https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/map-center-is-not-working/m-p/1226087#M7943 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have the same problem every time I try to display a map in Python. Im using Notebook inside CS code.</P><P>The map is drawn but the center is not where I specified it to be.</P><P>Also the defined polygon is not displayed dispite I wrote the code to display it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>The map is displayed but not the polygon and the map center is wrong, se the attached image.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can someone see if I did something wrong?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="python map.center.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/54585i76E910C0B669DE92/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="python map.center.png" alt="python map.center.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">#Import modules from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.geocoding import geocode from arcgis.geometry import lengths, areas_and_lengths, project from arcgis.geometry import Point, Polyline, Polygon, Geometry import pandas as pd #Connect to GIS gis = GIS('home') #Create a Polygon object polygon1 = Polygon({'spatialReference': {'latestWkid': 4326}, 'rings': [[[-97.06587202923951, 32.75656343500563], [-97.07033522518535, 32.75454232619796], [-97.07179434702324, 32.75443405154119], [-97.073596791488, 32.75475887587208], [-97.07501299810983, 32.75475887587208], [-97.07492716677937, 32.75616643554153], [-97.07595713555828, 32.75602207118053], [-97.07115061698558, 32.75887321736912], [-97.06930525730476, 32.75890930713694], [-97.06479914614289, 32.75739351976198], [-97.06587202923951, 32.75656343500563]]] }) polygon1 #Display the Polygon on a map map3 = gis.map('2201 E Road to Six Flags St, Arlington, TX 76011, United States') map3.basemap = "topo" map3.zoom = 16 map3.center = {'x': -97.05815464365813, 'y': 32.75494892021667, "spatialReference" : {"wkid" : 4326}} #Draw the map map3 #Draw the Polygon on the map map3.draw(polygon1)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:23:46 GMT LarsChristianØstgaard 2022-10-27T10:23:46Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/map-center-is-not-working/m-p/1226087#M7943 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have the same problem every time I try to display a map in Python. Im using Notebook inside CS code.</P><P>The map is drawn but the center is not where I specified it to be.</P><P>Also the defined polygon is not displayed dispite I wrote the code to display it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>The map is displayed but not the polygon and the map center is wrong, se the attached image.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can someone see if I did something wrong?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="python map.center.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/54585i76E910C0B669DE92/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="python map.center.png" alt="python map.center.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">#Import modules from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.geocoding import geocode from arcgis.geometry import lengths, areas_and_lengths, project from arcgis.geometry import Point, Polyline, Polygon, Geometry import pandas as pd #Connect to GIS gis = GIS('home') #Create a Polygon object polygon1 = Polygon({'spatialReference': {'latestWkid': 4326}, 'rings': [[[-97.06587202923951, 32.75656343500563], [-97.07033522518535, 32.75454232619796], [-97.07179434702324, 32.75443405154119], [-97.073596791488, 32.75475887587208], [-97.07501299810983, 32.75475887587208], [-97.07492716677937, 32.75616643554153], [-97.07595713555828, 32.75602207118053], [-97.07115061698558, 32.75887321736912], [-97.06930525730476, 32.75890930713694], [-97.06479914614289, 32.75739351976198], [-97.06587202923951, 32.75656343500563]]] }) polygon1 #Display the Polygon on a map map3 = gis.map('2201 E Road to Six Flags St, Arlington, TX 76011, United States') map3.basemap = "topo" map3.zoom = 16 map3.center = {'x': -97.05815464365813, 'y': 32.75494892021667, "spatialReference" : {"wkid" : 4326}} #Draw the map map3 #Draw the Polygon on the map map3.draw(polygon1)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:23:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/map-center-is-not-working/m-p/1226087#M7943 LarsChristianØstgaard 2022-10-27T10:23:46Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/map-center-is-not-working/m-p/1630602#M11495 <P>I have a similar problem with the 'center' function - it does not change the map parameters</P> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:51:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/map-center-is-not-working/m-p/1630602#M11495 Joanna_Jaczewska 2025-07-07T11:51:15Z