{"id":608302,"date":"2021-04-19T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T03:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=608302"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:05:22","slug":"vector-tile-basemaps-org","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org","title":{"rendered":"Use vector basemaps for your organization"},"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":[464862],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-608302","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-mapping","tag-custom-basemap-gallery","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Vector tile basemaps are are your best basemap choice. Here's how to set them up in your organization.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<hr style=\"height: 1px; width: 100%; border: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-top: 3em; background-color: gray;\" \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/deprecated-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This blog article has been deprecated and is no longer updated. Starting with the June, 2019, ArcGIS Online update, vector tile basemaps (excluding imagery) became the default for new organizations. Prior to that release, raster tile basemaps were the default. If your organization was created prior to June, 2019, you can bring it up to date by choosing vector tile basemaps as your default, or adding individual vector tile basemaps to your gallery.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/reminder-raster-basemaps-moved-to-mature-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reminder: Raster basemaps moved to mature support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/living-atlas-custom-basemap-gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use ArcGIS Living Atlas to create a custom basemap gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px; width: 100%; border: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-bottom: 3em; background-color: gray;\" \/>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":772411,"id":772411,"title":"breakgray","filename":"breakgray.png","filesize":105,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-arcgis-online-march-2020\/breakgray","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"breakgray","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":753681,"date":"2020-03-14 04:16:13","modified":"2020-03-14 04:16:13","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":100,"height":5,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","thumbnail-width":100,"thumbnail-height":5,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","medium-width":100,"medium-height":5,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","medium_large-width":100,"medium_large-height":5,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","large-width":100,"large-height":5,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","1536x1536-width":100,"1536x1536-height":5,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","2048x2048-width":100,"2048x2048-height":5,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","card_image-width":100,"card_image-height":5,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png","wide_image-width":100,"wide_image-height":5}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>A basemap provides a background of geographic context for the content in your maps. ArcGIS includes a basemap gallery with a variety of choices, including topography, imagery, streets, and more. When you create a new map, you can choose which basemap you want to use. You can also change the basemap of the current map at any time using the basemap gallery.<\/p>\n<p>When signed in, the basemap gallery is set by your organization and will appear in any apps that offer a gallery. Shown below are a a collection of applications, all using the same basemap gallery set by the organization.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":611412,"id":611412,"title":"base-1s","filename":"base-1s.jpg","filesize":54136,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/base-1s","alt":"Basemap gallery examples","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"base-1s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-09-22 02:57:01","modified":"2019-09-22 02:57:30","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":422,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","medium_large-width":750,"medium_large-height":422,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","large-width":750,"large-height":422,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","1536x1536-width":750,"1536x1536-height":422,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","2048x2048-width":750,"2048x2048-height":422,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","card_image-width":750,"card_image-height":422,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1s.jpg","wide_image-width":750,"wide_image-height":422}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/09\/base-1.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Basemaps and your organization<\/h2>\n<p>There are two types of basemaps; raster tile basemaps and vector tile basemaps.<strong> Raster tile basemaps<\/strong> are pre-rendered and stored on the server, and are displayed as is by the client. The World Imagery basemap is a good example of a raster tile basemap, and an example of one that can&#8217;t be displayed as a vector tile basemap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vector tile basemaps<\/strong> reference a set of web-accessible vector tile data (points, lines, and polygons) and the corresponding style for how those tiles should be drawn. Vector tile basemaps are used for content other than imagery. Vector tile layers can adapt to the resolution of their display device and can be restyled for multiple uses.<\/p>\n<p>By default, your organization uses a basemap gallery set by Esri. You can configure your basemap gallery if you have administrator privileges in your organization. For example, you can combine raster and vector basemaps, can create a completely custom basemap gallery, or can combine custom basemaps you author with Esri default basemaps.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Use vector basemaps by default<\/h2>\n<p>To use the Esri vector tile basemaps by default, go to your organization Settings, then the Map tab.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":628542,"id":628542,"title":"vec-2","filename":"vec-2.png","filesize":7931,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/vec-2","alt":"Settings Map tab","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"vec-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-10-07 18:17:10","modified":"2019-10-07 18:17:58","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":350,"height":293,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","medium-width":312,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","medium_large-width":350,"medium_large-height":293,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","large-width":350,"large-height":293,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","1536x1536-width":350,"1536x1536-height":293,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","2048x2048-width":350,"2048x2048-height":293,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","card_image-width":350,"card_image-height":293,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-2.png","wide_image-width":350,"wide_image-height":293}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In the Basemap Gallery section, check the box to use Esri vector basemaps.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1204272,"id":1204272,"title":"bm-1","filename":"bm-1.png","filesize":19288,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/bm-1-2","alt":"Select vector basemaps","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"bm-1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2021-04-20 03:12:16","modified":"2021-04-20 03:12:33","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":705,"height":328,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":216,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","medium_large-width":705,"medium_large-height":328,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","large-width":705,"large-height":328,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","1536x1536-width":705,"1536x1536-height":328,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","2048x2048-width":705,"2048x2048-height":328,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","card_image-width":705,"card_image-height":328,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-1.png","wide_image-width":705,"wide_image-height":328}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Use vector basemaps with custom basemaps<\/h2>\n<p>If you use a custom basemap gallery, you can add the Esri default vector tile basemaps into the gallery by checking the box to <strong>Share the Esri default basemaps<\/strong> to your custom basemap group, and also checking the radio dial for <strong>Vector Basemaps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1204282,"id":1204282,"title":"bm-2","filename":"bm-2.png","filesize":24555,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/bm-2-2","alt":"Share vector basemaps","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"bm-2-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2021-04-20 03:15:45","modified":"2021-04-20 03:16:01","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":785,"height":389,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":230,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":381,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","large-width":785,"large-height":389,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","1536x1536-width":785,"1536x1536-height":389,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","2048x2048-width":785,"2048x2048-height":389,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","card_image-width":785,"card_image-height":389,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-2.png","wide_image-width":785,"wide_image-height":389}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Select vector basemaps for a custom basemap gallery<\/h2>\n<p>Rather than use Esri\u2019s predefined Living Atlas vector basemap collection, you can build your your own gallery by choosing from available Living Atlas vector basemaps. You can also combine these with your own custom basemaps.<\/p>\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 vector basemaps.<\/p>\n<p>The steps to create a custom Basemap Gallery are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create\u00a0<\/strong>a group for your custom basemap gallery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add<\/strong>\u00a0maps you want to use as basemaps to the group.<\/li>\n<li><b>Set\u00a0<\/b>the group as your organization\u2019s Basemap Gallery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These steps are detailed in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/custom-basemap-gallery\/\">Create a custom basemap gallery for your organization<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-map.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_17B291E2795F4FCEA047F466E57989A8\">Basemap gallery<\/a> help topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Add vector basemaps to your custom basemap group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can add Living Atlas vector basemaps to your custom gallery group from the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/\">Living Atlas website<\/a>. Follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/\">Living Atlas website<\/a>. 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><strong>Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/#d=2\">Browse<\/a> 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><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Select the Basemaps 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 4<\/strong> &#8211; Choose Vector Tiles.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":628742,"id":628742,"title":"vec-4","filename":"vec-4.png","filesize":17793,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/vec-4","alt":"Vector Tiles selection","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"vec-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-10-07 20:20:25","modified":"2019-10-07 20:20:36","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":331,"height":270,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","medium-width":320,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","medium_large-width":331,"medium_large-height":270,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","large-width":331,"large-height":270,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","1536x1536-width":331,"1536x1536-height":270,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","2048x2048-width":331,"2048x2048-height":270,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","card_image-width":331,"card_image-height":270,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-4.png","wide_image-width":331,"wide_image-height":270}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> &#8211; To ensure you get the Esri vector tile basemaps, set the filters for Maps<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":628752,"id":628752,"title":"vec-5","filename":"vec-5.png","filesize":18179,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/vec-5","alt":"Maps filter","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"vec-5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-10-07 20:21:52","modified":"2019-10-07 20:21:59","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":283,"height":290,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","medium-width":255,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","medium_large-width":283,"medium_large-height":290,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","large-width":283,"large-height":290,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","1536x1536-width":283,"1536x1536-height":290,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","2048x2048-width":283,"2048x2048-height":290,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","card_image-width":283,"card_image-height":290,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-5.png","wide_image-width":283,"wide_image-height":290}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And set your region for <strong>All regions<\/strong> and check the box for <strong>Esri-only content<\/strong>. Your filter options should look like this:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":628762,"id":628762,"title":"vec-6","filename":"vec-6.png","filesize":5057,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/vec-6","alt":"Filter options","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"vec-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-10-07 20:22:59","modified":"2019-10-07 20:23:08","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":591,"height":62,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6-213x62.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":62,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":49,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","medium_large-width":591,"medium_large-height":62,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","large-width":591,"large-height":62,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","1536x1536-width":591,"1536x1536-height":62,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","2048x2048-width":591,"2048x2048-height":62,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","card_image-width":591,"card_image-height":62,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-6.png","wide_image-width":591,"wide_image-height":62}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 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21:07:50","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":716,"height":196,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9-213x196.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":196,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":127,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","medium_large-width":716,"medium_large-height":196,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","large-width":716,"large-height":196,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","1536x1536-width":716,"1536x1536-height":196,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","2048x2048-width":716,"2048x2048-height":196,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","card_image-width":716,"card_image-height":196,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-9.png","wide_image-width":716,"wide_image-height":196}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Then click share:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":628792,"id":628792,"title":"vec-7","filename":"vec-7.png","filesize":13164,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/vec-7","alt":"Share","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"vec-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2019-10-07 21:08:27","modified":"2019-10-07 21:08:39","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":386,"height":303,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","medium-width":332,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","medium_large-width":386,"medium_large-height":303,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","large-width":386,"large-height":303,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","1536x1536-width":386,"1536x1536-height":303,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","2048x2048-width":386,"2048x2048-height":303,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","card_image-width":386,"card_image-height":303,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vec-7.png","wide_image-width":386,"wide_image-height":303}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And share the item into your custom basemap group by clicking <strong>Edit group sharing<\/strong>:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1204312,"id":1204312,"title":"bm-4","filename":"bm-4.png","filesize":26529,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/bm-4-3","alt":"Share to group","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"bm-4-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2021-04-20 03:28:46","modified":"2021-04-20 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selecting the basemap gallery group.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1204322,"id":1204322,"title":"bm-5s","filename":"bm-5s.png","filesize":22170,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bm-5s.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/vector-tile-basemaps-org\/bm-5s","alt":"Select basemap gallery group","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"bm-5s","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":608302,"date":"2021-04-20 03:30:53","modified":"2021-04-20 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9<\/strong> &#8211; Set your basemap gallery to the custom basemap group. As Administrator, go to your organization Settings, then the Map tab. 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