{"id":604582,"date":"2022-08-28T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T23:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=604582"},"modified":"2022-08-28T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T23:46:21","slug":"living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery","title":{"rendered":"Use ArcGIS Living Atlas to create a custom basemap gallery"},"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":[37501,22941],"tags":[43101,23171,464862,25071,268131],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-604582","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-basemaps","tag-custom-basemap-gallery","tag-learn-arcgis","tag-living-atlas","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Living Atlas of the World is a collection of curated content that you can use to create a custom basemap gallery. Here's how...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a> is an evolving collection of authoritative, curated, ready-to-use global geographic information from Esri, and the GIS user community. It includes imagery, basemaps, demographics and lifestyle, landscape, boundaries and places, transportation, earth observations, urban systems, oceans, and historical maps that can be combined with your own data to create maps, scenes, and apps, and to perform analysis.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most used types of Living Atlas content are basemaps. When you create a new map or scene, you can choose which basemap you want from the basemap gallery in the Map Viewer. By default, the basemap gallery for your organization is a pre-configured collection from Esri using the Living Atlas.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1202392,"id":1202392,"title":"bmg-1s","filename":"bmg-1s.jpg","filesize":54725,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/bmg-1s","alt":"Basemap gallery","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"View larger image","name":"bmg-1s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":603092,"date":"2021-04-18 04:02:04","modified":"2021-04-18 04:02:44","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":750,"height":598,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","medium-width":327,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":598,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":598,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":598,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":598,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s-583x465.jpg","card_image-width":583,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1s.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":598}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bmg-1.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>There are many more Living Atlas basemaps to choose from, and you can create your own custom basemap gallery with the ones you like. Here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Create a custom basemap gallery<\/h2>\n<p>As an administrator of your organization, you can change which basemaps your organization uses by creating a custom basemap gallery. The custom gallery can include a combination of your own basemaps, plus Living Atlas basemaps. In this example, we will focus on using Living Atlas basemaps.<\/p>\n<p>The steps to create a custom Basemap Gallery are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a group for your custom basemap gallery.<\/li>\n<li>Add\u00a0maps you want to use as basemaps to the group.<\/li>\n<li>Set the group as your organization\u2019s basemap gallery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These steps are detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a custom basemap gallery for your organization<\/a>. This article will focus on the second step, adding maps from the Living Atlas to populate your custom gallery, and will assume you&#8217;ve already created a custom basemap group.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Create a group for your basemaps<\/h2>\n<p>Create a group that will contain the maps you want to use in your custom basemap gallery. The contents of this group will be shown in the basemap gallery for the Map Viewer or Scene Viewer. Click <strong>Create Group<\/strong> from the Groups tab.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":605812,"id":605812,"title":"basemap-2","filename":"basemap-2-1.jpg","filesize":12786,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/basemap-2-3","alt":"Create Group","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"basemap-2-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-12 04:40:08","modified":"2019-09-12 04:40:21","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":587,"height":202,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":160,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","medium_large-width":587,"medium_large-height":202,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","large-width":587,"large-height":202,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":587,"1536x1536-height":202,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":587,"2048x2048-height":202,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","card_image-width":587,"card_image-height":202,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/basemap-2-1.jpg","wide_image-width":587,"wide_image-height":202}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>For more details on this step, see <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/share-maps\/create-groups.htm\">Create groups<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\">Create a custom basemap gallery for your organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Add Living Atlas basemaps to your group<\/h2>\n<p>An easy way to find Living Atlas maps for your custom gallery is by browsing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World<\/a> website.\u00a0 If you have not done so already, <strong>Sign In<\/strong> at the top right of the website.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604782,"id":604782,"title":"lab-6","filename":"lab-6.png","filesize":4169,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-6-2","alt":"Sign In","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-6-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 18:04:37","modified":"2019-09-11 18:04:49","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":254,"height":114,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6-213x114.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":114,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","medium-width":254,"medium-height":114,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","medium_large-width":254,"medium_large-height":114,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","large-width":254,"large-height":114,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","1536x1536-width":254,"1536x1536-height":114,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","2048x2048-width":254,"2048x2048-height":114,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","card_image-width":254,"card_image-height":114,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-6.png","wide_image-width":254,"wide_image-height":114}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Open the <strong>Browse<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604662,"id":604662,"title":"lab-1","filename":"lab-1.jpg","filesize":8648,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-1","alt":"Browse tab","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 17:12:07","modified":"2019-09-11 17:12:16","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":706,"height":100,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1-213x100.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":100,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":66,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","medium_large-width":706,"medium_large-height":100,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","large-width":706,"large-height":100,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":706,"1536x1536-height":100,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":706,"2048x2048-height":100,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","card_image-width":706,"card_image-height":100,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-1.jpg","wide_image-width":706,"wide_image-height":100}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Follow these steps to add Living Atlas basemaps to your group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Choose the <strong>Basemaps<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604812,"id":604812,"title":"lab-2","filename":"lab-2.png","filesize":11151,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-2-2","alt":"Basemaps category","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 18:07:10","modified":"2019-09-11 18:07:19","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":538,"height":152,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2-213x152.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":152,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":131,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","medium_large-width":538,"medium_large-height":152,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","large-width":538,"large-height":152,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","1536x1536-width":538,"1536x1536-height":152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","2048x2048-width":538,"2048x2048-height":152,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","card_image-width":538,"card_image-height":152,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-2.png","wide_image-width":538,"wide_image-height":152}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; From the drop-down list turn on Reference Maps, Creative Maps, and Vector Tiles.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604702,"id":604702,"title":"lab-4","filename":"lab-4.jpg","filesize":13679,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-4","alt":"Basemap categories","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 17:32:34","modified":"2019-09-11 17:32:43","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":334,"height":283,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","medium-width":308,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","medium_large-width":334,"medium_large-height":283,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","large-width":334,"large-height":283,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","1536x1536-width":334,"1536x1536-height":283,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","2048x2048-width":334,"2048x2048-height":283,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","card_image-width":334,"card_image-height":283,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-4.jpg","wide_image-width":334,"wide_image-height":283}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Choose <strong>Maps<\/strong> from the content type filter drop-down list.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604712,"id":604712,"title":"lab-3","filename":"lab-3.jpg","filesize":14921,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-3","alt":"Maps content filter","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 17:34:36","modified":"2019-09-11 17:34:52","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":311,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","medium-width":271,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","medium_large-width":311,"medium_large-height":300,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","large-width":311,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","1536x1536-width":311,"1536x1536-height":300,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","2048x2048-width":311,"2048x2048-height":300,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","card_image-width":311,"card_image-height":300,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-3.jpg","wide_image-width":311,"wide_image-height":300}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; Check the box for Esri-only content.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604722,"id":604722,"title":"lab-5","filename":"lab-5.jpg","filesize":2436,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-5","alt":"Esri-only content","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 17:36:13","modified":"2019-09-11 17:36:23","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":167,"height":71,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","thumbnail-width":167,"thumbnail-height":71,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","medium-width":167,"medium-height":71,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","medium_large-width":167,"medium_large-height":71,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","large-width":167,"large-height":71,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","1536x1536-width":167,"1536x1536-height":71,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","2048x2048-width":167,"2048x2048-height":71,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","card_image-width":167,"card_image-height":71,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-5.jpg","wide_image-width":167,"wide_image-height":71}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The above selections will present the Living Atlas maps that you can choose from to include in your gallery. <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/#d=2&amp;type=maps&amp;cont=esriOnly&amp;categories=Basemaps:11100\">This shortcut link<\/a> will make the above settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> &#8211; Share a map into your group.<\/p>\n<p>Browse the results, and when you find something of interest, click the title to learn more about the map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604962,"id":604962,"title":"lab-7","filename":"lab-7.png","filesize":47842,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-7","alt":"Item title","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 19:09:23","modified":"2019-09-11 19:09:32","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":721,"height":218,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":140,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","medium_large-width":721,"medium_large-height":218,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","large-width":721,"large-height":218,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","1536x1536-width":721,"1536x1536-height":218,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","2048x2048-width":721,"2048x2048-height":218,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","card_image-width":721,"card_image-height":218,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-7.png","wide_image-width":721,"wide_image-height":218}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> &#8211; Share the map into your organization gallery group.<\/p>\n<p>Review the item pages to learn more about the map, and open the map to view it. To add it to your gallery group click <strong>Share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":604972,"id":604972,"title":"lab-8","filename":"lab-8.png","filesize":7789,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/lab-8","alt":"Share","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"lab-8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2019-09-11 19:12:36","modified":"2019-09-11 19:12:43","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":366,"height":228,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","medium-width":366,"medium-height":228,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","medium_large-width":366,"medium_large-height":228,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","large-width":366,"large-height":228,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","1536x1536-width":366,"1536x1536-height":228,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","2048x2048-width":366,"2048x2048-height":228,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","card_image-width":366,"card_image-height":228,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lab-8.png","wide_image-width":366,"wide_image-height":228}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> &#8211; Click<strong> Edit group sharing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":806071,"id":806071,"title":"share-3","filename":"share-3.png","filesize":14334,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/share-3-2","alt":"Edit group sharing","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"share-3-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2020-04-09 03:18:17","modified":"2020-04-09 03:18:36","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":508,"height":368,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","medium-width":360,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","medium_large-width":508,"medium_large-height":368,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","large-width":508,"large-height":368,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","1536x1536-width":508,"1536x1536-height":368,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","2048x2048-width":508,"2048x2048-height":368,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","card_image-width":508,"card_image-height":368,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-3.png","wide_image-width":508,"wide_image-height":368}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong> &#8211; Select your organization&#8217;s custom basemap group.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":806081,"id":806081,"title":"share-4","filename":"share-4.png","filesize":25499,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/share-4","alt":"Select customr basemap group","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"share-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2020-04-09 03:20:06","modified":"2020-04-09 03:20:25","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":730,"height":355,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":226,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","medium_large-width":730,"medium_large-height":355,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","large-width":730,"large-height":355,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","1536x1536-width":730,"1536x1536-height":355,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","2048x2048-width":730,"2048x2048-height":355,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","card_image-width":730,"card_image-height":355,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-4.png","wide_image-width":730,"wide_image-height":355}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 9<\/strong> &#8211; Click <strong>Save<\/strong> to add the map to your custom basemap gallery group.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":806091,"id":806091,"title":"share-5","filename":"share-5.png","filesize":15938,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/share-5","alt":"Save","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"share-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2020-04-09 03:21:12","modified":"2020-04-09 03:23:12","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":506,"height":378,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","medium-width":349,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","medium_large-width":506,"medium_large-height":378,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","large-width":506,"large-height":378,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","1536x1536-width":506,"1536x1536-height":378,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","2048x2048-width":506,"2048x2048-height":378,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","card_image-width":506,"card_image-height":378,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/share-5.png","wide_image-width":506,"wide_image-height":378}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Repeat the above steps as desired.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Other Living Atlas maps<\/h2>\n<p>The Living Atlas basemaps found above, along with others that are still under development, can also be discovered in other ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search<br \/>\n<\/strong>You can use Search to find Living Atlas maps you can add to your basemap gallery. This <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/#d=2&amp;type=maps&amp;cont=true&amp;authoritative=true&amp;categories=Basemaps%3A11111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sample search<\/a> will retrieve all map items matching the keyword &#8220;basemap&#8221; that are also marked as authoritative. Look for the the green Authoritative badge and the blue Living Atlas badge, and avoid using maps marked with the red Deprecated badge.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1699002,"id":1699002,"title":"bmap-13","filename":"bmap-13.png","filesize":49983,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\/bmap-13","alt":"Living Atlas basemap","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"bmap-13","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":604582,"date":"2022-08-28 23:42:06","modified":"2022-08-28 23:42:24","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":752,"height":295,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":182,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":295,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","large-width":752,"large-height":295,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":295,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":295,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":295,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bmap-13.png","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":295}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/search.html?q=basemap&start=1&num=20&focus=maps&restrict=false&sortOrder=true&sortField=relevance&contentstatus=org_authoritative"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Groups<\/strong><br \/>\nThe following are a selection of groups containing additional Living Atlas map sources.<\/p>\n<p>The link applies a filter for maps within each group. As mentioned above, look for the the green Authoritative badge and the blue Living Atlas badge, and avoid using maps marked with the red Deprecated badge.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=30de8da907d240a0bccd5ad3ff25ef4a&amp;view=list&amp;start=1&amp;num=20&amp;focus=maps-webmaps#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vector Basemaps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=20dd19496c504cbf999c408014f88353&amp;view=list&amp;start=1&amp;num=20&amp;focus=maps-webmaps#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Vector Tile Layers and Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=25873b49025745dc8b5b2db02d6e5447&amp;view=list&amp;start=1&amp;num=20&amp;focus=#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basemaps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=9a6ff3b2e2d043e6b9974a9e1400e9a3&amp;view=list&amp;start=1&amp;num=20&amp;showFilters=true&amp;focus=maps-webmaps#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historical Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/group.html?id=177f4339593b41648e8b4f634827565b&amp;view=list&amp;start=1&amp;num=20&amp;focus=maps-webmaps#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landscape Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Use the new basemap gallery<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve collected the Living Atlas maps you want to use in a group, you can set the group as the basemap gallery source for your organization.<\/p>\n<p>Administrators can do this by going to the organization settings, opening the Maps tab, and selecting your custom basemap group in the Basemap Gallery section. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a custom basemap gallery for your organization<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-map.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_17B291E2795F4FCEA047F466E57989A8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create Map &#8211; Basemap gallery<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<p>For more information see the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a custom basemap gallery for your organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/living-atlas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em>This post was originally published on September 11, 2019, and has been updated.<\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7641,"user_firstname":"Bernie","user_lastname":"Szukalski","nickname":"Bern Szukalski","user_nicename":"bszukalski","display_name":"Bern Szukalski","user_email":"bszukalski@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-26 17:55:14","user_description":"I am a corporate technology evangelist and geo advocate at Esri, focusing on ways to broaden access to geographic information and helping customers succeed with ArcGIS. \r\n\r\nOn a good day I'm making a map, on a great day I'm on one. 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