# Map Styles

Vista provides a set of Mapbox basemap styles as background maps.

## Base Map Styles

Open the **Base Map panel** to select from a list of default map styles.

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Open the **base map style** drop down menu to change map colour scheme and imagery. Options include:

* **No base map:** plain white background&#x20;
* **Streets:** A general-purpose map that emphasises accurate, legible sytling of road and tranist network
* **Light**: light base map with dark-coloured text.
* **Dark**: dark base map with light-coloured text.
* **Satellite:** satellite and aerial imagery base map
* **Satellite Streets:** combines the satellite base map with streets data
* **Land and Sea:** A two-toned map differentiating sea and land with no details
* **Fantasy:** A Middle Earth inspired base map. Just for fun.


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