Community Maps World Topographic Vector Tiles with Customized Symbolization

A vector tile layer provides a customized world basemap optimized to display special areas of interest (AOIs). These AOIs include landscaping features like grass, trees, and rock, and sports amenities such as tennis courts and field lines. The layer is built from the same data sources as Esri's World Topographic Map and is contributed by the Community Maps program.

Use Cases

• Create specialized topographic maps based on community-contributed landscaping features.
• Visualize and analyze the distribution of sports amenities like tennis courts and baseball fields.
• Integrate customized basemap symbology into web or desktop GIS applications.

Strengths

• Data is integrated with Esri's World Topographic Map sources, suggesting a standardized foundation.
• Includes community-edited features for landscaping and sports, which may provide localized detail not in standard basemaps.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

City of Moreton Bay's Data Hub, via the Community Maps contributors program.

Collection Method

Community contributions integrated with Esri basemap data sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 10:32:39.284898; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global