BC Basemap

NOTICE: The BC Basemap is scheduled for an update in August 2025. The ArcGIS item URL's for the webmap, tile layer and style will be changing and applications will need to be updated with new URLs. Both the layer order and styles will also change. The existing URLs will be retained for at least 3 months following the update to allow time for applications to test and migrate to the new services.

This ArcGIS Online vector tile cached map service returns tiled vector geometries and associated styles for use in web mapping applications and provides capabilities as per the Open Geospatial Consortium Web Mapping Tile Service (WMTS) Protocol. Map images are output in Web Mercator projection (EPSG:3857) and match Google map tile scale levels.

This service is made available in two versions. The standard version includes hillshade and is intended as the default version for most applications. The version without hillshade can be used where a simpler cartographic background is needed, or where applications do not support the multi-layer approach of the standard version.

See this web page for more information on B.C. Map Services and how they can be used.

Source data contributed by B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch, OpenStreetMap, US Census Bureau, CGIAR - CSI, USGS, Government of Canada

Datasets available for download

• ESRI Vector Tile Layer (standard)WMTS
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• Esri Vector Tile Layer (no hillshade)WMTS
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• BC
• Canada
• TRIM
• WMS
• WMTS
• base
• drainage
• elevation
• land cover
• landform
• man made
• populated places
• railways
• road
• stream
• surface
• tile cache
• topography
• toponymy
• transportation
• water

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (46%)
• Maturity Level 2 (38%)
• Maturity Level 3 (0%)
• Maturity Level 4 (10%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

Field	Value
Last Updated	October 19, 2025, 23:22 (UTC)
Created	October 19, 2025, 23:22 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	BC Basemap
Description A description of the dataset.	NOTICE: The BC Basemap is scheduled for an update in August 2025. The ArcGIS item URL's for the webmap, tile layer and style will be changing and applications will need to be updated with new URLs. Both the layer order and styles will also change. The existing URLs will be retained for at least 3 months following the update to allow time for applications to test and migrate to the new services. This ArcGIS Online vector tile cached map service returns tiled vector geometries and associated styles for use in web mapping applications and provides capabilities as per the Open Geospatial Consortium Web Mapping Tile Service (WMTS) Protocol. Map images are output in Web Mercator projection (EPSG:3857) and match Google map tile scale levels. This service is made available in two versions. The standard version includes hillshade and is intended as the default version for most applications. The version without hillshade can be used where a simpler cartographic background is needed, or where applications do not support the multi-layer approach of the standard version. See this web page for more information on B.C. Map Services and how they can be used. Source data contributed by B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch, OpenStreetMap, US Census Bureau, CGIAR - CSI, USGS, Government of Canada
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	BC Canada TRIM WMS WMTS base drainage elevation land cover landform man made populated places railways road stream surface tile cache topography toponymy transportation water
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2013-02-28
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

Field	Value
Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Access Only
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-basemap
Data Service Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner Owner of the dataset.	GeoBC Branch
Contact Point Who to contact regarding access?	GeoBC Inquiries
Contact Point Email The email to contact regarding access?	[email protected]
Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.
Author Author of the dataset.
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.

Field	Value
Identifier Unique identifier for the dataset.
Language Language(s) of the dataset
Link to dataset description A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
Persistent Identifier Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type Platform type of the source portal.

Field	Value
Version Version of the datatset	None
Source Source of the dataset.	https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3e85fc6d9c1344f88bf97b42314a33b2
Version notes Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions) Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.

Field	Value
Indigenous Community Permission Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

Field	Value
Number of data rows If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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