Stamen Maps. Stamen is pleased to be working with some of the smartest people we know. Under Plugins menu go to Manage and Install Plugins.
When it comes time for us to choose great map designs that reflect the best of cartography we often turn to the work of Stamen Design which they share so graciously with the worldJack Dangermond President Esri. Clients run the gamut from corporations to nonprofits to academic institutions and arts organizations. We can create maps of different styles such as street level stamen map and Mapbox Bright map.
Another way to get Stamen maps as a background is to use the qmplot function.
At Esri we are big fans of the leading-edge maps apps and web designs created by Stamen. Here is a map plotting the same points as above but with a different color scale and a different type of background map. Stamen Maps have various map backgrounds such as toner watermark burning terrain etc for varied requirements. Assemble a selection of different map layers like backgrounds satellite imagery terrain roads or labels.
