Base maps

Our base maps show essential information, such as geographical, political, street grid, and infrastructure information, to meet your requirements. They can be made available in layers for ease of use by graphic designers.

These maps are created with the expectation that information will be added.

Greenwich Village sample tax lot map

	Data sources	Tax lots, tax blocks, streets
	Client objective	This sample of Greenwich Village, Manhattan is representative of the tax lot base maps we provide to real estate clients. These are often used for organizing businesses into an economic devepment zone.
	Map outcome	A clean, easy to work with digital map that can be annotated and color-coded as your project develops.
	Client benefit	Using your own staff and graphic design tools can be more efficient when the map is continually updated as part of the planning process.

	Data sources	Building footprints, curbs, streets
	Client objective	This sample of the Times Square neighborhood is representative of the building base maps we have provided to a variety of clients. These are great for site location maps.
	Map outcome	A clean, easy to work with digital map that can be annotated and updated as your project develops.
	Client benefit	Using your own staff and graphic design tools can be more efficient when the map is continually updated as part of the planning process.

click here to download a PDF sample of this map

King Kong basemap for WETA Digital

When WETA, the famed New Zealand production company, needed accurate data about NYC buildings circa 1933 to support the construction of computer-modeled buildings for the great ape to climb, they turned to the metropolitan region's richest source of geographic data: CommunityCartography.

	Data sources	Real estate table, taxlots, building footprints
	Client objective	To create a 3d model of New York as it appeared in 1933 for Peter Jackson's film, King Kong.
	Map outcome	A digital vector basemap was created, with one layer showing building age, and another showing building class.
	Client benefit	The basemap showed which buildings existed during the period of the film. These building footprints were extruded into 3D models, and details added from archival photographs. The Deluxe Extended Edition DVD includes a fantastic documentary describing the process of creating their digital city.