Switching Basemaps: World_Light_Gray_Base layer is not displaying

Question

Hi I'm working with the ESRI Silverlight API 2.3. I have a basemap switcher, that allows to use different basemap layers. It provides the following three ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayers: -http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer -http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/NGS_Topo_US_2D/MapServer -http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/ESRI_Imagery_World_2D/MapServer On startup, the street_map layer is added to the map: the basemap switcher grabs the map's tiledmapservicelayer and assigns a new URL to it. it works fine with these three layers. Now, when I replace the topo layer with the nice world_light_gray_basemap (http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Base/MapServer) and when i use the switcher to load the grey_basemap, it never displays. when i initialize the map contol with the world_light_gray_basemap, it draws, but the other two layers won't display anymore. can somebody tell me why that happens and how I can switch between the world_light_grey_base and other tiledmapservice layers? Thanks a lot, Stefan

stefanschlaefli · Answer

This helps. Thank you.
Stefan

DominiqueBroux · Answer

On startup you create a map in Geographical Coordinates (tiled layer ESRI_StreetMap_World_2D). Then you can't display a Web Mercator tiled layer(such as http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Base/MapServer).

You should either use only Web Mercator base maps (such as http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer) or change the spatial reference of the map by clearing all layers and resetting the Extent of the map before adding the new layers.