Streetmap Premium 2025.2

Question

I downloaded the Streetmap Premium mapping and streets in order to  have a the ability to customize the layers and enable layer placement. That seems to have happened successfully.  I guess my question is - is there a basemap that is also included with these layers?

I typically use the basemap that would come with Business analyst and then use those layers to customized my basemap.

PatrickPeters1 · Answer

Regarding Question 1: Is there a way to only have it label Oceans and Seas? Not by using the WATER_TYPE attribute specifically, because as you noted the feature class contains too many features with the same value of 1. But for multi-scale mapping, cartographers will often use the SQ_KM attribute to query and label only those water bodies that should be labeled at certain scales, for example, SQ_KM >= 350 (see Map Tips and Tricks.pdf).

Regarding Question 2: is there a way to have the water continuous? The StreetMap Premium data uses data from only one data vendor that is focused on the street network and water polygons are more of an afterthought. Here again, use a cartographer trick and set your Map > Properties > General > Background color in ArcGIS Pro to be the same color as your major coastal water bodies. That way the background color will fill in the gaps where there are not any water polygons (see Map Tips and Tricks.pdf).

Map Tips and Tricks.pdf

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LoriHatfield1 · Answer

Hi - I am attempting to recreate our custom basemap (we typically utilized the map that was included with Business Analyst data) and from there customized the layers.  With ArcPRO I understand that is not an option so we purchase the StreetMap Premium product which I state above thought would not only include the FGDB in addition to the associated basemap with feature layers.  It appears I was incorrect on the latter.

I have downloaded the FGDB (Streetmap Premium)  \StreetMap\US_2025\NA_2025R2_Mapping_FGDB\FGDB\StreetMap_Data\NA_Mapping.gdb.

I used the crosswalk document to determine that WaterAreas have now replaced Map Water Area.

My original basemap contained these Hydrology layers:

My updated map now contains these layers for Hydrology:

Two questions -

1.When I try to label only the Ocean and Seas (Watertype 1) I see labels for Lake Borgne and various Bays, Lagoons and Coves also appear.  Is there a way to only have it label Oceans and Seas ( I saw a priority number but when I put a value for that field in the query - all labeling is removed for that layer)

2. My other question is there a way to have the water continuous?  I see on this map it ends at a certain point - we typically have regional maps - in this case we might include the Gulf Coast line and it appears the water is not complete.  I attempted to make the all other values in the Land layer the same color as the ocean but that does not appear to work .

I appreciate any help or guidance on these issues.  Thanks.