because you can create and upload layer packages (.lpk files) - single files containing a layer file and its data. People using ArcGIS 9.3.1 or ArcGIS Explorer 900 can click on your layer packages to automatically download them and add them into their maps and globes. All of the files below are now available on the new ArcGIS Online site, plus many more!
ArcGIS Online services from ESRI:
This map presents satellite imagery for the world and high-resolution aerial imagery for the United States. The layer includes NASA Blue Marble: Next Generation 500m resolution imagery at small scales (above 1:1,000,000) and i-cubed 15m eSAT imagery at medium-to-large scales (down to 1:70,000) for the world. The layer also includes i-cubed Nationwide Select 1m resolution imagery for the contiguous United States for display at large scales (below 1:70,000). I-cubed Nationwide Select is a seamless, color mosaic of various government imagery sources, including USGS imagery for metropolitan areas and the best available USDA NAIP imagery and enhanced versions of USGS DOQQ imagery for other areas.
This map also includes the World User Imagery layer containing imagery assembled by ESRI from various GIS agencies and other sources through the ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program. Here is the list of current ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program contributors. The Service column in that list shows you the name of the layer in this map that contains the imagery from a particular source.
The services in this map are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Imagery.mxd
This map presents a worldwide street map, with highway-level data for the world and street-level data for the United States, Canada, and several countries in Europe. The street map was developed by ESRI using AND road data for the world and Tele Atlas Dynamap® and Multinet™ street data for North America and Europe.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Street_Map.mxd
This world topographic basemap includes boundaries, cities, water features, physiographic features, parks, landmarks, transportation, and buildings overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery for added context.
The map was compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers, including the U.S. Geological Survey, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, National Park Service, Tele Atlas, AND, and ESRI. The basemap currently provides coverage for the world down to a scale of ~1:1m and coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii to a scale of ~1:20k. The basemap also includes detailed maps for selected cities in the United States including Portland, Oregon, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The basemap was designed and developed by ESRI based on the topographic map templates that are available on the ArcGIS Map Template Resource Center. The scale range goes from 1:591,657,528 down to 1:1,128.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Topographic_Map.mxd
This basemap features shaded relief imagery, bathymetry, and coastal water features designed to provide a neutral background for other data layers.
It also contains a world reference overlay with place names, boundaries, etc that you can turn on (this reference overlay service requires ArcMap 9.3.1 to draw correctly).
This map is designed to be used as a basemap by GIS professionals to overlay other thematic layers such as demographics or land cover. This basemap features shaded relief imagery, bathymetry, and coastal water features designed to provide a neutral background for other data layers. The map was compiled from a variety of sources from several data providers, including the U.S. Geological Survey, Tele Atlas, AND, NPS. and ESRI. The basemap currently provides coverage for the world down to a scale of ~1:1m and coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii to a scale of ~1:70k. Actual scale range is: 1:591,657,528 down to 1:72,224.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent. Note that the World Reference Overlay layer that you can turn on in this map does not draw correctly in ArcMap unless you are using 9.3.1.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Terrain_Base.mxd
Use of Bing Maps (formerly Microsoft Virtual Earth) is offered free to all ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 users. Bing Maps includes the aerial, roads, and hybrid services, each provided as separate web layers you can turn on and off in the Table Of Contents.
To use Bing Maps in ArcGIS Desktop, go to this page: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/virtualearth . That page contains the map document (MXD), globe document (3DD) and individual layer files (LYR) you can launch to access the Bing Maps services.
Use of these services in ArcGIS products and applications requires licensing from ESRI. The Bing Maps services will not draw if you do not have the appropriate license. For full subscription information, see this page http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline/bing-maps.html on the ESRI web site.
To compare Bing Maps with the other imagery and streets services available through ArcGIS Online, use the web application here: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/index.cfm?fa=compare_image_maps and here: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/index.cfm?fa=compare_street_maps.
Free use of Bing Maps in ArcGIS Desktop requires ArcGIS 9.3.1.
Bing Maps is © 2009 Microsoft Corporation and its data suppliers: http://www.microsoft.com
Displays a shaded relief map at approximately 1km or 90m resolution (where available) worldwide, and 30m for the U.S. Use this map to show topography, or as a base map for data layers which are associated with topography.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Shaded_Relief.mxd
Displays the Earth's natural physical features at approximately 1km worldwide, and 500m for the coterminous U.S. Includes topographic maps at 1:1,000,000 scale worldwide down to 1:24,000 for the U.S. Use this map to illustrate the Earth's landforms, or a base map for data layers influenced by landforms.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Physical_Map.mxd
DeLorme’s world topographic basemap is a seamless global data set that portrays transportation, hydrography, jurisdiction boundaries, and major geographic features.
DeLorme’s topographic basemap is designed to be used by GIS technicians and other mapping professionals, across a variety of industries. The DeLorme World Basemap is a seamless global data set with horizontal accuracy of +/- 50 meters. The map accurately portrays major transportation layers, inland and shoreline hydrography, agreed and disputed jurisdiction boundaries, and major geographic features. The map service currently provides coverage for the world down to a scale of 1:2 million. Additional feature density appropriate to 1:250k will be provided as an enhancement in Q3-2009. In designing the map, DeLorme has applied a rich cartographic look and feel to create a seamless view of the world, combining accurate object placement and projection with a compelling topographic visualization of the Earth. Scale Range: 1:591,657,528 down to 1:2,311,162
Copyright: ©2009 DeLorme
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program.
Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
ArcGIS Online product page: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/DeLorme_World_Basemap.mxd
This map document contains the ArcGIS Online World Political Map services which present a digital version of the Political World basemap from National Geographic's Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition.
The service(s) in this file are high performance, cached ArcGIS Server map services being served by ESRI as part of the ArcGIS Online data program. Use of these services is free inside ArcGIS Desktop. Use of these services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications requires licensing from ESRI, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
Copyright: © 2008 National Geographic Society
ArcGIS Online resources, FAQs, and additional information: http://www.arcgisonline.com
This layer file requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this layer file in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Political_Map.mxd
This map document contains the ArcGIS Online World Events Imagery layer. This layer presents medium to high resolution imagery for various locations around the world related to major events, such as hurricanes or fires, for which the effects are visible in the imagery. The layer also includes coverage information at the small scales to illustrate where imagery is available.
You can use the Identify tool to find out more about particular world events imagery by clicking on the location symbol or footprint, or by clicking on the imagery itself.
The World Events Imagery layer currently features sub-meter resolution imagery for the post Hurricane Ike imagery for the Galveston, Texas, area.
Thanks to the ArcGIS user community and various agencies for sharing this event related imagery with us and the rest of the community.
Additional imagery will be added to the World Events Imagery layer on a periodic basis as major events happen for which imagery is acquired and made available to ESRI. If there is serious event in your area, and you or any other agency have imagery that would help emergency recovery and post emergency planning, please contact your local ESRI representive, ESRI office or distributor, or the ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program directly about the data. ESRI can help serve the GIS community by adding it into this service, which is cached using ArcGIS Server for maximum performance.
For more information on the ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program, please see:
http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/index.cfm?fa=content_howTo
See the ArcGIS Online Services Resource Center at: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices for more information about ArcGIS Online including a preview application that lets you compare different sources of imagery available via ArcGIS Online.
The ArcGIS Online product page is here: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline-services/index.html. This Includes full information about any usage restrictions that apply to this service. Use of ArcGIS Online services inside ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server applications may require additional licensing, depending on your application and how it will be accessed.
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL:
http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/World_Events_Imagery.mxd
Free services from government agencies and other sources:
Thematic map containing demographic, political and cultural information for the world. Look at the layer properties dialog for each layer for source information. It includes a layer showing the Political World map from National Geographic's Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition.
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/Human_Geography.mxd
Disclaimer: This map references one or more online web services published by a third party such as a government agency or educational institution. This map is provided as a convenience to ArcGIS Desktop users so they can easily discover and access these services. ESRI isn't the supplier or publisher of these services and makes no warranty about the accuracy, currency or availability of the data. The design, availability and content of these services is not controlled or managed by ESRI. Please be sure to review the terms and conditions on the website of the publisher of these services. It is up to you to know and trust your data before using it in any mission critical situations or analyses. The publisher of the services may impose conditions on the use of these services or technical restrictions such as the maximum image size that can be returned and ability to export data locally. Questions, issues or suggestions about the content and use of these services should be directed to the publisher of the services. Please credit the publisher fully when using these service and please contact the publisher to see if any clearance or permission is needed before utilizing these services in printed map products or web-based applications.
Basemap containing various public domain data for the global environment and ecology. Look at the layer properties dialog for each layer for source information.
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/Environment.mxd
Disclaimer: This map references one or more online web services published by a third party such as a government agency or educational institution. This map is provided as a convenience to ArcGIS Desktop users so they can easily discover and access these services. ESRI isn't the supplier or publisher of these services and makes no warranty about the accuracy, currency or availability of the data. The design, availability and content of these services is not controlled or managed by ESRI. Please be sure to review the terms and conditions on the website of the publisher of these services. It is up to you to know and trust your data before using it in any mission critical situations or analyses. The publisher of the services may impose conditions on the use of these services or technical restrictions such as the maximum image size that can be returned and ability to export data locally. Questions, issues or suggestions about the content and use of these services should be directed to the publisher of the services. Please credit the publisher fully when using these service and please contact the publisher to see if any clearance or permission is needed before utilizing these services in printed map products or web-based applications.
Basemap containing various free data for world climate and weather patterns. Look at the layer properties dialog for each layer for source information.
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/Climate_and_Weather.mxd
Disclaimer: This map references one or more online web services published by a third party such as a government agency or educational institution. This map is provided as a convenience to ArcGIS Desktop users so they can easily discover and access these services. ESRI isn't the supplier or publisher of these services and makes no warranty about the accuracy, currency or availability of the data. The design, availability and content of these services is not controlled or managed by ESRI. Please be sure to review the terms and conditions on the website of the publisher of these services. It is up to you to know and trust your data before using it in any mission critical situations or analyses. The publisher of the services may impose conditions on the use of these services or technical restrictions such as the maximum image size that can be returned and ability to export data locally. Questions, issues or suggestions about the content and use of these services should be directed to the publisher of the services. Please credit the publisher fully when using these service and please contact the publisher to see if any clearance or permission is needed before utilizing these services in printed map products or web-based applications.
This map contains live map services showing current world natural hazards. It contains the nhss_haz map service from the USGS Natural Hazards Support System (NHSS). The NHSS ( http://nhss.cr.usgs.gov ) is published by the USGS Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center (RMGSC) from various data sources. It provides a comprehensive overview of current natural hazard events in the US and some of the services it provides cover the whole world, including volcanoes and earthquakes. This map also contains world faults published by the USGS Earthquake Hazards program. For full information about the data sources used in NHSS, please see: http://nhss.cr.usgs.gov/data.shtml
This map document requires ArcGIS 9.2 or more recent.
You can link to this map document in an email, blog or web page using the following URL: http://downloads2.esri.com/resources/arcgisdesktop/maps/Hazards.mxd
Disclaimer: This map references one or more online web services published by a third party such as a government agency or educational institution. This map is provided as a convenience to ArcGIS Desktop users so they can easily discover and access these services. ESRI isn't the supplier or publisher of these services and makes no warranty about the accuracy, currency or availability of the data. The design, availability and content of these services is not controlled or managed by ESRI. Please be sure to review the terms and conditions on the website of the publisher of these services. It is up to you to know and trust your data before using it in any mission critical situations or analyses. The publisher of the services may impose conditions on the use of these services or technical restrictions such as the maximum image size that can be returned and ability to export data locally. Questions, issues or suggestions about the content and use of these services should be directed to the publisher of the services. Please credit the publisher fully when using these service and please contact the publisher to see if any clearance or permission is needed before utilizing these services in printed map products or web-based applications.