I am working with OpenStreetMap (among others) for my basemap. When my map opens, the zoom level shows the extents of my operational layers and the zoom slider on the Navigation widget is centered. This means that half of the zoom levels will be unnecessary as they only zoom out farther from my operational layers. In addition, the closest zoom level is still too far out to fully utilize my map or even clearly read text I have displayed at that level.
So my question is: Is there a way to add zoom levels that allow a closer look at the map and remove zoom levels that are extraneous?
I have been experimenting a bit with lods, after looking at this post: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/83035-defining-zoom-level-with-basemaps?highlight=zoom Unfortunately, while displaying the added lods, the basemap disappears. The basemap only shows at the levels it originally displayed at. Also getting a shift in position of my operational layers and an inaccurate scale bar display when I add the lods.
