Trail: Community-Edited World Basemap with Custom Symbolization

A vector tile layer provides a customized world basemap with unique symbology. It is optimized to display special areas of interest (AOIs) created and edited by Community Maps contributors, including landscaping and sports features. The layer is built using the same data sources as Esri's World Topographic Map and other Esri basemaps.

Use Cases

• Creating specialized topographic maps based on community-contributed landscaping features like grass, trees, and rock.
• Visualizing sports and recreational infrastructure based on data for tennis courts, football, and baseball field lines.
• Integrating a customized basemap into web or mobile applications based on the vector tile format.
• Analyzing the distribution and symbology of community-edited areas of interest (AOIs).

Strengths

• Integrates community-sourced edits for landscaping and sports features.
• Built on authoritative Esri basemap data sources, including the World Topographic Map.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ArcGIS REST API.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are 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, author 'moretonbaygis', via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Community-sourced contributions integrated with Esri basemap data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 10:32:34.270665; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global