Are ESRI basemaps free to use ?

shay-geo

Hello,

Are ESRI basemaps free to use in terms of following use case?

 

1. No Portal or ArcGIS Online to pull the basemaps from. Portal is still being used for user authentication.

2. Use basemap tile Url like the one shown in the example below,

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/sample-code/sandbox/?sample=basemap-custom

 

Do we need an API Key for this use case in order to be compliant with License Terms ?

 

Thanks and Regards,

Shailesh Gavathe

 

LaurenBoyd

Hi @shay-geo -

As long as you have ArcGIS Enterprise set up, you are able to use the ArcGIS API for JavaScript without API keys. See the Licensing Information here: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/licensing/

You could also take advantage of our basemaps for use with an ArcGIS Online organization or ArcGIS Enterprise if not wanting to set up a custom basemap: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/api-reference/esri-Map.html#basemaps-for-others

Hope this helps!