idea Support More Robust Symbology Hatching in ArcGIS Online Ideas

Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

Phil_Hartger — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:56:26 GMT

For map (feature) services hosted on ArcGIS Online, only hollow- and solid-fill polygon symbology is effectively supported. Feature services can be published that use polygon hatching symbols, but the hatching will always be black--no color is supported. Similarly, when modifying the symbology of polygons in ArcGIS Online, only hollow- and solid-fill symbols are available. It would be very nice to support a more robust set of polygon symbology.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

SimonUyttendaele — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:07:44 GMT

This idea is linked to :
https://community.esri.com/ideas/8285

Possible solution is proposed here :
https://github.com/Chaussette/esri.symbol.FillPattern

https://github.com/Chaussette/esri.symbol.FillPattern#sthash.ha6vIjkp.dpuf

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

DaneGarvin — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:37:30 GMT

ESRI wants people to use ArcGIS for their maps so why don't they support all the general gallery symbology that are available in ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro software for your ArcGIS maps.. Very frustrated that we can't use different kinds of polygon symbols in our city maps.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

MichaelTrust — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:15:41 GMT

I totally agree. We are seeing people with Desktop experience using ArcGIS Online more and they feel limited in what they can do with symbology.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

ColeAndrews — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:53:15 GMT

I just published a hosted service in AGO with simple polygon cross hatching. Just learned AGO won't display it. Up vote.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

MarvinDavis — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:42:59 GMT

I see this item's status is "Reviewed," but it is 7 years old and this functionality is still not in AGOL. Is this a planned enhancement in the near future?

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

BryanShoaf1 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:07:10 GMT

Let's go ESRI, this enhancement is way past due. The users need and deserve this functionality. Is this a planned enhancement in the near future?

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

AndreaR — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:19:04 GMT

Definitely needed. It's very frustrating to do a load of styling work in Pro, only to upload it and discover some of your symbology doesn't work properly in AGOL. If Pro and AGOL are to be truly complimentary, they need to at least be able to make the content look the same in both.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

MarvinDavis — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:26:50 GMT

Since I'm someone with next-to-zero knowledge of JavaScript, how feasible is it to implement this "possible" solution?

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

JoshWhite — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:24:03 GMT

This is exactly my issue. I am moving to using ArcGIS Online for virtually everything. I will still use Pro for editing on my end but have to create web apps for most users. ArcGIS Server allowed me to do almost anything with symbology and now that I am using Hosted Feature Layers/Views it is extremely limited what I can do. I can't even figure out a good way to symbolize railroads. Really?, who symbolizes railroads with a simple line symbol? You have to be able to tell the difference between railroads and regular roads.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

JoshWhite — Tue, 12 May 2020 16:25:32 GMT

It's funny we can do 3D in this environment but can't do some of the simplest symbology in a 2D map.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

JamieSheehan — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:25:35 GMT

Come on ESRI!

This is so overdue! Polygon and Line symbology options are verging on pathetic with respect to current day standards and capabilities in other software. It's practically impossible to make a decent looking map with more than 1 polygon layer that overlaps.

Step up or users will find alternatives.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

Matt-Huser — Wed, 18 May 2022 13:10:45 GMT

Is there any update to this idea? With almost 200 kudos, what will it take to move this to Under Consideration?

At the bottom of this blog post there is a reference to supporting hatches natively in AGOL coming Fall of 2021...I don't think this happened. The overhead of having to publish to ArcGIS Enterprise to maintain basic cartography seems excessive.

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching

Matt-Huser — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:45:31 GMT

Good News, I'm testing the June 2022 ArcGIS Online update via the Early Adopter Program and they have added support for crosshatching and dot fills!

Re: Support More Robust Symbology Hatching - Status changed to: Implemented

sarah_maisel — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 01:08:07 GMT

Thank you for submitting this Idea! We introduced options for more robust hatch fill symbology in our June and November 2022 releases. If you have further feedback on hatch fill symbology in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer, please feel free to reply here or create a new Idea with those specifics - I will be happy to pass it along to our internal teams.

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/announcements/whats-new-arcgis-online-june-2022/

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/whats-new-in-map-viewer-november-2022/

-Sarah

ArcGIS Online Advocacy Lead