Equal Area Starter Web Maps for Global and Regional Thematic Mapping

Getting an ArcGIS Online web map rolling using something other than the standard Web Mercator can be a challenge, especially if you are in a hurry. Here are some pre-made maps in an equal area projection as a head start to making your global/regional web maps . It’s an important consideration for thematic maps.

Here are the maps, ready for your data.

• Equal Earth (global)
• Albers Equal Area Continental United States
• Albers Equal Area Europe
• Albers Equal Area Asia

If you’d rather they were a different style, instead of gray and white, here are direct links to a styling engine.

• Style up the Equal Earth map
• Style up the USA map
• Style up the Europe map
• Style up the Asia map

If you’d like to learn how to publish your own vector basemaps in different projections, you can find that at the second half of this post.

Best, John