{"id":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20T08:03:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1443652"},"modified":"2021-12-20T08:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T16:06:04","slug":"new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps","title":{"rendered":"New ways of customizing Esri Vector Basemaps"},"author":4491,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[42641,23171,23201,763552],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-1443652","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-online","tag-basemaps","tag-cartographic-design","tag-vector-tile-style-editor","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Recently there have been some improvements to the ways in which we can interact with Vector Tile Maps, and vector basemaps in particular","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Recently there have been some significant improvements to the ways in which we can interact with Vector Tile Maps, and Vector basemaps in particular.<\/p>\n

I first wrote a blog and a series of Story Maps about customizing basemaps in 2017. The Story Maps have now been brought up to date, and you can find links to the new versions at the bottom. They take you through all aspects of working with Vector Tile Maps in general, and Vector Basemaps in particular.<\/p>\n

The most important change is that now the Vector Tile Style Editor<\/a> can be the focus of all of your work. There are numerous small \u2018tweaks to the way this works, but two changes stand out:<\/p>\n

Working with Code<\/h2>\n

There is now a JSON editor included, combining two ways of working with vector tiles in one location. If you prefer to wrangle code this is great! If not, there are still certain tasks, including adding features from the vector tile package, that can only be achieved through the code<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443672,"id":1443672,"title":"JSONCode_option","filename":"JSONCode_option.jpg","filesize":167931,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/jsoncode_option","alt":"A graphic showing how to access the coe option in the vector tile style editor","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"jsoncode_option","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:37:29","modified":"2021-12-20 15:38:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":717,"height":436,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","medium-width":429,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","medium_large-width":717,"medium_large-height":436,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","large-width":717,"large-height":436,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","1536x1536-width":717,"1536x1536-height":436,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","2048x2048-width":717,"2048x2048-height":436,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","card_image-width":717,"card_image-height":436,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/JSONCode_option.jpg","wide_image-width":717,"wide_image-height":436}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Changing the Map Hierarchy<\/h2>\n

It is now possible to duplicate layers of information (to \u2018case\u2019 roads for example), and to adjust the hierarchy of information in the \u2018drawing order\u2019 view.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443682,"id":1443682,"title":"Duplicate_Move","filename":"Duplicate_Move.jpg","filesize":92957,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/duplicate_move","alt":"The duplicate and move options in the Vector Tile Style Editor","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"duplicate_move","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:39:14","modified":"2021-12-20 15:39:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":800,"height":295,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":283,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":295,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":295,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":295,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","card_image-width":800,"card_image-height":295,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate_Move.jpg","wide_image-width":800,"wide_image-height":295}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Links<\/h2>\n

Click on the images below to link to the Story Maps:<\/p>\n

Part 1<\/strong><\/a>: Looking at the basics of interacting with Vector Basemaps<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443692,"id":1443692,"title":"Part1_Basics_strip","filename":"Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","filesize":83301,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/part1_basics_strip","alt":"Basemap Basics","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"part1_basics_strip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:41:59","modified":"2021-12-20 15:42:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip-213x109.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":42,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":70,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip-826x75.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":75,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part1_Basics_strip.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/80fa1ab6dffb424e9e763e3d039bb4c4"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Part 2<\/strong><\/a>: Working with color<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443712,"id":1443712,"title":"Part2_Colors_strip","filename":"Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","filesize":77072,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/part2_colors_strip","alt":"Colors","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"part2_colors_strip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:46:45","modified":"2021-12-20 15:46:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip-213x109.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":42,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":70,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip-826x75.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":75,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part2_Colors_strip.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/efc9b06cf466441e85748eac9137603c"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Part 3<\/strong><\/a>: Adding and reorganizing layers, and working with Lines<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443722,"id":1443722,"title":"Part3_Lines_strip","filename":"Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","filesize":98420,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/part3_lines_strip","alt":"Lines","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"part3_lines_strip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:47:42","modified":"2021-12-20 15:47:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip-213x109.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":42,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":70,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip-826x75.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":75,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part3_Lines_strip.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/e082acec03984e39bfaa334a45cde5b6"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Part 4<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> Working with Labels<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443732,"id":1443732,"title":"Part4_Labels_strip","filename":"Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","filesize":94103,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/part4_labels_strip","alt":"Labels","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"part4_labels_strip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:49:03","modified":"2021-12-20 15:49:14","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip-213x109.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":42,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":70,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip-826x75.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":75,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part4_Labels_strip.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/54c8306cda444aa9b1e2554239ab86a1"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Part 5<\/strong><\/a>: Working with Sprites to create icons and patterns<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1443742,"id":1443742,"title":"Part5_IconsPatterns_strip","filename":"Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","filesize":110175,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/new-ways-of-customizing-esri-vector-basemaps\/part5_iconspatterns_strip","alt":"Icons and Patterns","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"part5_iconspatterns_strip","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1443652,"date":"2021-12-20 15:49:56","modified":"2021-12-20 15:50:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":109,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip-213x109.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":109,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":42,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":70,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":109,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":109,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":109,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip-826x75.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":75,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Part5_IconsPatterns_strip.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":109}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/c80b8fd34a2f4342900b18504b5f8080"}],"authors":[{"ID":4491,"user_firstname":"Andrew","user_lastname":"Skinner","nickname":"Andrew Skinner","user_nicename":"askinner","display_name":"Andy Skinner","user_email":"ASkinner@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:04","user_description":"Andy is a Cartographic Designer who has been building maps for 50 years. He has been working with Esri in Redlands for 16 years, most recently on the creation of some of Esri's vector basemaps, and the development of color ramps for ArcGIS Online. Prior to Esri, he was Manager of Cartographic Design at Rand McNally, and before that a Senior Cartographer at GeoSystems\/MapQuest. He is originally from England, and worked for a number of years at what is now the University of Derby before moving to the USA. 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