{"id":121581,"date":"2012-02-23T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/national-geographic-style-basemap\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T15:19:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T23:19:46","slug":"national-geographic-style-basemap","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/national-geographic-style-basemap","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic style basemap"},"author":4331,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[23171,38281],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-121581","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-basemaps","tag-general-information"],"acf":{"short_description":"By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn case you missed the original announcement back in mid-December, National Geographic\u00a0and Esr...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>By Aileen Buckley, Mapping Center Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Feb12Images\/NGBasemap_thumb.png\" alt=\"NGBasemap - thumbnail\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed the original announcement back in mid-December, National Geographic\u00a0and Esri have collaborated on the production of a new basemap that reflects the NG cartographic design, typographic style, and map policies.<\/p>\n<p>This basemap provides a visually appealing background for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/mapping\">web mapping<\/a> applications for mobile users, consumers, and educational purposes, and is also well suited as a general reference map for many GIS projects.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are some samples from this basemap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Feb12Images\/NGBasemap_SouthAmerica.png\" alt=\"NGBasemap - South America\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Figure 1. South America<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Feb12Images\/NGBasemap_Europe.png\" alt=\"NGBasemap - Europe\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Figure 2. Europe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Feb12Images\/NGBasemap_MiddleEast.png\" alt=\"NGBasemap - MIddle East\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Figure 3. Middle East<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/MappingCenter2007\/blog\/Feb12Images\/NGBasemap_India.png\" alt=\"NGBasemap - India\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Figure 4. 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