A view of Japan including place names.
The physical map presents the Natural Earth physical map at global and continental scales. The raster size is 1.24 kilometers per pixel for the world. When zoomed into the coterminous United States, the pixel size is 500M. Prominent features include country, state/province, and county or equivalent boundaries as well as place names for the world.
At continental and sub-continental scales, this physical map is well suited as an illustration of the Earth's landforms and topography. It provides a good basemap foundation for integrating environmental data layers such as faults, volcanoes, and other related global features.
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A view of Japan including place names. |
A view of the Canadian Rockies mountain range. |
| Type | Service name | Recommended use within this scale range | Used within this extent |
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| Basemap layers | World_Physical_Map | Global views down to map scales of 1:2,000,000. | Global |
| Reference layers | World_Boundaries_and_Places_Alternate | 1:60,000,000 down to 1:2,000,000. Some boundaries and place names work down to scales of 1:100,000 in sparsely populated areas. | Global |
| Type | Service name | Recommended use within this scale range | Used within this extent |
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| Basemap layers | World_Physical_Map | Global views down to an altitude distance of about 60 miles (100 km). | Global |
| Reference layers | World_Boundaries_and_Places_Alternate | Global views down to an altitude distance of about 60 miles (100 km). | Global |
| Elevation layers | ESRI_Elevation_World | Global views down to regional and local views (for example, an altitude distance of 3 to 6 miles [5 to 10 km]). | Global |