{"id":2955527,"date":"2026-02-25T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2955527"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:32:04","slug":"experience-the-google-photorealistic-3d-basemap-in-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/experience-the-google-photorealistic-3d-basemap-in-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Experience the Google Photorealistic 3D Basemap in ArcGIS Online"},"author":374852,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,37101],"tags":[758101,780052,42641,113632,780938],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-2955527","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-announcements","tag-3d-visualization-analytics","tag-arcgis-data","tag-arcgis-online","tag-basemap","tag-whats-new-february-2026","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":7151,"user_firstname":"Julia","user_lastname":"Shi","nickname":"Julia Shi","user_nicename":"juliashi","display_name":"Julia Shi","user_email":"jshi@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:22","user_description":"Julia Shi is part of the ArcGIS Content team. She used to be a product manager with ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Dashboards and ArcGIS Instant Apps. With a Computer Science background, she led multiple engineering projects across Esri Globalization and ArcGIS Enterprise before joining product management. \r\n\r\nJulia is passionate about geospatial and web technology, as well as empowering customers success.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Esri-Profile-Oct-2021-Cropped-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"},{"ID":374852,"user_firstname":"Nicte","user_lastname":"Hernandez","nickname":"Nicte Hernandez","user_nicename":"nictehernandez","display_name":"Nicte Hernandez","user_email":"nictehernandez@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2025-06-25 23:17:07","user_description":"Nicte Hernandez is a Product Marketing Manager for ArcGIS Data products. In collaboration with the product managers she develops content for demographics data, ArcGIS Geocoding capabilities, ArcGIS GeoEnrichment capabilities, ArcGIS Places, routing, basemaps, and more.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teams-Profile-3-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Google Photorealistic 3D basemap (beta) is now available in ArcGIS Online, including Scene Viewer and other ArcGIS Apps. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2959124,"id":2959124,"title":"Screenshot Experience Builder app","filename":"Screenshot-Experience-Builder-app-1.png","filesize":4224849,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-Experience-Builder-app-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/experience-the-google-photorealistic-3d-basemap-in-arcgis-online\/screenshot-experience-builder-app-2","alt":"","author":"7151","description":"","caption":"","name":"screenshot-experience-builder-app-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2955527,"date":"2026-03-04 00:38:25","modified":"2026-03-04 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Experience builder app exhibits the comparison between Google Photorealistic 3D Basemap (left) and Topographic Basemap (right) in downtown Boston.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61642725 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61642725 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">We are excited to announce that s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">tarting February 2026, users\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW202816949 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">can<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">\u00a0select the Google Photorealistic 3D basemap\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">(Beta)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">\u00a0from the basemap gallery within ArcGIS Online, including ArcGIS Scene Viewer, Instant Apps and Experience Builder, allowing users to create web scenes and apps which can be shared with their audience.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\">With just a few clicks, you\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW202816949 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202816949 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202816949 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New York City with the Google Photorealistic 3D basemap, from simplified 3D building shapes in this interactive story. (Credit to ArcGIS StoryMaps Editorial team)<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h4><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">Create\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">Immersive\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">I<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">nteractive\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">3D\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">M<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">ap\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW235371405 BCX0\">experience<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW235371405 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Google Photorealistic 3D basemap offers a lifelike representation of the real world , and allows you to easily explore, navigate, and evaluate an area with 3D imagery of buildings, landmarks, terrain, and natural surroundings, and even allows you to show how a future project could look in the real world.<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Realistic map visualizations allow organizations to make more informed decisions. L<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">et<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">review a few use cases, and we are going to show two examples in the next section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State agencies can better evaluate <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">emerging disaster and create<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0realistic plan for evacuation\u00a0with\u00a03D terrain<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>City planning departments can better communicate and visualize proposed land use changes. <span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Construction<span data-contrast=\"auto\"> companies can better evaluate development plans\u00a0through the customizable 3D map.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>News organizations can enhance their storytelling with 3D visualization.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h4><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">E<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">nhance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">GIS\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">E<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">xperience\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">O<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">verlaying\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">Y<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW202279495 BCX0\">our\u00a0<\/span><span 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SCXW55503611 BCX0\">Scene Viewer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW55503611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">, with the Google Photorealistic 3D basemap, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">you can\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">perform precise measurements<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">conduct\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">line of sight and viewshed analysis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 BCX0\">\u00a0which are crucial for urban planning, environmental studies, and more<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW55503611 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class=\"TextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW114943087 BCX0\">In order\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW114943087 BCX0\">to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">\u00a0use the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">Google Photorealistic 3D basemap,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">organization\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">administrator must<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">\u00a0first\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">enable the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 BCX0\">option<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW114943087 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Sessions start when a user adds the basemap to a 3D-capable app and ends after three hours or when the app is closed. In a web browser, a session won\u2019t reset when a user refreshes the page, unless they disable the browser cache or clear it manually. 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It opens the door to even more GIS users building in 3D to support and enhance their existing 2D and 3D GIS\u00a0workflow.\u00a0Start enhancing your GIS projects and be one of the first users to experience this revolutionary service!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you would like to provide feedback during the beta period, please join our <a href=\"https:\/\/earlyadopter.esri.com\/key\/googlephotorealistic3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Adopter Program<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Please\u00a0note:\u00a0sessions are not provided to student use, personal use, Education, Nonprofit, and Esri Business Partner subscriptions. There will be options to buy sessions\u00a0in\u00a0future releases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/3d-gis\/whats-new-in-scene-viewer-february-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s New in Scene Viewer (February 2026)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-collaborates-with-google-maps-platform-to-offer-high-quality-photorealistic-3d-tiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Collaborates with Google Maps Platform to Offer High-Quality Photorealistic 3D Tiles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/announcements\/bring-your-gis-to-life-with-google-photorealistic-3d-basemap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bring Your GIS to Life in ArcGIS Pro with Google Photorealistic 3D 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