Can the word Vector be added to the basemaps please

dougbrowning

I would love a better way to tell the raster from the vector basemaps.  They both look the same in a search and the raster one actually has a newer date. 

The little yellow symbols are slightly different but when you hover over them they both just say Tile Layer.  If it said Vector Tile layer in that little popup or better yet in the title that would help us find the right one a lot.

Unless I am missing a way?  I usually either check description, which is still a bit vague on how to tell, or I zoom into the Great Salt lake which is slightly diff in the vector.

Thanks

jcarlson

In the new map viewer, an easy check is to rotate the map, as vector labels should orient to the view.

Of course, you have to add them to your map to see that. The descriptions ought to show something about it being a vector tile layer prominently enough, but I haven't checked all of them.

That said, I think it would be nice if there were something on the thumbnail that indicated this, even just a V or R after the title? Even the tooltip for the item type just says "Tile Layer". Not that clicking into the details is that much more work, but if we can eliminate 2-4 more clicks just by adding a single letter to the item's title, that seems like it would be an easy win.

I'd post this same thing in the Ideas Exchange, you'll get my upvote for sure.