This vector tile layer provides a detailed vector basemap for the world symbolized with a light gray, neutral background style with minimal colors, labels, and features that is designed to draw attention to your thematic content.  This layer is similar in content to Light Gray Base, which is delivered as a raster fused map cache tile layer.  This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and use in mobile devices.

This layer includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries. The map is built using the same data sources used for the Light Gray Canvas raster basemap and other Esri basemaps.

Use this Map

This map is designed to be used as a base layer in conjunction with the Light Gray Canvas reference layer in a web map.  You can add this layer to a web map and save as your own map.  If you would like to use this map as a basemap in a web map, you may use the vector basemap Light Gray Canvas web map.

Customize this Map

Because this map is delivered as a vector tile layer, users can customize the map to change its content and symbology, including fonts.  Users are able to turn on and off layers, change symbols for layers, switch to alternate local language (in some areas), and refine the treatment of disputed boundaries. See the Vector Basemap group for other vector tile layers. For details on how to customize this map, please refer to these articles on the ArcGIS Online Blog and view the Esri Vector Basemaps Reference Document.