idea Esri Basemap Descriptions: Viewable Scales in ArcGIS Online Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/esri-basemap-descriptions-viewable-scales/idi-p/924675 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We use Esri's basemaps for many purposes, including data collection in Collector for ArcGIS.</P><P>Different basemaps are viewable at different scales. In some cases these scales are not stated.</P><P>As an example, here are three similar basemap items:</P><OL><LI><A href="https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3175cf5b9e9f47f284c7b7d3c8d5b387">https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3175cf5b9e9f47f284c7b7d3c8d5b387</A><BR />- has no scale information, but links to:</LI><LI><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e9b3685f4c24d8781073dd928ebda50">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e9b3685f4c24d8781073dd928ebda50</A><BR />- has no scale information, but links to:</LI><LI><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a284a9b99b3446a3910d4144a50990f6">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a284a9b99b3446a3910d4144a50990f6</A><BR />- with scale information, which may or may not apply to items 1 and 2?</LI></OL><P>Our Idea is that all basemap items should include the viewable scales in an accessible location, such as the item description; a dedicated scale range attribute in ArcGIS Online / ArcGIS Enterprise seems like a good idea, given the importance of scale.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:04:31 GMT PaulHoeffler2 2018-06-18T22:04:31Z Esri Basemap Descriptions: Viewable Scales https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/esri-basemap-descriptions-viewable-scales/idi-p/924675 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We use Esri's basemaps for many purposes, including data collection in Collector for ArcGIS.</P><P>Different basemaps are viewable at different scales. In some cases these scales are not stated.</P><P>As an example, here are three similar basemap items:</P><OL><LI><A href="https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3175cf5b9e9f47f284c7b7d3c8d5b387">https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3175cf5b9e9f47f284c7b7d3c8d5b387</A><BR />- has no scale information, but links to:</LI><LI><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e9b3685f4c24d8781073dd928ebda50">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5e9b3685f4c24d8781073dd928ebda50</A><BR />- has no scale information, but links to:</LI><LI><A href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a284a9b99b3446a3910d4144a50990f6">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a284a9b99b3446a3910d4144a50990f6</A><BR />- with scale information, which may or may not apply to items 1 and 2?</LI></OL><P>Our Idea is that all basemap items should include the viewable scales in an accessible location, such as the item description; a dedicated scale range attribute in ArcGIS Online / ArcGIS Enterprise seems like a good idea, given the importance of scale.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:04:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/esri-basemap-descriptions-viewable-scales/idi-p/924675 PaulHoeffler2 2018-06-18T22:04:31Z