Users that I work with are having problems using ESRI's ArcOnline Basemaps (specifically World Imagery Basemap) because the load and redraw rates are very slow. I have had them switch to the same coordinate system as the basemap (WGS 1984 Web Mercator, Auxiliary Sphere) and this usually resolves the problem. However, most of our working data is in Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic, and some users find WGS 1984 difficult to deal with in very high latitude areas (north slope) due to distortion. Are there any other suggested solutions for speeding up redraw rates?
