Select of basemaps from Esri's ArcGIS Online. Esri’s ArcGIS online offers a selection of predefined basemaps that can be used for creating online maps or that can be pulled into ArcGIS for use as a basemap when using the desktop mapping software.
#ADD BASEMAP ARCMAP PRO#
Add any of the ArcGIS Pro managed assemblies that comprise its API as. The foreground data showing the regions makes up the actual subject data of the map.īasemaps are also pre-authored datasets that can be pulled from online sources. The ArcGIS API for Python was conceived at the 2015 Esri International User. In the example above showing the regions of Ancient Greece, the basemap used is comprised of a shaded relief showing the land areas, waterways and ocean layers.
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Map of the central regions of Ancient Greece. A map showing hiking trails would benefit from a basemap containing a digital elevation model or topo lines that shows elevation, thus allow viewers to understand the rise and fall of a trail’s path. Depending on the type of map, any combination of those layers can be used. For example, for a map showing foreclosed properties, the basemap would consist of GIS data such as streets (with labels) and parcel lines. Typical GIS data and imagery that make up the layers for a basemap: streets, parcels, boundaries (country, county, city boundaries), shaded relief of a digital elevation model, waterways, and aerial or satellite imagery. Basemaps also add to the aesthetic appeal of a map. The function of the basemap is to provide background detail necessary to orient the location of the map. What is a basemap? The term basemap is see often in GIS and refers to a collection of GIS data and/or orthorectified imagery that form the background setting for a map.