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Reference/World_Reference_Overlay (MapServer)

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Service Description: This map is designed to be used by GIS professionals to overlay base maps and thematic maps such as demographics or land cover for reference purposes. The reference map includes administrative boundaries, cities, water features, physiographic features, parks, landmarks, highways, roads, railways, and airports on a transparent background. The map was compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers, including the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Tele Atlas, AND, and ESRI. The reference map currently provides coverage for the world down to a scale of ~1:1m and coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii to a scale of ~1:70k.

Map Name: Layers

Layers:

Description: This map is designed to be used by GIS professionals to overlay base maps and thematic maps such as demographics or land cover for reference purposes. The reference map includes administrative boundaries, cities, water features, physiographic features, parks, landmarks, highways, roads, railways, and airports on a transparent background. The map was compiled from a variety of best available sources from several data providers, including the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Tele Atlas, AND, and ESRI. The reference map currently provides coverage for the world down to a scale of ~1:1m and coverage for the continental United States and Hawaii to a scale of ~1:70k.

Copyright Text: Sources: USGS, NPS, ESRI, TANA, AND

Spatial Reference: 102113

Single Fused Map Cache: true

Tile Info:

Intial Extent:
Full Extent:
Units: esriMeters

Supported Image Format Types: PNG24,PNG,JPG,DIB,TIFF,EMF,PS,PDF,GIF,SVG,SVGZ,AI

Document Info:

Supported Interfaces:   REST   SOAP

Supported Operations:   Export Map   Generate KML