idea Add Data Widget - display layers with different projections than basemap in ArcGIS Online Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/add-data-widget-display-layers-with-different/idi-p/925826 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As stated in the widget"s documentation:</P><P>"<SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">If you add a layer that has a spatial reference different from that of your basemap, especially the tile layers, the added layer might not be visible." <A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/create-apps/widget-add-data.htm">WAB&nbsp;Add Data widget</A></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">I was hoping that this limitation would eventually be overcome? Unfortunately, we cannot convince all councils (or even different countries) to publish their data online using the Web Mercator - they use&nbsp;local projections - and when you are working for the whole country or a very large area, it means that the data sourced from a council/country using another projection cannot be added using the Add Data widget. Which means that all the layers need to be added as default layers within the web map. Such a map becomes slow and unresponsive even if visibility, extent, labels, and symbology are configured for better performance.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">The Add Data widget is a great and powerful tool, and&nbsp;I hope this limitation will be temporary.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:20:39 GMT Anonymous User 2018-06-11T19:20:39Z Add Data Widget - display layers with different projections than basemap https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/add-data-widget-display-layers-with-different/idi-p/925826 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As stated in the widget"s documentation:</P><P>"<SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">If you add a layer that has a spatial reference different from that of your basemap, especially the tile layers, the added layer might not be visible." <A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/create-apps/widget-add-data.htm">WAB&nbsp;Add Data widget</A></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">I was hoping that this limitation would eventually be overcome? Unfortunately, we cannot convince all councils (or even different countries) to publish their data online using the Web Mercator - they use&nbsp;local projections - and when you are working for the whole country or a very large area, it means that the data sourced from a council/country using another projection cannot be added using the Add Data widget. Which means that all the layers need to be added as default layers within the web map. Such a map becomes slow and unresponsive even if visibility, extent, labels, and symbology are configured for better performance.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="color: #4c4c4c; background-color: #f8f8f8;">The Add Data widget is a great and powerful tool, and&nbsp;I hope this limitation will be temporary.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:20:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/add-data-widget-display-layers-with-different/idi-p/925826 Anonymous User 2018-06-11T19:20:39Z