{"id":2674982,"date":"2025-09-06T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2674982"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:58:17","slug":"creation-configuration-and-management-of-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/creation-configuration-and-management-of-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time","title":{"rendered":"Offline map areas prepared ahead of time: Creation, configuration, and management"},"author":366082,"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":[586431,775252],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-2674982","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-map-areas","tag-offline-editing","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":366082,"user_firstname":"Jared","user_lastname":"Motuz","nickname":"Jared Motuz","user_nicename":"jmotuz","display_name":"Jared Motuz","user_email":"JMotuz@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-12-10 17:44:34","user_description":"","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"The third blog in this series which goes through the routine of preparing map areas for offline use.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

This blog is part of a series about offline map areas prepared ahead of time.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog One –\u00a0\u00a0An introduction<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog Two – Create the web map<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog Three – Creation, configuration, and management<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blog Four – Download, access, and update changes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In the previous blog article for this series about offline map areas prepared ahead of time, you learned how to add the offline basemap and layers and configure the offline options associated with the web map. Now that you have created and configured the web map, you can created the offline map areas ahead of time for the extents where work needs to be completed. You will also set options for each map area, which will affect the size and data delivery.<\/p>\n

Create offline map areas ahead of time<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Complete the following steps to create the offline map areas:<\/p>\n

1. To begin creating map areas prepared ahead of time, go to the web map\u2019s item page and click the Settings <\/strong>tab.<\/p>\n

2. In the Offline<\/strong> section, click Manage Offline Areas<\/strong> and click Create offline area<\/strong> to begin creating the new map areas.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2639482,"id":2639482,"title":"8_Manage Offline Areas - Settings","filename":"8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","filesize":40504,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/8_manage-offline-areas-settings","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Manage Offline Areas - Settings","name":"8_manage-offline-areas-settings","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 19:07:47","modified":"2024-12-23 19:08:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":626,"height":276,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":205,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","medium_large-width":626,"medium_large-height":276,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","large-width":626,"large-height":276,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","1536x1536-width":626,"1536x1536-height":276,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","2048x2048-width":626,"2048x2048-height":276,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","card_image-width":626,"card_image-height":276,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8_Manage-Offline-Areas-Settings.png","wide_image-width":626,"wide_image-height":276}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2639492,"id":2639492,"title":"9_ManageOfflineAreas","filename":"9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","filesize":20576,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/9_manageofflineareas","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Create offline area - Manage Offline Areas","name":"9_manageofflineareas","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 19:08:40","modified":"2024-12-23 19:08:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":168,"height":274,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas-168x200.png","thumbnail-width":168,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","medium-width":160,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","medium_large-width":168,"medium_large-height":274,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","large-width":168,"large-height":274,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","1536x1536-width":168,"1536x1536-height":274,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","2048x2048-width":168,"2048x2048-height":274,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","card_image-width":168,"card_image-height":274,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9_ManageOfflineAreas.png","wide_image-width":168,"wide_image-height":274}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

3. Navigate to a location for the new map area that you will create.<\/p>\n

4. Use the Sketch rectangular map area<\/strong> button or the Sketch polygon map area<\/strong> button to create the boundary around the map area.<\/p>\n

5. Provide a name for the new map area. You can create additional offline map areas based on your needs, but the total number of offline map areas associated with the web map is limited to 16.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

Note: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Map areas prepared ahead of time have a size limit, and too large or too detailed of an area may produce warnings.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Using the Sketch polygon map area<\/strong> button is recommended for excluding unnecessary features. The image below shows how, sketching a polygon (red area) allows the exclusion of unnecessary features that would otherwise be included if sketching with a rectangle (blue area). This can help to better manage the size of packages as only necessary features are included.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2639502,"id":2639502,"title":"10_SketchArea","filename":"10_SketchArea.png","filesize":137222,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/10_sketcharea","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Sketch with polygon vs rectangle","name":"10_sketcharea","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 19:10:05","modified":"2024-12-23 19:10:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":209,"height":220,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea-209x200.png","thumbnail-width":209,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","medium-width":209,"medium-height":220,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","medium_large-width":209,"medium_large-height":220,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","large-width":209,"large-height":220,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","1536x1536-width":209,"1536x1536-height":220,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","2048x2048-width":209,"2048x2048-height":220,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","card_image-width":209,"card_image-height":220,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10_SketchArea.png","wide_image-width":209,"wide_image-height":220}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Once the new map area\u2019s boundary has been set, there are additional items to configure. Keep in mind that the following can be updated after the map areas have been created.<\/p>\n

Configure offline map areas ahead of time<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Configure offline map areas ahead of time using the following options:<\/p>\n

Level of detail<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Level of detail<\/strong> slider allows you to control the quality and resolution of the downloaded tile layers. Select the highest and lowest level of detail to generate tiles for.<\/p>\n

The black arrow represents the map’s current scale. The displayed scale range (right for more detail or to the left for less detail) indicates the expected level of detail that will be downloaded. Each increase in the level of detail increases the time to create the tile package and the size of the tile package.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2640262,"id":2640262,"title":"11_LOD","filename":"11_LOD.png","filesize":20565,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/11_lod","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Level of detail - Create offline area","name":"11_lod","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 21:46:01","modified":"2024-12-23 21:46:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":194,"height":302,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD-194x200.png","thumbnail-width":194,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","medium-width":168,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","medium_large-width":194,"medium_large-height":302,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","large-width":194,"large-height":302,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","1536x1536-width":194,"1536x1536-height":302,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","2048x2048-width":194,"2048x2048-height":302,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","card_image-width":194,"card_image-height":302,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/11_LOD.png","wide_image-width":194,"wide_image-height":302}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Packaging schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a map area has been created, it is packaged and stored on the server. After this first package, edits may be made to the underlying data either directly to the service or through an offline map that has been synced to upload changes. Although these changes have been made, the previous package will still be used when users attempt to download the preplanned map area until a repackage occurs.<\/p>\n

For offline mobile and ArcGIS Pro users, this schedule will not affect the accuracy of the data that is initially downloaded. This is because upon the first download, map areas are set to perform an initial sync to retrieve the most up-to-date data.<\/p>\n

If a schedule is used, set it to a time after all data processes have been completed (such as during non-working hours) to ensure that the data includes the most recent updates. If the data in your maps isn\u2019t updated often, you do not need to repackage frequently.<\/p>\n

The schedule can be set to the intervals of monthly, weekly, daily, or never.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2640272,"id":2640272,"title":"12_Schedule","filename":"12_Schedule.png","filesize":20564,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/12_schedule","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Packaging schedule - Create offline area","name":"12_schedule","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 21:46:42","modified":"2024-12-23 21:46:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":194,"height":341,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule-194x200.png","thumbnail-width":194,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","medium-width":148,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","medium_large-width":194,"medium_large-height":341,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","large-width":194,"large-height":341,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","1536x1536-width":194,"1536x1536-height":341,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","2048x2048-width":194,"2048x2048-height":341,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","card_image-width":194,"card_image-height":341,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12_Schedule.png","wide_image-width":194,"wide_image-height":341}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Optimization<\/strong><\/p>\n

For large deployments of offline map areas prepared ahead of time, it is 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 Enabled packaged updates<\/strong> option is turned on.<\/p>\n

This option uses the packaging schedule to generate files that are stored on the server and can then be downloaded for updates. When an ArcGIS Pro user clicks Sync<\/strong>, these update files are downloaded and applied to the local geodatabase.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2640282,"id":2640282,"title":"13_Optimization","filename":"13_Optimization.png","filesize":29893,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/introduction-into-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\/13_optimization","alt":"","author":"366082","description":"","caption":"Optimization - Create offline area","name":"13_optimization","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2635102,"date":"2024-12-23 21:47:08","modified":"2024-12-23 21:47:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":194,"height":367,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization-194x200.png","thumbnail-width":194,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","medium-width":138,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","medium_large-width":194,"medium_large-height":367,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","large-width":194,"large-height":367,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","1536x1536-width":194,"1536x1536-height":367,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","2048x2048-width":194,"2048x2048-height":367,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","card_image-width":194,"card_image-height":367,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/13_Optimization.png","wide_image-width":194,"wide_image-height":367}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Save map areas<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once the map area boundary and configurations have been made, click Save<\/strong> to save map areas.<\/p>\n

This begins to package the data using the OfflinePackaging<\/a> service. The amount of time to complete this depends on the size of the data being packaged. Once 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.<\/p>\n

By default, if the total size of packages will exceed 4 gigabytes, the web layer packaging will fail, and a warning will display in the map area manager. If this occurs, there are a few options you can try to get the size down:<\/p>\n

1. Attempt to reduce the size of the sketched area such as using the Sketch polygon map area<\/strong> button earlier discussed.<\/p>\n

2. Exclude attachments from the offline package if those are within the features but not necessary for the offline user. This is where the Features and attachments<\/strong> section of the offline options could come into play.<\/p>\n

3. If you are using tile layers, adjust the level of detail that will be included in the offline package by updating the level of detail that was first set when creating the map area.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

\nClick here to learn about updating size limits for offline map areas<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n

ArcGIS Enterprise has a default limit for the size of offline map areas. Follow the below steps to adjust offline map areas size limits:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log in as an administrator to the Portal for ArcGIS machine.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Browse to and open this file in a text editor. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Portal\\framework\\webapps\\arcgis#sharing\\WEB-INF\\classes\\resources\\gw-config.properties<\/em><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Adjust the following property value<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      content.file-download-max-filesize=<size_in_MB><\/em><\/p>\n

      For example, to set it to 3 GB… content.file-download-max-filesize=3072<\/p>\n

      NOTE: 1024MB = 1GB.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1024 *3 = 3072<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Save the file.<\/li>\n
      2. Restart Portal for ArcGIS from the Windows Services panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         <\/p>\n<\/details>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

        Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        If the packaging of a map fails, you can find more information and solutions on the packages page.<\/p>\n

        You can follow the step-by-step instructions outlined in this Esri Community post, which walks through how to capture the JobID from the request and access the packages page:<\/p>\n

        Offline Packaging “Failed” – how to attain error messages<\/a><\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        For ArcGIS Enterprise<\/strong><\/p>\n

        https:\/\/<org>.esri.com\/server\/rest\/services\/Utilities\/OfflinePackaging\/GPServer\/SetupMapArea\/<\/p>\n

        jobs\/<JobID>\/results\/packages<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        For ArcGIS Online<\/strong><\/p>\n

        https:\/\/<org>.maps.com\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/OfflinePackaging\/GPServer\/SetupMapArea\/jobs\/<\/p>\n

        <JobID>\/results\/packages<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

        Manage offline map areas prepared ahead of time<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        After you create the map areas, you can modify or update them.<\/p>\n

        1. Click the Edit<\/strong> option to change any of the previous items that were set during the initial creation.<\/p>\n

        You can rename the map area, change the boundary of the map area, or change the configuration of the map area (level of detail, packaging schedule, and optimizations). After you edit and save a web map, the map packages for this area are repackaged.<\/p>\n

        2. Recreate the existing preplanned map areas with the Recreate offline area<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n

        This option is to be used after adding or removing fields, creating or updating domains, or any modifications that have occurred in the underlying schema. When recreating the preplanned offline areas, all existing packages are deleted and new packages will be created. Any existing edits should first be synced with the service before the recreation of offline areas occur. Users must redownload the offline map areas to pick up the new packages.<\/p>\n

        3. If a preplanned map area is no longer needed, click the Delete<\/strong> option to remove the offline map area as well as any associated packages.<\/p>\n

        4. Refresh<\/strong> specific 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.<\/p>\n

        5. Click the \u00a0Update<\/strong> option when changes to the web map have occurred.<\/p>\n

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        Take a map offline<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0(ArcGIS Pro)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Take web maps offline<\/strong><\/a> (ArcGIS Enterprise)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        ArcGIS Online: Taking Data Offline<\/strong><\/a> (YouTube)<\/strong><\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false}],"related_articles":"","show_article_image":false,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/adobestock-309882881.jpg","wide_image":false},"yoast_head":"\nOffline map areas prepared ahead of time: Creation, configuration, and management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to prepare offline map areas ahead of time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/data-management\/creation-configuration-and-management-of-offline-map-areas-prepared-ahead-of-time\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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