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kylewalker.bsky.social
#30DayMapChallenge Day 14: OpenStreetMap

Choose from dozens of basemaps in #rstats mapgl based on OpenStreetMap. Use:

- `mapbox_style()` for @Mapbox styles;
- `maptiler_style()` for @MapTiler;
- `carto_style()` for @CARTO styles;
- `openfreemap_style()` for @OpenFreeMapOrg
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
rangespatialist.bsky.social
🗺️ Climate Engine is looking sharper than ever with new basemaps!

You can now add high-res aerial imagery and topographic layers beneath your computed maps to explore fine-scale landscape detail.

Check out the demo and try it at app.climateengine.org
🌎

#EarthEngine #RemoteSensing #Geospatial
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
antiquity.ac.uk
Was the Maghreb an ‘empty land’ before the Phoenicians arrived?
Often seen as marginal in relation to the civilisations of the Bronze Age Mediterranean, the identification of distinctive cultural practices and extensive connections in north-west Africa disproves this idea.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
A) the north-western Maghreb, showing the location of Kach Kouch and other sites mentioned in the text; B) the Gharb region showing the reconstructed palaeolagoon and known Bell Beaker sites; C) view of Kach Kouch and the Oued Laou estuary, looking east; D) view from Kach Kouch, looking west, of the inner valleys of the western Rif mountains. Basemaps: ASTER GDEM and Landsat 8 (figure by H. Benattia).
October 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
Esri and Space42 Join to Launch "Map Africa Initiative"

Collaboration Seeks to Deliver High-Resolution Basemaps to Support Economic Growth and Innovation Across the African Continent
www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Photo of Esri CEO Jack Dangermond signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Space42 and Microsoft while a Space42 executive looks on. This MOU will support the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year endeavor to produce the most comprehensive basemap of Africa to date. Space42, a UAE-based AI and space technology company, will lead fundraising efforts and project management, in addition to providing satellite data.
September 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
stamen.com
Last week @mappingmashups.bsky.social gave a talk about how we recently modernized our basemaps, except for one. Updating Watercolor to a new pipeline would be challenging... but Steve Gifford from Wet Dog Weather wrote some thoughts about how it might be done:

www.wetdogweather.com/2024/06/12/h...
June 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
#esriuc "Crowd sourcing" by professional GIS community will provide community basemaps, 1:100K to 1:1 million, hopefully 1:24K one day
November 11, 2024 at 9:32 AM
robintw.bsky.social
I presume if they were just standard basemaps then you'd be using off-the-shelf tiles, so are they something aviation-specific? Or do they need to be stored on the device itself (so it can operate with no internet connection)?
June 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
Changes to ArcGIS Desktop basemaps in ArcGIS Desktop 10 <a href="http://bit.ly/rLVGbB" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://bit.ly/rLVGbB #gis #esri
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November 11, 2024 at 12:37 AM
deepseadawn.bsky.social
Nate Bennett wows #EsriUC map geeks with VECTOR tiles and dynamic orientation of map labels + custom basemaps
November 9, 2024 at 5:19 PM
nyalldawson.net
Are you using vector tile basemaps or raster?
February 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
openinframap.org
The base map on https://openinframap.org has been updated and is now using the Protomaps basemap schema:

https://docs.protomaps.com/basemaps/downloads

The style has also been extensively tweaked, and it looks a bit more colourful at lower zooms - thoughts/feedback welcome!
Open Infrastructure Map
Open map of the world's electricity, telecoms, oil, and gas infrastructure, using data from OpenStreetMap.
openinframap.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
cchurchili.bsky.social
One trick ive used for a while is taking Natural Earth colored land cover layers and colorizing them in QGIS to make interesting basemaps (with some hillshading ofc)
September 25, 2023 at 5:31 PM
odoenet.bsky.social
🎅 #12DaysOfMapComponents Day 6 🎅
How to use #ArcGIS API Keys for basemaps and subscriber content in #map components!
#geodev #webdev #esridev

www.youtube.com/shorts/vepEY...
12 Days of Map Components Day 6 #arcgis #esri #webdevelopment
YouTube video by Rene Rubalcava
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December 19, 2024 at 1:53 PM
geone-ws.bsky.social
Tinting basemaps to match your #ArcGIS dashboard theme
Tinting basemaps to match your dashboard theme
Learn how to tint basemaps to align with your dashboard theme
www.esri.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
geofeeds.bsky.social
ArcGIS Blog - A ‘Large Label’ Version of the Human Geography Basemaps by Andy Skinner

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/a-large-label-version-of-the-human-geography-basemaps
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
mapcenter.com
Right, but if you're using QGIS you can use a ton of different WMS basemaps. Shout-out to Klaus Karlsson. youtu.be/Mm-4skBhjdk?...
How to add web-based xyz layers to QGIS 3 using a python script
YouTube video by Thiago Sanna Freire Silva
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February 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
cyatteau.bsky.social
I have three presentations today at the 2025 Esri Developer and Technology Summit. First up, 'Essential Tools for ArcGIS Location Platform Developers' at 11:15am.

I would love to see you at one of them and chat about all things Location Platform, basemaps, and routing! 🗺️ 👩‍💻

#EsriDevTech25 #GIS
March 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
overturemaps.bsky.social
🌍 Meta’s basemaps are now powered by Overture!

Meta has transitioned its global basemaps to #OvertureMaps’ open data, improving accuracy, validation, and industry collaboration.

Read the case study: overturemaps.org/case-study/2...
March 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
mapasmilhaud.com
Basemapkit: web basemaps for the people

by @jonathanlurie.bsky.social

jonathanlurie.substack.com/p/basemapkit...
Basemapkit: web basemaps for the people
Painting maps from the shoulders of giants
jonathanlurie.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
maartenzam.bsky.social
Based on LIDAR data and @planetlabs.bsky.social basemaps, scientists discovered a tree with a crown diameter of more than 60 meters. They think it might be the biggest tree in the Amazon ctrees.org/news/largest...
A satellite image showing a large tree in the center, with smaller trees surrounding it.
December 10, 2024 at 8:34 AM
wxfront.bsky.social
🚫No more switching apps for better maps!

🗺️WeatherFront delivers hi-res basemaps & street data—free.

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📍 Match radar to local roads
⚠️ Know exactly which outlook category you’re in

Upgrade your spatial awareness & download WF today!
July 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
datawrapper.de
🇺🇸 U.S. elections are just around the corner! Datawrapper has a full slate of new and updated basemaps to help you cover the polling and results:

🗳️ Electoral college (hexagon + standard)
🗳️ Congressional districts (hexagon + standard)
🗳️ State legislatures and state-level congressional maps
October 31, 2024 at 3:07 PM
opencholmes.bsky.social
Planet Labs Basemaps 😀 - www.planet.com/products/bas.... The perks of working for a satellite imagery company don't compare to entertainment or sports, unless images of earth are your favorite thing. Unfortunately our basemaps are not cheap or that easy to buy, but they are an incredible product.
Planet Basemaps: Comprehensive, High-Frequency Mosaics for Analysis | Planet
Power your products and analytics with recent and visually precise Basemaps. With daily, global imaging, Planet creates current, complete, and analysis-ready Basemaps, customizable by area and time of...
www.planet.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:32 AM
vanuatugis.bsky.social
#basemaps #arcgispro
ArcGis PRO Issue with Vector Tile Services as basemap
Why, if I select a basemap in ArcGIS PRO that contain vector tile service, it appears a question mark as the system doesn't recognize the data source? Map service basemap are shown regularly. I have cleared the cache, updated the ArcGIS PRO to the latest release and checked the URL of the tile servi...
community.esri.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
kylewalker.bsky.social
Last month’s workshop series on modern web mapping with #rstats went great!

We covered 3D basemaps, custom map design, fast filtering in Shiny, story maps, and more.

The workshop recordings and tutorials are available - with a discount for all of you!

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August 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM