Data Appliance for ArcGIS data collections overview
There are three data collections available with Data Appliance 6.0 for ArcGIS; each collection includes all 16 services with the differences in coverage summarized below. For details on the services available with each collection, see the Data collection service summary table below.
World Premier Collection
- Includes all maps available on Data Appliance worldwide at all scales where data is available.
- Elevation globes for the world and USA.
- This collection is housed on twenty-eight (28) 4-terabyte (TB) drives.
North America Collection
- Includes all maps available on Data Appliance at small and medium scales. Larger scales of each map are limited to North America only. Includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean countries where data is available.
- Elevation globes for the world and USA.
- This collection is housed on eleven (11) 4-TB drives.
World Small-Scale Collection
- Includes all maps available on the Data Appliance at small and medium scales only.
- Elevation globes for the world and USA.
- This collection is housed on two (2) 4-TB drives.
Data collections coverage map
As illustrated in the coverage map below, worldwide coverage is provided in the World Premier (down to largest scale available) and World Small-Scale (down to ~1:72k) Collections; regional coverage is provided in the North America Collection (down to largest scale available).
A larger coverage map is available.
Data collection service summary
This table summarizes the differences between the services included with each data collection.
Service | Category | Description | Scale Range per Data Collection | ||
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Basemaps | Designed to be used as a general reference map for informational and educational purposes as well as a basemap by GIS professionals and other users. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:9k World Small-Scale Collection: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Includes bathymetry, surface and subsurface feature names, and derived depths. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:9k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Includes land cover for the world and detailed topographic maps for the United States at various scales. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:18k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Includes high-resolution imagery for North America, Europe, and other areas around the world and low-resolution satellite imagery for the rest of the world. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:1k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Designed to add thematic content to a neutral background with minimal colors, labels, and features. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:9k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | A Natural Earth physical map for the world. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:2M | |||
Basemaps | Includes surface elevation as shaded relief. It is intended for use as a basemap layer to add shaded relief to other GIS maps. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Includes highway-level data for the world and street-level data for a number of countries. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:1k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Basemaps | Includes administrative boundaries, cities, water features, parks, landmarks, highways, roads, railways, and airports. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:1k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Reference Layers | USA elevation layer for use in 3D products. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: N/A | |||
Reference Layers | Includes boundaries and place-names for the world. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:1k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Reference Layers | Includes boundaries and place-names for the world. Designed for overlay on shaded relief basemaps. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:144k | |||
| Reference Layers | World elevation layer for use in 3D products. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: N/A | ||
Reference Layers | Provides labels for selected cities and towns around the world in support of the World Light Gray Base map. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:9k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Reference Layers | Includes transportation data for the world. Designed to overlay imagery basemaps. | Premier, North America: ~1:591M down to ~1:1k World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:72k | |||
Specialty Maps | DeLorme's topographic basemap is a seamless global dataset that portrays transportation, hydrography, jurisdiction boundaries, and major geographic features. | Premier, North America, World Small-Scale: ~1:591M down to ~1:288k |