{"id":76781,"date":"2017-05-04T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-esri-vector-basemaps-may-2017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:44:21","slug":"whats-new-in-esri-vector-basemaps-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/mapping\/mapping\/whats-new-in-esri-vector-basemaps-may-2017","title":{"rendered":"What's new in Esri Vector Basemaps (May 2017)"},"author":6081,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[22951,23171,22971,23951,40161,33541,29031],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-76781","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-content","tag-basemaps","tag-community-basemaps","tag-community-maps-program","tag-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-vector-basemaps","tag-vector-tile","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Updated December 8, 2017:\u00a0 The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS O...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Updated December 8, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0 The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS Online is through the Esri owned\u00a0Vector Basemaps group<\/a>, which contains the latest set of web maps and tile layers. See\u00a0What\u2019s New in Esri Vector Basemaps (December 2017)<\/a>\u00a0for information related to this update.<\/p>\n

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We kick off the month of May with a bunch of updates to the Esri Vector Basemaps<\/a>. These changes include new features displaying in many of our map styles, improvements to existing map displays, and new content across dozens of community contributed areas of the map. Stay up-to-date on announced changes to the Vector Tile Basemaps through this summary of our blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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New Features<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the biggest changes to many of the vector styles is the addition of a coastline at smaller scales of the map. \u00a0This subtle change improves the cartographic appearance of the maps from their previous depictions. If you’re using one of the styles in which the coastline is now included, you also have the ability to customize the specs of this and all the other features in the map. This example shows Topographic<\/a> and Streets<\/a> web maps with the new coastline feature.<\/p>\n

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Another addition is spot elevations added to the Terrain with Labels<\/a> style. By default, the elevations are in feet in the contiguous US and meters across the rest of the world. Through customization of the style, you can change the spot elevation units to display as either all meters or all feet around the globe.<\/p>\n

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Additional changes to the Terrain with Labels<\/a>\u00a0web map is the splitting into a separate base and reference layer. \u00a0This allows for better map presentations when adding data to this style. For more details on the new Terrain with Labels web map and Terrain Base<\/a> and Terrain Reference<\/a> vector tile layers, see this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Improvements to Map Styles<\/strong><\/p>\n

We continue to make improvements to the Vector Basemap styles. Some present more of an impact than others (see coastline addition above), but even seemingly minor changes will provide a better user experience when using the maps. A few of the notable changes in this latest round of updates:<\/p>\n

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