Community Maps World Topographic Basemap with Customized Symbolization

Moreton Bay GIS provides a vector tile layer offering a customized world basemap. The layer is uniquely symbolized and optimized to display special areas of interest (AOIs) created by Community Maps contributors. These AOIs include landscaping features and sports amenities, built using the same data sources as Esri's World Topographic Map.

Use Cases

• Creating detailed community maps based on the customized basemap and symbolized areas of interest.
• Visualizing landscaping features like grass, trees, and rock for urban planning or environmental studies.
• Mapping sports amenities such as tennis courts and field lines for recreational facility management.
• Integrating community-contributed data into a standardized topographic basemap for consistent visualization.

Strengths

• Data is built using the same sources as Esri's authoritative World Topographic Map.
• Includes specialized, community-edited areas of interest not found in standard basemaps.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and CSV for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to community-sourced projects.

Provenance

Source

City of Moreton Bay's Data Hub (moretonbaygis), utilizing data from Community Maps contributors and Esri basemap sources.

Collection Method

Aggregated and symbolized from community contributions and Esri's standard topographic data sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 05:52:05.101265; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global