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DeLorme World Basemap

Thumbnail of DeLorme World Basemap showing Bangkok area

Map Service Name: DeLorme_World_Base_Map

Description: DeLorme’s basemap is designed to be used by GIS technicians and other mapping professionals, across a variety of industries. The DeLorme World Basemap is a seamless global data set with horizontal accuracy of +/- 50 meters. The map accurately portrays major transportation layers, inland and shoreline hydrography, agreed and disputed jurisdiction boundaries, and major geographic features. The map provides coverage for the world down to a scale of approximately 1:288k. In designing the map, DeLorme applied a rich cartographic look and feel to create a seamless view of the world, combining accurate object placement and projection with a compelling topographic visualization of the Earth.

Attribution: Copyright:© 2010 DeLorme

Coordinate System: WGS 1984 Web Mercator

Units of Measure: Decimal degrees

Extent in Decimal Degrees:
     Maximum Longitude: 179.999989
     Maximum Latitude: 85.000000
     Minimum Longitude: -179.999989
     Minimum Latitude: -85.000000

Map DPI: 96

Tile Size of Map Cache: 256 pixels by 256 pixels

Map Service Data Format: Map Server Cache in JPG Format

Map Service Size: 15.4 GB

Map Service Size on Disk: 23.0 GB

Map Service Number of Files: 3,576,094

Cached Map Scales: