topic Re: Side load a tile package help in ArcGIS Collector Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/side-load-a-tile-package-help/m-p/749964#M12695 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Gary,</P><P>The only format for this purpose is the TPK (Tile Package format) as described here:</P><P><A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/03/23/using-your-own-basemap-layers-with-collector-for-arcgis/" title="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/03/23/using-your-own-basemap-layers-with-collector-for-arcgis/">Using your own Basemap layers with Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS Blog</A></P><P>You can create these files in ArcGIS for Desktop&nbsp; in several methods as described in my blog post:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migration-blogpost/1450">Create Cache and TPK without ArcGIS for Server - Workflows for Desktop users</A> </P><P>The usage of these files in the collector is as Basemap.</P><P>Good luck,</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Jul 2015 05:00:12 GMT YovavZohar1 2015-07-27T05:00:12Z Side load a tile package help https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/side-load-a-tile-package-help/m-p/749963#M12694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What image &amp; compression format is needed to sideload a tile package into an Android tablet for offline Collector use?&nbsp; It didn't like the ecw format I tried.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:37:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/side-load-a-tile-package-help/m-p/749963#M12694 GaryFields 2015-07-26T15:37:47Z Re: Side load a tile package help https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/side-load-a-tile-package-help/m-p/749964#M12695 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Gary,</P><P>The only format for this purpose is the TPK (Tile Package format) as described here:</P><P><A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/03/23/using-your-own-basemap-layers-with-collector-for-arcgis/" title="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/03/23/using-your-own-basemap-layers-with-collector-for-arcgis/">Using your own Basemap layers with Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS Blog</A></P><P>You can create these files in ArcGIS for Desktop&nbsp; in several methods as described in my blog post:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migration-blogpost/1450">Create Cache and TPK without ArcGIS for Server - Workflows for Desktop users</A> </P><P>The usage of these files in the collector is as Basemap.</P><P>Good luck,</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Jul 2015 05:00:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/side-load-a-tile-package-help/m-p/749964#M12695 YovavZohar1 2015-07-27T05:00:12Z