{"id":81481,"date":"2026-03-18T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/rotating-point-symbols-in-web-maps\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:58:51","slug":"rotating-point-symbols","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols","title":{"rendered":"Rotate point symbols in web maps"},"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":[22941],"tags":[28701,35241,325542,31301],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551],"class_list":["post-81481","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-online-tutorial","tag-rotation","tag-symbols","tag-symbology","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Symbols can be rotated based on a value which is useful for showing the direction a camera is pointing, a car is moving, the wind is blowing,..","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This post was originally published on January 6, 2014, and has been updated. The last previous update was January 7, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many things we place on a map have something in common besides having a location; they also have rotation.\u00a0 For example, wind has direction. So does the the way a webcam points. Moving objects, such as a plane or car, have direction. And even the dials on a gauge point in a specific direction.<\/p>\n

Symbols can be rotated based on a numeric value, useful for showing the direction the symbol should point to provide context for the feature. The data must have a field containing values that will be used for rotation, typically a compass direction with clockwise values of zero at north, 90 east, 180 south, and so on.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":436482,"id":436482,"title":"rot-1","filename":"rot-1.jpg","filesize":14154,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/rot-1","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"rot-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2019-02-13 17:57:09","modified":"2019-02-13 17:57:09","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":300,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":300,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":300,"1536x1536-height":300,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":300,"2048x2048-height":300,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","card_image-width":300,"card_image-height":300,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/rot-1.jpg","wide_image-width":300,"wide_image-height":300}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

But compass azimuths aren\u2019t required for rotating symbols, and you can use any value that makes sense for your needs, including values calculated using Arcade expressions. You can set the rotation angles to be measured in geographic rotation (clockwise from the 12 o’clock position) or arithmetic rotation (measured counterclockwise from the 3 o\u2019clock position).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2646502,"id":2646502,"title":"rot-21","filename":"rot-21.png","filesize":12015,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/rot-21","alt":"Rotation direction and origin","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"rot-21","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2025-01-07 19:35:42","modified":"2025-01-07 19:36:20","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":556,"height":241,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":201,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","medium_large-width":556,"medium_large-height":241,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","large-width":556,"large-height":241,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","1536x1536-width":556,"1536x1536-height":241,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","2048x2048-width":556,"2048x2048-height":241,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","card_image-width":556,"card_image-height":241,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-21.png","wide_image-width":556,"wide_image-height":241}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Use symbol rotation<\/h2>\n

Open the California Fire Webcams<\/a> example map to follow along. You can sign in to save the map to your account, or you can modify the map without saving.<\/p>\n

The map contains two layers, one without rotation and the other with symbol rotation applied showing the direction the camera is pointing expressed as clockwise (geographic) compass azimuths.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0Open the California Fire Webcams<\/a> map. From the Contents (dark) toolbar, open the layers pane and make sure the Fire Webcams layer is selected and visible.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960737,"id":2960737,"title":"symrot-22","filename":"symrot-22.png","filesize":10348,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-22","alt":"Select layer","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"symrot-22","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 22:52:05","modified":"2026-03-18 22:52:12","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":557,"height":234,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","medium_large-width":557,"medium_large-height":234,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","large-width":557,"large-height":234,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","1536x1536-width":557,"1536x1536-height":234,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","2048x2048-width":557,"2048x2048-height":234,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","card_image-width":557,"card_image-height":234,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-22.png","wide_image-width":557,"wide_image-height":234}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 2<\/strong> \u2014 Click a webcam location on the map to view the unconfigured pop-up. Note that the View Degrees<\/strong> field contains the rotation to be applied to the symbol to show the direction the webcam is pointing.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960736,"id":2960736,"title":"symrot-21","filename":"symrot-21.png","filesize":27818,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-21","alt":"Rotation value","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"symrot-21","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 22:40:17","modified":"2026-03-18 22:40:32","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":610,"height":383,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","medium-width":416,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","medium_large-width":610,"medium_large-height":383,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","large-width":610,"large-height":383,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","1536x1536-width":610,"1536x1536-height":383,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","2048x2048-width":610,"2048x2048-height":383,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","card_image-width":610,"card_image-height":383,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-21.png","wide_image-width":610,"wide_image-height":383}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 3<\/strong> \u2014 In the Settings (light) toolbar, click Styles<\/strong> to open the Styles pane. The locations are symbolized using a single symbol. In the Pick a style<\/strong> section, click Style options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960741,"id":2960741,"title":"symrot-23","filename":"symrot-23.png","filesize":23560,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-23","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Style options","name":"symrot-23","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 22:56:01","modified":"2026-03-18 22:56:10","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":571,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","medium-width":271,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","medium_large-width":571,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","large-width":571,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","1536x1536-width":571,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","2048x2048-width":571,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23-483x465.png","card_image-width":483,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-23.png","wide_image-width":571,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 3<\/strong> \u2014 Make the following changes in the Rotation by attribute<\/strong> pane.<\/p>\n

a<\/strong> \u2013 Toggle Rotate symbols based on attribute values<\/strong> on.<\/p>\n

b<\/strong> \u2013 From the field drop-down, choose View Degrees. As noted in Step 2, this is the field containing the rotation to be applied.<\/p>\n

c<\/strong> \u2013 Ensure that Geographic rotation is toggled on. The View Degrees rotation values are expressed in compass direction.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960743,"id":2960743,"title":"symrot-24","filename":"symrot-24.png","filesize":14798,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-24","alt":"Rotate symbols based on attribute values","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"symrot-24","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 23:00:20","modified":"2026-03-18 23:00:26","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":381,"height":736,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","medium-width":135,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","medium_large-width":381,"medium_large-height":736,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","large-width":381,"large-height":736,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","1536x1536-width":381,"1536x1536-height":736,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","2048x2048-width":381,"2048x2048-height":736,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24-241x465.png","card_image-width":241,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-24.png","wide_image-width":381,"wide_image-height":736}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Click Done<\/strong> when finished. The map now displays the webcam locations with the arrow rotated based on the attribute value.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1879872,"id":1879872,"title":"symrot-anim","filename":"symrot-anim.gif","filesize":49699,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-anim","alt":"Rotated symbols","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"symrot-anim","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2023-03-20 19:24:17","modified":"2023-03-20 19:24:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":367,"height":188,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim-213x188.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":188,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","medium-width":367,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","medium_large-width":367,"medium_large-height":188,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","large-width":367,"large-height":188,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","1536x1536-width":367,"1536x1536-height":188,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","2048x2048-width":367,"2048x2048-height":188,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","card_image-width":367,"card_image-height":188,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/symrot-anim.gif","wide_image-width":367,"wide_image-height":188}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Other examples<\/h2>\n

Rotation can be applied to any feature layer in your map. Click the graphic below to open an example web map<\/a> showing captured locations for inbound and outbound planes traveling through San Diego. The feature layer uses custom symbols showing inbound and outbound traffic with rotation applied from flight heading data.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960752,"id":2960752,"title":"symrot-25","filename":"symrot-25.png","filesize":217595,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-25","alt":"Rotated symbols","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open map","name":"symrot-25","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 23:13:46","modified":"2026-03-18 23:54:17","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":800,"height":485,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","medium-width":431,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":466,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","large-width":800,"large-height":485,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":485,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":485,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25-767x465.png","card_image-width":767,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-25.png","wide_image-width":800,"wide_image-height":485}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=d244d27301e14b42aaa63cc5350336cc"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Current Weather and Wind Station Data is an ArcGIS Living Atlas live feed from NOAA. The arrows are rotated using an attribute to show the direction the wind is blowing.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2646782,"id":2646782,"title":"rot-22","filename":"rot-22.jpg","filesize":64917,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/rot-22","alt":"Wind direction","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open map","name":"rot-22","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2025-01-07 23:27:25","modified":"2026-03-18 23:54:26","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":704,"height":401,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","medium-width":458,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","medium_large-width":704,"medium_large-height":401,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","large-width":704,"large-height":401,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","1536x1536-width":704,"1536x1536-height":401,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","2048x2048-width":704,"2048x2048-height":401,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","card_image-width":704,"card_image-height":401,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rot-22.jpg","wide_image-width":704,"wide_image-height":401}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?layers=cb1886ff0a9d4156ba4d2fadd7e8a139"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This next example uses a technique of stacking symbols to create a gauge using custom dial and needle symbols, and using symbol rotation to rotate the dial.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960764,"id":2960764,"title":"symrot-26","filename":"symrot-26.png","filesize":108721,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-26","alt":"Stacked symbols with rotation","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open map","name":"symrot-26","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 23:42:29","modified":"2026-03-18 23:54:34","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":769,"height":526,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","medium-width":382,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":525,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","large-width":769,"large-height":526,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","1536x1536-width":769,"1536x1536-height":526,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","2048x2048-width":769,"2048x2048-height":526,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26-680x465.png","card_image-width":680,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-26.png","wide_image-width":769,"wide_image-height":526}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=57b29daf7630410cb4ae776b9cba6b7a"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

For more information see Create gauges using stacked symbols and rotation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This next example uses Arcade to rotate a dial to show reservoir capacity. Arcade is an expression language built-in to ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2960767,"id":2960767,"title":"symrot-27","filename":"symrot-27.png","filesize":64035,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/rotating-point-symbols\/symrot-27","alt":"Symbol rotation using Arcade","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"Open map","name":"symrot-27","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81481,"date":"2026-03-18 23:49:52","modified":"2026-03-18 23:54:43","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":600,"height":457,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","medium-width":343,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":457,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","large-width":600,"large-height":457,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":457,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":457,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":457,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/symrot-27.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":457}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=38d0cab60a944ae4a9b8d55483f92814"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

For more information see\u00a0Use Arcade to rotate symbols in web maps<\/a> and the Arcade documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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More information<\/h2>\n

For more information, see the following:<\/p>\n