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Use Esri Vector Basemaps

With the addition of vector tile packages (.vtpk), hosted tile layers, and tile layers in your portal, you will have a number of items 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 your Content window to make it easier to find the items you are looking for. The following image 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:

  • The 50 map tile layers (styles) can be added to a map in ArcGIS Pro or to Map Viewer in your Enterprise portal.

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

  • The tile layers (styles) can be added to an existing basemap, or they can be added as the basemap.

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

  • Seventeen of the 50 map tile layers (styles) can be used with a raster layer—World Hillshade, World Imagery, or World Ocean Base—as the basemap in their 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, it can be moved to the basemap.

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

  • The Dark Gray and Light Gray Canvas Reference layers can be moved to the basemap and set as the Reference layer over the Canvas Base layer. This is also applicable for 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