{"id":2249662,"date":"2024-02-28T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2249662"},"modified":"2024-05-01T05:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:35:32","slug":"basemap-elevation-layer-arcgis-urban-local-model","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/data-management\/basemap-elevation-layer-arcgis-urban-local-model","title":{"rendered":"Preparing Custom Basemap and Elevation Layers for ArcGIS Urban"},"author":7671,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851],"tags":[25781,406712,549072,26171],"industry":[],"product":[409602],"class_list":["post-2249662","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-3d","tag-arcgis-urban","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-urban-planning","product-urban"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":7671,"user_firstname":"Lisa","user_lastname":"Staehli","nickname":"Lisa Staehli","user_nicename":"lisa8584","display_name":"Lisa Staehli","user_email":"LStaehli@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/www.lisastaehli.ch\/","user_registered":"2018-03-26 19:39:56","user_description":"I am a product-minded software engineer &amp; UX designer - combining skills in engineering, design, and leadership. I currently help develop ArcGIS Urban, a web application for urban planners to visualize and plan the future of their cities. I am also an advocate for more diversity in tech &amp; I teach yoga in my free time.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-254-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":8122,"user_firstname":"Katelyn","user_lastname":"Thompson","nickname":"Katelyn Thompson","user_nicename":"kthompson","display_name":"Katie Thompson","user_email":"KThompson@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-06-26 17:47:19","user_description":"Katie Thompson is a Product Marketing Manager at Esri who got her start with GIS during her undergraduate studies and holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning. Today, she focuses on creating content and messaging to help planners make the most of their GIS, especially through 3D tools like ArcGIS Urban and ArcGIS CityEngine.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Profile-150x150.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"How to prepare the data in ArcGIS Pro and publish it so that the layers can be consumed in ArcGIS Urban. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>When creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/new-coordinate-systems-support-in-arcgis-urban-october-2023\/\">an urban model in a projected coordinate system<\/a>, it\u2019s essential to correctly set up the basemap and elevation layers. This blog post explains how to prepare the data in ArcGIS Pro and publish it so that the layers can be consumed in ArcGIS Urban.<\/p>\n<p>It includes the following sections with step-by-step instructions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparing data in ArcGIS Pro<\/li>\n<li>Publishing layers to ArcGIS Online<\/li>\n<li>Publishing layers to ArcGIS Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Processing items on the portal<\/li>\n<li>Creating a local urban model in ArcGIS Urban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Preparing data in ArcGIS Pro<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1 \u2013 Set up a local scene in ArcGIS Pro <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a first step, we prepare a clean ArcGIS Pro (v3.2.0) scene and configure the coordinate system and the tiling scheme for publishing.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a new local scene: Insert &gt; New Map &gt; <strong>New Local Scene<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Right click on the Scene inside Contents &gt; Select <strong>Properties<\/strong> &gt; Go to <strong>Coordinate Systems<\/strong> &gt; Type your wkid in the <strong>Search<\/strong> field &gt; Select the coordinate system and click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add your elevation layer to the current map<\/li>\n<li>Move the layer to the <strong>Ground<\/strong> inside <strong>Elevation Surfaces<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add basemap layer(s) to the <strong>2D Layers<\/strong> group of the scene (for multiple layers create a Group layer by selecting all layers &gt; right click &gt; <strong>Group<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2249682,"id":2249682,"title":"ArcGIS Pro local scene with basemap layers &amp; elevation layer.","filename":"ArcGIS-Pro-scaled.jpg","filesize":202489,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/data-management\/basemap-elevation-layer-arcgis-urban-local-model\/arcgis-pro-6","alt":"ArcGIS Pro local scene with basemap layers & elevation layer.","author":"7671","description":"ArcGIS Pro local scene with basemap layers &amp; elevation layer.","caption":"ArcGIS Pro local scene with basemap layers &amp; elevation layer.","name":"arcgis-pro-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2249662,"date":"2024-02-21 14:55:54","modified":"2024-02-21 14:56:26","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":2560,"height":1471,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-scaled.jpg","medium-width":454,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":441,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-scaled.jpg","large-width":1880,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-1536x883.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":883,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-2048x1177.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1177,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-809x465.jpg","card_image-width":809,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Pro-1879x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1879,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2 \u2013 Create a tiling scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the <strong>Generate Tile Cache Tiling Scheme<\/strong> tool in Geoprocessing<\/li>\n<li>Select the elevation layer as <strong>Input<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Provide a file location and a name for the tiling scheme in <strong>Output<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Set <strong>Number of Scales<\/strong> to 5 and add additional levels by dividing the last number by 2. The last level should be below 1000 to make sure you can zoom in enough on the basemap<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Run<\/strong> at the bottom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, we are ready to publish our layers to the portal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publishing layers to ArcGIS Online<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Skip this section if you publish your layers to ArcGIS Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 \u2013 Publish elevation layer to the portal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next, we publish the elevation layer to the portal.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the elevation layer &gt; Select <strong>Sharing<\/strong> &gt; Select <strong>Share as Web Layer <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, select a name<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Configuration<\/strong> &gt; For <strong>Tiling Scheme<\/strong> select Tiling scheme file from the dropdown &gt; select the tiling scheme file<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Levels of Details\u00a0<\/strong>select a range that includes <strong>Buildings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong> at the bottom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Step 4 \u2013 Publish basemap layers to the portal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then, we publish the basemap to the portal.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the basemap layer(s) &gt; Select <strong>Sharing<\/strong> &gt; Select <strong>Share as Web Layer <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, select a name and as <strong>Layer Type<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Tile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Configuration<\/strong> &gt; for <strong>Tiling Scheme<\/strong> select Tiling scheme file from the dropdown &gt; select the tiling scheme file<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Levels of Details\u00a0<\/strong>select a range that includes <strong>Buildings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong> at the bottom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publishing layers to ArcGIS Enterprise<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Skip this section if you publish your layers to ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 \u2013 Publish elevation layer to the portal <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the elevation layer &gt; Select <strong>Sharing<\/strong> &gt; Select <strong>Share as Web Layer <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, select a name and check <strong>Copy all data<\/strong> under Layer and Data Type<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Configuration<\/strong> &gt; For <strong>Tiling Scheme<\/strong> select Tiling scheme file from the dropdown &gt; select the tiling scheme file<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Levels of Details\u00a0<\/strong>select a range that includes <strong>Buildings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong> at the bottom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Step 4 \u2013 Publish basemap layers to the portal <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right click on the basemap layer(s) &gt; Select <strong>Sharing<\/strong> &gt; Select <strong>Share as Web Layer <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, check <strong>Tile<\/strong> inside the <strong>Copy all data<\/strong> section<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Configuration<\/strong> &gt; Click on the Edit button next to Tile &gt; for the <strong>Tiling Scheme<\/strong> select Tiling scheme file from the dropdown &gt; select the tiling scheme file<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Levels of Details\u00a0<\/strong>select a range that includes <strong>Buildings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong> at the bottom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Processing items on the portal<\/h3>\n<p>Now we add the published basemap to the basemap gallery so it can be used in ArcGIS Urban and Scene Viewer. We will also verify in Scene Viewer that the basemap and the elevation layer can be displayed together in a scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5 \u2013 Add basemap to the basemap gallery and verify on the portal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the basemap layer item on the portal and click on &gt; <strong>Open in Map Viewer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Map Viewer &gt; Click on <strong>Basemap<\/strong> in the left navbar &gt; select the layer<\/li>\n<li>In the right side panel &gt; Adjust the <strong>Visible range<\/strong> to include the lowest level<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Save <\/strong><\/strong>the Web Map &gt; Open the item in your Content &gt; <strong>Share<\/strong> the item with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\">basemap gallery group<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to the elevation layer item on the portal and click on <strong>Open in<\/strong> <strong>Scene Viewer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Scene Viewer, select the web map from the previous step as a <strong>Basemap<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2249722,"id":2249722,"title":"Basemap and elevation layer in the Scene Viewer.","filename":"Scene-Viewer.jpg","filesize":205286,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/data-management\/basemap-elevation-layer-arcgis-urban-local-model\/scene-viewer-2","alt":"Basemap and elevation layer in the Scene Viewer.","author":"7671","description":"Basemap and elevation layer in the Scene Viewer.","caption":"Basemap and elevation layer in the Scene Viewer.","name":"scene-viewer-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2249662,"date":"2024-02-21 15:02:02","modified":"2024-02-21 15:02:24","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":2484,"height":1492,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer.jpg","medium-width":435,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":461,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer.jpg","large-width":1798,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer-1536x923.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":923,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer-2048x1230.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1230,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer-774x465.jpg","card_image-width":774,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scene-Viewer-1798x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1798,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Creating a local urban model in ArcGIS Urban<\/h3>\n<p>Now that the basemap and the elevation layer are correctly published, you can go to ArcGIS Urban to create your local urban model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6 \u2013 Create a local urban model with the basemap and elevation layer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to ArcGIS Urban and select the <strong>Set Up<\/strong> button to create a new urban model<\/li>\n<li>Type the location for your urban model &gt; Select the <strong>Basemap<\/strong> &gt; Select the <strong>Elevation layer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Create Urban Model<\/strong> &gt; wait until the model is created and loaded<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2249742,"id":2249742,"title":"Basemap and elevation layer in ArcGIS Urban.","filename":"ArcGIS-Urban-scaled.jpg","filesize":242250,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/data-management\/basemap-elevation-layer-arcgis-urban-local-model\/arcgis-urban","alt":"Basemap and elevation layer in ArcGIS Urban.","author":"7671","description":"Basemap and elevation layer in ArcGIS Urban.","caption":"Basemap and elevation layer in ArcGIS Urban.","name":"arcgis-urban","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2249662,"date":"2024-02-21 15:03:47","modified":"2024-02-21 15:04:06","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":2560,"height":1313,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-scaled.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":238,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":394,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-scaled.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":985,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-1536x788.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":788,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-2048x1050.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1050,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-826x424.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":424,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ArcGIS-Urban-1920x985.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":985}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Troubleshooting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are getting an error in ArcGIS Pro, e.g., you cannot publish the elevation layer, please see further information in <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/3.1\/help\/sharing\/overview\/web-elevation-layer.htm\">Share a web elevation layer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are getting an error in Scene Viewer, e.g., that the spatial reference or tiling scheme of the basemap does not match with the elevation layer, check the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the <strong>URL<\/strong> on the item page (bottom right) and compare the tiling schemes (scales, resolution, origin, spatial reference). Make sure that they are exactly the same and that the spatial reference has a well-known id instead of a well-known-text.<\/li>\n<li>Both the elevation layer and the basemap should be tile layers, not vector tile layers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If your basemap does not show up in the dialog in Urban, check that the item has the correct extent through the item&#8217;s <strong>Settings<\/strong> page on the portal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\">Create a basemap gallery for your organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/3.1\/help\/mapping\/map-authoring\/basemap-and-elevation-layers.htm\">Web scenes authoring in ArcGIS Pro &#8211; Basemap and elevation layers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2109662,"post_author":"7671","post_date":"2023-10-23 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