{"id":554882,"date":"2022-11-18T11:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=554882"},"modified":"2022-11-18T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:37:59","slug":"bring-your-basemap-gallery-to-life","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/bring-your-basemap-gallery-to-life","title":{"rendered":"Bring Your Basemap Gallery to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8132,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[275822],"tags":[151652,163382,176992,482112,482742],"arcwatch_issues":[482422],"class_list":["post-554882","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-arcgis-online","tag-basemaps","tag-custom-gallery","tag-tip","arcwatch_issues-november-2022","arcwatch_sections-the-tip"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is a collection of curated content you can use to populate a custom basemap gallery. Here's how.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0is an evolving collection of authoritative, curated, ready-to-use global geographic information from Esri and the GIS user community. It includes imagery, basemaps, demographics and lifestyle information, landscapes, boundaries and places, transportation, earth observations, urban systems, oceans, and historical maps that can be combined with your own data to create maps, scenes, and apps, and perform analysis.\r\n\r\nA basemap is one of the most useful types of content in ArcGIS Living Atlas. When you create a new map or scene, you can choose which basemap you want from the basemap gallery in Map Viewer. By default, the basemap gallery for your organization is a preconfigured collection from Esri using ArcGIS Living Atlas. But there are many more ArcGIS Living Atlas basemaps to choose from, and you can populate your own custom basemap gallery with the ones that best fit your needs.\r\n\r\nTo create a custom basemap gallery, see the previous tip, Build a Custom Basemap Gallery<\/a>. This tip will focus on a second step, adding maps from ArcGIS Living Atlas to populate your custom gallery.\r\n\r\nAdd ArcGIS Living Atlas Basemaps to Your Gallery<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAn easy way to find ArcGIS Living Atlas maps for your custom gallery is to browse the\u00a0ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a>\u00a0website. First, click Sign In\u00a0at the top right of the website."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554932,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Open the\u00a0Browse\u00a0tab."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554942,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Next, follow these steps to add ArcGIS Living Atlas basemaps to your gallery.\r\n\r\nStep 1:<\/strong> Check the box for Esri-only content."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554952,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 2:<\/strong> Choose the\u00a0Basemaps\u00a0category."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554962,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 3:<\/strong> From the drop-down list, turn on Reference Maps, Creative Maps, and Vector Tiles."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554972,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 4:<\/strong> Choose\u00a0Maps\u00a0from the content type filter drop-down list. The number of results will fluctuate depending on the maps available in ArcGIS Living Atlas."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554982,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Now you can view ArcGIS Living Atlas maps that you can include in your gallery.\u00a0Alternately, to directly apply filters for Esri-only maps, use this shortcut link<\/a>.\r\n\r\nStep 5:<\/strong> Share a map with your group.\r\n\r\nBrowse the results, and when you find something of interest, click the title to learn more about the map."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":554992,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 6:<\/strong> Share the map via your organization\u2019s gallery group.\r\n\r\nReview the item pages to learn more about the map, and open the map to view it. Click\u00a0Share to add it to your gallery group."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":555002,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 7:<\/strong> Click\u00a0Edit group sharing."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":555012,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 8:<\/strong> Select your organization\u2019s custom basemap group."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":555022,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 9:<\/strong> Click\u00a0Save\u00a0to add the map to your custom basemap gallery group."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":555032,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Repeat the steps above to add any other maps to your basemap gallery.\r\n\r\nYou can also discover ArcGIS Living Atlas maps to add to your basemap gallery, including others that are still under development, by using the search function or looking at specific ArcGIS Online groups.\r\n\r\nFor instance, this\u00a0sample search<\/a>\u00a0will retrieve all map items that match the keyword \u201cbasemap\u201d and are marked as authoritative. Look for the green Authoritative badge and the blue Living Atlas badge, and avoid using maps marked with the red Deprecated badge."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":555042,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"You can also find ArcGIS Living Atlas basemaps by using ArcGIS Online groups. The following groups contain additional ArcGIS Living Atlas map sources.\r\n\r\nThe link applies a filter for maps within each group. As mentioned above, pay attention to the badge on each basemap to learn whether the map is authoritative or deprecated.\r\n