https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idi-p/1595227 <P>I would like to suggest that ESRI find a better source for their imagery basemaps. Not only is the resolution very poor but the quality of the image is really awful in some places. Specifically, the squiggly-ness around bridges (which is my area of focus). Maybe a contract between ESRI and Google to let ESRI use their imagery, because the difference is <STRONG><EM>staggering</EM></STRONG>&nbsp;(excluding my screenshot resolution).&nbsp; Comparison images added for reference.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/127843i7D0A6EA4A5836C14/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" alt="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" /></span></P><P> </P> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:43:14 GMT DMT6 2025-03-13T15:43:14Z https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idi-p/1595227 <P>I would like to suggest that ESRI find a better source for their imagery basemaps. Not only is the resolution very poor but the quality of the image is really awful in some places. Specifically, the squiggly-ness around bridges (which is my area of focus). Maybe a contract between ESRI and Google to let ESRI use their imagery, because the difference is <STRONG><EM>staggering</EM></STRONG>&nbsp;(excluding my screenshot resolution).&nbsp; Comparison images added for reference.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/127843i7D0A6EA4A5836C14/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" alt="basemap_comparison_examples.jpg" /></span></P><P> </P> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:43:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idi-p/1595227 DMT6 2025-03-13T15:43:14Z https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idc-p/1595303#M31 <P>You can find different basemap services to use here:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-blog/add-google-maps-to-arcmap-and-pro/ba-p/1050830" target="_blank">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-blog/add-google-maps-to-arcmap-and-pro/ba-p/1050830</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:19:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idc-p/1595303#M31 Laura 2025-03-13T18:19:25Z https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idc-p/1595666#M32 <P>Thank you very much!&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":folded_hands:">🙏</span>&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/578538">@Laura</a>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:04:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/imagery-in-arcgis-online-ideas/better-basemaps-imagery/idc-p/1595666#M32 DMT6 2025-03-14T17:04:41Z