The tables below list tool and content availability in global scenes and local scenes.
Tools
The following table lists tool availability by scene type:
| Tool | Global scene | Local scene |
|---|---|---|
Search places or addresses | Supported | Supported |
Create drawings (Line, Point, Polygon, Ground Overlay, Screen Overlay, Network Link) | Supported | Not supported |
Measure | Supported | Not supported |
Play tour | Supported | Not supported |
Record GPS tracks | Supported | Not supported |
Download Map Tiles | Supported | Not supported |
Building Explore | Not supported | Supported |
Basemap and Terrain | Supported | Supported |
Underground | Supported | Not supported |
Elevation Profile | Supported | Not supported |
Line of Sight | Supported | Not supported |
Viewshed | Supported | Not supported |
Grid | Supported | Not supported |
Historical Imagery | Supported | Not supported |
Daylight | Supported | Not supported |
Terrain Exaggeration | Supported | Supported |
Capture Screenshot | Supported | Supported |
Create Map Layout | Supported | Not supported |
Slides | Supported | Not supported |
Share via App Link | Supported | Supported |
Identify features | Supported | Supported |
Settings | Supported | Supported |
Manage layers | Supported | Supported |
Note:
In a local scene, use basemap and elevation content that matches the scene's spatial reference and tiling scheme and covers its project area.
Content types
The following table lists the supported online content types:
| Content type | Global scene | Local scene |
|---|---|---|
Web scenes | Supported | Local web scenes only |
Web maps | Supported | Supported |
Feature layers | Supported | Not supported |
Map services | Supported | Not supported |
Image services | Supported | Not supported |
Tile services | Supported | Not supported |
Vector tile services | Supported | Not supported |
3D object scene layers | Supported | Supported |
Integrated mesh scene layers | Supported | Supported |
Point scene layers | Supported | Supported |
Building scene layers | Not supported | Supported |
Point cloud scene layers | Supported | Not supported |
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) services | Supported | Not supported |
OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) services | Supported | Not supported |
OGC 3D Tiles services | Supported | Supported |
The following table lists the supported local file and package content types:
| Content type | Global scene | Local scene |
|---|---|---|
Mobile scene packages (.mspk) | Supported | Supported layer types only |
Mobile map packages (.mmpk) | Supported | Supported layer types only |
Scene layer packages (.spk and .slpk) | Supported | Supported layer types only |
Tile packages (.tpk and .tpkx) | Supported | Supported layer types only |
Vector tile packages (.vtpk) | Supported | Supported layer types only |
GeoPackages (.gpkg) | Supported | Not supported |
KML and KMZ format files | Supported | Not supported |
3D models (.dae) | Supported | Not supported |
Raster files | Supported | Not supported |
OGC 3D Tiles archives (.3tz) | Supported | Supported |
Note:
- A package can be added to a local scene only when the content it stores is also supported in a local scene.
- When a layer type is unsupported, ArcGIS Earth displays the following message: This data type is not supported in Local Scene.