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Displays satellite and aerial imagery at a 15m minimum resolution worldwide, and 1m resolution for the U.S. World boundaries, place names, and transportation layers are also included. Use this map to view man-made and natural features, or as a base map for overlaying associated data layers.
Displays a seamless, multi-scale street map, with highway-level data worldwide and local street-level data for the U.S. and Canada. Use this map for locating places and addresses around the world, and displaying driving directions from business locations or places of interest.
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.
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.
Created by ESRI using the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), this map displays protected areas for the world overlaid on satellite imagery.
The WDPA provides the most comprehensive worldwide data set on protected areas. The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) compiles the WDPA information supplied by national and international protected area management organizations. For further information, email: protectedareas@unep-wcmc.org.
Authored using "The World on Mercator's Projection" from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. The original map was published in 1812 and drawn by L. Hebert Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton.
Authored using the Political World map from National Geographic's Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, this map shows the extents of sovereignty for 192 nations. Use this map as a world political atlas, or as a base map for overlaying data layers influenced by politics or cultures.
