{"id":81872,"date":"2018-09-20T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&#038;p=81872"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:11:40","slug":"customizable-basemap","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/customizable-basemap","title":{"rendered":"Customizable Basemap Supports Mapping Human Geography Data"},"author":1432,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15202,25052],"tags":[241,238361,271],"arcuser_issues":[63152],"class_list":["post-81872","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartography","category-software-and-data","tag-gis","tag-human-geography","tag-mapping","arcuser_issues-summer-2017"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Human Geography Basemap is a detailed monochromatic vector basemap built to support the display data related to human geography such as demo\u2026","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The Human Geography Basemap, released by Esri in February 2017, is a detailed monochromatic vector basemap built to support the display data related to human geography such as demographics.\r\n\r\nBecause this map consists of vector tile layers that form the detailed basemap, it provides unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and offline use by mobile devices.\r\n\r\nThe map consists of three separate gray-scale vector tile layers\u2014base, label, and detail\u2014that are designed to work together. The combination of these three layers provides strong contextual detail without upsetting the visual coherence of your data. However, these layers can be used separately."},{"acf_fc_layout":"gallery","gallery_images":[81882,81892,81902]},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The Human Geography Base layer is a blank canvas that displays land areas as gray to give the map some substance.\r\n\r\nThe Human Geography Label layer is a reference layer that includes labels for administrative areas, cities, towns, and neighborhoods\u2014and at larger scales, street names. All labels have pale gray haloes to help them stand out without overpowering the other information. 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