{"id":175551,"date":"2011-06-22T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=175551"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:37:29","slug":"downloading-layer-packages-from-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/downloading-layer-packages-from-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Downloading Layer Packages from ArcGIS Online"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,37511],"tags":[29751],"industry":[],"product":[36551,36991],"class_list":["post-175551","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-layers","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"A recent question on the ArcGIS Online Facebook page prompted this post on how to download a layer package","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A recent question on the\u00a0ArcGIS Online Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page prompted this post on how to\u00a0download a\u00a0layer package\u00a0found on\u00a0ArcGIS Online in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap). There are actually a couple of ways to\u00a0use layer packages; one is by connecting to the layer package from where it is stored on ArcGIS Online, the other is to download the layer package as a local copy. Here\u2019s how both work.<\/p>\n

From ArcGIS.com you can search for any type of content. The default is to search for Web Content Only but you can toggle that to look for All Content, which will show all item types, not just things you can use directly in a browser.<\/p>\n

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We searched for \u201cquadrangle boundaries\u201d and got the following results. Note that the first item is a layer package, and that\u2019s what we want.<\/p>\n

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If ArcMap is already\u00a0running, when we click the item thumbnail\u00a0the layer package will automatically appear in our contents.<\/p>\n

In a recent update we provided the option to download a copy from ArcGIS Online. To download it locally, just click the arrow next to Open and choose download, as shown below:<\/p>\n

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Now you\u2019ve got a local copy of the originally shared layer package\u00a0from ArcGIS Online, and are ready to add it to your map.<\/p>\n

For more information see the following help topics:<\/p>\n