idea Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map in ArcGIS Online Ideas

Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map

VÃ_roniqueWatelle — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:04:21 GMT

ArcGIS Online December updates integrate a 3D webviewer. It would be very helpful to be able, by one click (a button?), to directly use a webmap and send it to the scene, with all the layers symbology.
At the moment, we have to add the layers one by one in the scene viewer : which is time-consuming.

Re: Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map

Anonymous User — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:05:38 GMT

This is actually pretty close to somethign that we are considering for web scenes... the idea that you could start a new scene by adding an entire existing web scene to it.

The map --> web scene idea is analogous to what you can do in Pro today. We'll consider it.

Re: Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map

mcj5533 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:32:06 GMT

We are in the process of introducing interactive web maps and applications to our company using ArcGIS Online. One of the biggest challenges is weaning our user base off of Google Earth. The ability to create a Scene from a Map would be extremely beneficial, and help eliminate the use of Google Earth. The workflow could be designed very similar to how you can now take a Map, and share it to create an Application.

Re: Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map - Status changed to: Closed

ScottBall — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:25:57 GMT

Re: Create a 3D webscene from a 2D web map

SStopyak_BruceHarris — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:57:24 GMT

Not sure why this idea ever got closed. It is a great idea even now, ten years later. I'm currently "converting" a web map to a scene which is to say, creating a new scene and having to configure everything from scratch to mimic the 2D web map. I really don't like having to rebuild everything from scratch to get a 3D perspective when a perfectly good map composition already exists.