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World Boundaries and Places Alternate

Map Service Name: World_Boundaries_and_Places_Alternate 

Description: This map presents country boundaries, first order (State/Province) internal administrative boundaries for most countries, second order administrative boundaries for the United States (counties) and some countries in Europe, and place names for the world.

The map was developed by Esri using administrative and cities data from Esri, and DeLorme basemap layers and AND Mapping for the world. This map is designed for use with maps with lighter backgrounds, such as World Shaded Relief.

Attribution: Copyright:© 2011 Esri, DeLorme, AND

Coordinate System: WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere)

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 PNG8 Format

Cached Map Scales: