A basemap style is a definition that controls the visual appearance of how geographic data in a basemap are displayed. It includes colors, backgrounds, outlines, labels, and other visual elements. Each basemap style emphasizes a specific type of cartographic theme and data. It provides the definition for geographic features such as land, water, roads, buildings, cities, places, administrative boundaries, and also for raster data such as satellite and areal images.
Each basemap style emphasizes a specific type of cartographic theme and data. Basemap styles are categorized into two families based on data provider type: ArcGIS Basemap styles or Open Basemap styles. They are further grouped into the following groups: streets, topography, satellite, reference, and creative.
Related terms
- Basemap layer
- Basemap layer service