AGSL GeoDiscovery

Columbia County - Firefly Imagery Hybrid

Description:

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The Firefly Imagery Hybrid (US Edition) map features an alternative view of the World Imagery map designed to be used as a neutral imagery basemap, with de-saturated colors, that is useful for overlaying other brightly styled layers.  This map is intended to support 'firefly cartography' and other cartographic designs that require a neutral background, with the spatial context and texture of imagery, to contrast with the foreground thematic layers that are designed to capture the users attention.  The map also includes a reference layer.Content meant to provide spatial context (the basemap) should recede in visual priority, helping to establish the thematic layers that they support (rather than compete with them).  There are many ways to sufficiently mute your basemap, but for satellite imagery, de-saturation is a nice option. An image that is all or mostly black and white won’t compete as much with the brightly colored thematic data that it supports.  With this map, the color of the imagery is mostly removed at the smallest global scales and then gradually re-introduced at the larger scales, where the full detail of the imagery is available.This basemap is available in the United States Vector Basemaps gallery and uses the Hybrid Reference Layer (US Edition) vector tile layer and the World Imagery (Firefly) raster tile layer. The vector tile layer in this web map is built using the same data sources used for other Esri Vector Basemaps. For details on data sources contributed by the GIS community, view the map of Community Maps Basemap Contributors. Esri Vector Basemaps are updated monthly.Use this MapThis map is designed to be used as a basemap for overlaying other layers of information or as a stand-alone reference map.  You can add layers to this web map and save as your own map.  If you like, you can add this web map to a custom basemap gallery for others in your organization to use in creating web maps.  If you would like to add this map as a layer in other maps you are creating, you may use the tile layers referenced in this map.

Resource Link:

https://opendata-cclid.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/esri::firefly-imagery-hybrid-1

Identifier:

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7a4aa667d61541c583d9a723c8b349da

Language:

English

Creator:

Esri

Publisher:

Esri

Provider:

American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries

Resource Class:

Datasets and Imagery

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Temporal Coverage:

Issued 2025

Date Issued:

2025-02-13

Spatial Coverage:

Columbia County, Wisconsin, and United States

Rights:

Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.

Access Rights:

Public