Extracting Polygons from Basemap

Question

Is there any way I can extract the green area from the basemap to a polygon? Trying to find an quicker/easier solution than manually tracing it.

Robert_LeClair · Answer

As stated above, no.  But this Learn ArcGIS lesson provides another workflow to do something similar - Extract high-resolution land cover with GeoAI | Documentation

TrevorDunne10 · Answer

Thank you!

KrishnaDaravath · Answer

You can’t directly convert a basemap into a polygon because basemaps are just images, not real vector data.

If you need that green area as a polygon, you have 3 options:

* Manually trace it (Sketch tool)
* Use imagery and run classification tools
* Find a land cover dataset that already has boundaries

If it’s just a quick job, manual tracing is usually the fastest.