{"id":70521,"date":"2016-01-13T04:02:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T04:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/scene-viewer-tip-basemap-galleries-scene-title-and-icon\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T03:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T11:09:00","slug":"scene-viewer-tip-basemap-galleries-scene-title-and-icon","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/scene-viewer-tip-basemap-galleries-scene-title-and-icon","title":{"rendered":"Scene Viewer Tip: Basemap galleries \/ scene title and icon"},"author":6601,"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],"tags":[25781,549072,29381,25791,29391],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-70521","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","tag-3d","tag-esrirdzurich","tag-scene","tag-scene-viewer","tag-scene-viewer-tip","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Throughout 2016, we will be presenting a series of ArcGIS\u00a0Scene Viewer tips and tricks. We hope these posts will help you work more effi...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Throughout 2016, we will be presenting a series of ArcGIS\u00a0Scene Viewer tips and tricks<\/a>. We hope these posts will help you work more efficiently, produce better 3D visualizations, and really harness the power of your 2D and 3D data with the scene viewer.<\/p>\n

Global vs. local basemap galleries<\/h1>\n

Global<\/a> and local<\/a> scenes are powerful tools for displaying and sharing 3D content. When working between the two types of scenes, you may notice that certain features behave differently from one type to the other. In this blog, we will be talking about the differences between global and local in the Basemap<\/strong> gallery.<\/p>\n

In global scenes, the Basemap<\/strong> gallery allows you to only select Web Mercator<\/a> basemaps. The scene viewer disables all other basemaps. This means that any configured<\/a>\u00a0basemaps in your gallery that are not in Web Mercator are unavailable.<\/p>\n

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In local scenes, on the other hand, the Basemap<\/strong> gallery can show any basemap in any projected coordinate system (PCS)<\/a> as long as it meets the scene viewer requirements<\/a>. So if you want to use your configured basemaps that are not Web Mercator, open a new local scene and select your basemap. Remember, you can always change your basemap as many times as you want in the gallery before you add a layer to a scene, as shown in the figure below.<\/p>\n

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Once you add a layer to a local scene, however, you will only see basemaps that match the added layer’s spatial reference (SR)<\/a>. In the figure below, all other basemaps are disabled. Additionally, the scene SR is now the layer’s SR.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, capturing a slide<\/a> or saving a scene<\/a> will set the scene SR to the current basemap\u2019s and will disable nonmatching basemaps.\u00a0See\u00a0adding a layer to a local scene<\/a>\u00a0for more information. The next section talks about where in the scene viewer you can quickly find the scene SR as well as additional useful scene information.<\/p>\n

Scene title and icon<\/h1>\n

Located in the upper left corner of the scene viewer is the title of the scene with an icon showing the scene type. The title and scene icon contain key information about your scene. First, the icon next to the title in the scene viewer will show you whether it is a global scene \u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0or a local scene\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0. Next, when you hover over the icon, the tooltip will display the scene type and the spatial reference ID. \u00a0This information is very important when working with local scenes. Finally, the scene title links to the portal item for that scene with additional information.<\/p>\n

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Note: The scene must be a saved scene in order for there to be a link to a portal item. The portal item contains important information about the scene such as:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. URL address to the portal item<\/li>\n
  2. Summary of the scene<\/li>\n
  3. Icon and text indicating scene type<\/li>\n
  4. Owner of the scene<\/li>\n
  5. Description of scene<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Stay tuned here<\/a> for more exciting scene viewer tips and tricks to come! \u00a0Also, take a look at scene help<\/a> in ArcGIS Online to learn even more about scenes.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6601,"user_firstname":"Matthew","user_lastname":"Miller","nickname":"Matt Miller","user_nicename":"millerma2001","display_name":"Matt Miller","user_email":"Matthew_Miller@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:35","user_description":"Matt is a product engineer living in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined Esri R&D Center Zurich in 2014 and has a passion for 3D! 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