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Use Esri Vector Basemaps

With the addition of vector tile packages (.vtpk file), hosted tile layers, and tile layers in your portal, a number of items appear in your ArcGIS Enterprise Content window. With the correct administrative privileges, you can create folders, groups, and categories. By creating folders and moving items into them, you can organize the Content window to make it easier to find the items you are looking for. The image below shows some folder name suggestions. See Manage content in the Portal for ArcGIS help for information about managing content in ArcGIS Enterprise.

My Content with folder name suggestions

You can use Esri Vector Basemaps in your applications in the following ways:

  • Add the 55 map tile layers (styles) to a map in ArcGIS Pro or to Map Viewer Classic in your Enterprise portal.

    Search for layers dialog box showing vector tile layer results from My Content

  • Add the tile layers (styles) to an existing basemap, or add them as the basemap.

    My Content with Add to Map selected for World Street Map (Night - Community Map) vector tile layer

  • You can use 17 of the 55 map tile layers (styles) with a raster layer—World Hillshade, World Imagery, or World Ocean Base—as the basemap in a web map.
    • Charted Territory—World Hillshade
    • Modern Antique—World Hillshade
    • National Geographic Style—World Hillshade
    • National Geographic Style (Local Language)—World Hillshade
    • World Street Map (with relief)—World Hillshade
    • World Street Map (with relief - Community Maps)—World Hillshade
    • World Terrain Base—World Hillshade
    • World Terrain Reference—World Hillshade
    • World Terrain Reference (Local Language)—World Hillshade
    • World Terrain with Labels—World Hillshade
    • World Terrain with Labels (Community Maps)—World Hillshade
    • World Topographic Map—World Hillshade
    • World Topographic Map (Local Language)—World Hillshade
    • Hybrid Reference Layer—World Imagery
    • Hybrid Reference Layer (Community Maps)—World Imagery
    • Hybrid Reference Layer (Local Language)—World Imagery
    • World Ocean Reference—World Ocean Base
  • If you have a tile layer (style) in your map, you can move it to the basemap.

    My Map with Move to Basemap selected for Dark Gray Canvas Reference vector tile layer

  • Move the Dark Gray or Light Gray Canvas Reference layers to the basemap and set them as the reference layer over the Canvas Base layer. You can also do this with the World Terrain Base and Reference, Hybrid Reference, Human Geography Labels, and Human Geography Dark Labels tile layers.

    My Map with Set as Reference Layer selected for Dark Gray Canvas Reference vector tile layer