{"id":771220,"date":"2026-02-18T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&#038;p=771220"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:19:56","slug":"prepare-offline-maps-ahead-of-time","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/prepare-offline-maps-ahead-of-time","title":{"rendered":"Prepare Offline Maps Ahead of Time"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[493250],"tags":[465551,163382,20422,493366,152422],"arcuser_issues":[493342],"class_list":["post-771220","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toolbox","tag-arcgis-field-maps","tag-arcgis-online","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-offline-maps","tag-web-map","arcuser_issues-winter-2026"],"acf":{"short_description":"Taking maps offline is essential when internet access is limited. Explore how to download offline map areas prepared ahead of time.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The ability to take maps offline is essential for organizations that need to work with their service data when internet access is limited or unavailable, such as in remote locations or in the event of a natural disaster. Whether you\u2019re part of a utility company that needs to assess damage and restore services, or an emergency response team working to save lives, accessing information is imperative to tackle these challenges safely and quickly.\r\n\r\nTaking maps offline is not a new workflow in the world of GIS. It has long been supported by ArcGIS Field Maps,\u00a0ArcGIS Survey123, and apps built with\u00a0ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps. Additionally, ArcGIS Pro includes on-demand offline capabilities that require each user to determine a map area and perform individual queries and downloads of the data from the server.\r\n\r\nWith ArcGIS Pro 3.5 and 3.6, you can download offline map areas prepared ahead of time. This allows the use of prepackaged, predetermined map areas that can be downloaded, edited, and synced by multiple users in a faster, more system-friendly process.\r\n\r\nThere are several benefits of using offline map areas prepared ahead of time:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Map areas are downloaded and stored locally so that users can still access and rely on maps and data in areas without internet connectivity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Prepackaged data allows quicker downloads and minimizes repetitive data extracts, reducing server load and improving scalability.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Each user sees a uniform geographical area along with consistent map content, ensuring accurate data representation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Web map owners can set a regular update schedule for these packages, guaranteeing users access to current offline maps.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTaking advantage of the ability to prepare offline map areas ahead of time can streamline your field operations, especially in remote environments or when connectivity is limited."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Create the Web Map for Offline Use<\/h2>\r\nTo create a web map for offline use, you can either use ArcGIS Pro to\u00a0share a web map\u00a0or use\u00a0Map Viewer\u00a0to create and save a web map on a portal.\r\n\r\nFirst, make sure that all layers, including the basemap and reference layers, are enabled for offline use. In general, Esri raster basemaps and Esri vector basemaps are automatically enabled for offline use. If using ArcGIS Enterprise, the default\u00a0Esri\u00a0basemaps included in your portal aren\u2019t enabled for offline use. You can take similar basemaps offline by\u00a0adding an\u00a0Esri\u00a0basemap from\u00a0ArcGIS Online\u00a0to your web map\u00a0or by authoring your own basemap and\u00a0enabling offline use."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771221,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Once you set up a web map for offline use, go to the web map\u2019s item page and click the\u00a0Settings\u00a0tab. In the\u00a0Offline\u00a0section, click\u00a0Options\u00a0to access additional settings for features and attachments, as well as the basemap and tile package. This is where you can control what data is delivered, both on the initial download and when synchronizing or downloading. Select the appropriate choices based on offline usage requirements, taking into account device storage constraints, cellular data usage, and the speed of downloads and synchronization.\r\n\r\nIn the\u00a0Features and attachments\u00a0section, you can set how attachments and features are delivered. They will be used when the offline map area is downloaded for the first time as well as each time data updates are synchronized from the map in the organization."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771222,"image_position":"center","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The\u00a0Features and attachments\u00a0option will prepackage all the data and attachments within the extent of the map area.\u00a0Features only\u00a0will exclude attachments from being packaged. Choose this option to provide only feature updates if offline users don\u2019t need access to attachments. To download a blank geodatabase with all the necessary fields for data collection, select\u00a0Neither features\r\nnor attachments.\r\n\r\nWhen your data is editable, all local edits are synced back to the layer, regardless of the options you select. However, for data that is only query and sync enabled, local edits are never synced back to the layer.\r\n\r\nIn the Tables section, you can determine how records within a stand-alone table are delivered. The Don\u2019t include option excludes all current records and displays a blank table with necessary fields for data collection. The Include all table rows option will prepackage all records within the stand-alone table. Keep in mind that this option may increase the offline map size."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771223,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"In the Basemap and tile package section, you can choose to use either the basemap defined by the web map or a tile package.\r\n\r\nIf using a tile package, there are two options to choose from. The Tile package on the device option allows the use of a tile package that has already been downloaded to the device. You\u2019ll need to provide a file name when selecting this option. Later, when the offline map area is downloaded, select the tile package previously downloaded to the device.\r\n\r\nThe Tile package from my organization option allows the use of a previously published tile package. After choosing this option, select a previously published tile package. When taking offline a map area prepared ahead of time, the tile package appears alongside the downloaded mobile geodatabase in the project\u2019s home folder by default."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771224,"image_position":"center","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"In the Advanced offline settings section, check the box to maintain and download true curves. By default, this option isn\u2019t enabled, and when using offline map areas prepared ahead of time, true curve features are densified. These features can still be edited, but behavior during sync varies depending on the configuration of the web feature layer\u00a0feature access properties."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771225,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Creation, Configuration, and Management<\/h2>\r\nAfter creating and configuring a web map, you can create the offline map areas ahead of time for the extents where work needs to be completed. You can also set options for each map area, which affects size and data delivery.\r\n\r\nBegin creating map areas prepared ahead of time:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go to the web map\u2019s item page and click the\u00a0Settings\u00a0tab.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the\u00a0Offline\u00a0section, click\u00a0Manage Offline Areas\u00a0and click\u00a0Create offline area\u00a0to begin creating the new map areas.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Navigate to a location for the new map area.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use the\u00a0Sketch rectangular map area\u00a0button or the\u00a0Sketch polygon map area\u00a0button to create the boundary around the map area.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provide a name for the new map area. The total number of offline map areas associated with the web map is limited to 16.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771226,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Once the new map area\u2019s boundary is set, configure offline map areas using the following options:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Level of detail: The\u00a0Level of detail\u00a0slider lets you control the quality and resolution of the downloaded tile layers. Select the highest and lowest levels of detail to generate tiles for. Each increase in detail increases the size of the tile package as well as the time to create it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Packaging schedule: After a map area is created, it\u2019s packaged and stored on the server. The packaging schedule allows web map owners to set the interval in which the offline map area package is to be refreshed with updates to the feature layer data. For offline mobile device and ArcGIS Pro users, this schedule won\u2019t affect the accuracy of the initially downloaded data, as map areas are set to perform an initial sync to retrieve the most up-to-date data. If the data in your maps isn\u2019t updated often, you don\u2019t need to repackage frequently.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Optimization: For large deployments of offline map areas prepared ahead of time, it\u2019s important that they scale well when multiple users pull updates to mobile devices at the same time. To alleviate additional work on the server, a read-only optimization is used when the\u00a0Enabled packaged updates\u00a0option is turned on. This option uses the packaging schedule to generate files that are stored on the server and can be downloaded for updates. When you click\u00a0Sync, these update files are downloaded and applied to the local geodatabase.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAfter making the map area boundary and configurations, saving the map area begins the process of packaging the data using the OfflinePackaging service. The amount of time to complete this depends on the size of the data being packaged.\r\n\r\nOnce complete, clicking the offline map area provides update details and the downloadable packages created. Feature layers are bundled into mobile geodatabase files (.geodatabase), tile layers into tile packages (.tpk or .tpkx), and vector tile layers into vector tile packages (.vtpk). If there are multiple services within the web map, additional geodatabase files will be generated."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771227,"image_position":"center","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"By default, if the total size of packages exceeds 4 gigabytes, the web layer packaging fails, and a warning displays in the map area manager. If this occurs, here are a few options to get the size down:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Attempt to reduce the size of the sketched area by using the\u00a0Sketch polygon map area\u00a0button.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Exclude attachments from the offline package if they are within the features but are not necessary for the offline user.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If using tile layers, adjust the level of detail included in the offline package by updating the level of detail that was first set when creating the map area.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAfter you create the map areas, you can modify or update them:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Click the\u00a0Edit\u00a0option to change any of the previous items set during initial creation. You can rename the map area or change its boundary or configuration (level of detail, packaging schedule, and optimizations). After you edit and save a web map, the map packages for this area are repackaged.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Re-create the existing preplanned map areas with the\u00a0Recreate offline area\u00a0option. This option is used after adding or removing fields, creating or updating domains, or making any modifications in the underlying schema. Any existing edits should first be synced with the service before the re-creation of offline areas occurs. Users must redownload the offline map areas to pick up the new packages.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If a preplanned map area is no longer needed, the\u00a0Delete\u00a0option removes the offline map area and any associated packages.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Refresh\u00a0specific packages in a map area if the data has changed but you want the updates to be available for download before the next scheduled package update.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If layers have been added or removed, data has been updated, or the advanced offline settings have been changed, use\u00a0Update\u00a0to repackage these changes so that they\u2019re available to download before the next scheduled\r\npackage update.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Download, Access, and Update Changes<\/h2>\r\nTaking map areas prepared ahead of time offline doesn\u2019t perform a query on the back end of the database, as is typical when taking other maps offline. Instead, it downloads prepackaged data. This download allows for greater scalability and efficiency of map areas.\r\n\r\nOnce downloaded, the map and data can be accessed without internet connectivity. Editing capabilities for this data depend on the configuration of the individual layers as well as whether the preplanned map area has been enabled with the packaged updates optimization.\r\n\r\nAlong with the file download, a replica is generated during this time that allows the use of synchronization to retrieve updates or upload edits.\r\n\r\nWhen downloading a map area prepared ahead of time, some updates may not be within the map area if a packaging schedule has been set. ArcGIS Pro takes this into account and performs a sync after the initial download to check for additional data changes.\r\n\r\nTo take map areas prepared ahead of time offline, complete the following steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>In the\u00a0Catalog\u00a0pane, click the\u00a0Portal\u00a0tab.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Browse to a web map or web scene in\u00a0My Content\u00a0or another\r\nportal collection.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Right-click the web map and click\u00a0View Offline Map Areas.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the\u00a0Offline Map Areas\u00a0window, select a map area.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Click\u00a0Download. When the process is complete, a mobile geodatabase containing the offline data appears in the project\u2019s home folder and a new map opens with feature layers that reference feature classes in the mobile geodatabase.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Save the project.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":771228,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Once the project is downloaded and saved, you can access the data in ArcGIS Pro. No internet or network connectivity is required at this point to read or edit the data.\r\n\r\nIf the offline map area hasn\u2019t been configured with the\u00a0Enabled packaged updates\u00a0optimization and the underlying data has editing capabilities, users can add, update, or delete data. If the offline map area has been configured with the\u00a0Enabled packaged updates\u00a0optimization, editing will be disabled.\r\n\r\nAfter edits are complete, or if there are updates to retrieve, you can use the\u00a0Sync\u00a0button when a network connection is available.\r\n\r\nIf packaged updates haven\u2019t been enabled, the\u00a0Sync\u00a0button will push and pull data changes from the data on the server or the local geodatabase. Keep in mind that the\u00a0Features and attachments\u00a0offline option still determines what data is pulled from the server to the local geodatabase.\r\n\r\nIf packaged updates are enabled, the\u00a0Sync\u00a0function first checks if there are any packaged updates generated based on the set packaging schedule. These packaged updates contain changes to the data that have occurred since the last packaged update. If there are packaged updates available, they are downloaded and the data updates are applied to the local geodatabase.\r\n\r\nFor each time that the packaging is run, an individual update package file is generated with changes that have occurred since the last scheduled run of the packaging. As these files are generated, the local geodatabase can become out of date if the packaged updates are not downloaded and applied after the scheduled packaging.\r\n\r\nSometimes, ArcGIS Pro redownloads the whole preplanned offline map area rather than the individual packaged updates. This can occur if there have been multiple scheduled packaged updates since the last time a sync has been performed and the local geodatabase has become too out of date with the data updates on the server. This can also occur if the size of the packaged updates exceeds either 100 MB or the total size of the packaged offline map.\r\n\r\nIf the local copy of the offline map area is no longer needed, click the\u00a0Remove button. This will first perform a sync if there are any edits that need to uploaded. Then the locally created mobile geodatabase will be removed from the project and deleted from the project\u2019s home folder. The map that was generated within ArcGIS Pro when the offline map was downloaded will also be removed.\r\n\r\nWith these offline map capabilities tailored to your needs, you can improve scalability and reliability, especially when working in environments with little or no internet connectivity."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prepare Offline Maps Ahead of Time | Winter 2026 | ArcUser<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Taking maps offline is essential when internet access is limited. 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