Community Maps: Customized World Topographic Basemap

City of Moreton Bay's Data Hub provides a vector tile layer offering a customized world basemap. It is optimized to display special areas of interest, including landscaping features and sports amenities, contributed by Community Maps participants. The layer is built using the same data sources as Esri's World Topographic Map.

Use Cases

• Creating detailed park maps based on contributed landscaping features like grass and trees.
• Mapping sports facilities using contributed data on tennis courts and field lines.
• Integrating community-edited points of interest into a global topographic reference map.
• Developing specialized basemaps for local government or event planning.

Strengths

• Integrates community-contributed data, likely increasing local detail.
• Built on authoritative Esri basemap data sources.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (e.g., GeoJSON, KML).

Limitations

• Column structure and specific attributes are unknown, limiting precise analysis.
• Metadata shows conflicting last-updated dates (2026-05-27 vs 2026-05-01).
• License is listed only as 'other', requiring further investigation for reuse.

Provenance

Source

City of Moreton Bay's Data Hub (author: moretonbaygis), incorporating Esri and Community Maps contributor data.

Collection Method

Community-sourced contributions integrated with commercial basemap data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 10:31:44.720830 (data_gov_au).

Geography

Global, with special areas of interest contributed worldwide.