topic Re: Vector Tile Legend? in ArcGIS Online Questions

Vector Tile Legend?

deleted-user-LNABNwA5CZcD — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:57:05 GMT

How do you get a vector tile layer to show up in the legend? I don't have the option to "show in legend" like I do for other layers. I created my vector tile index, then package, then uploaded to ArcGIS Online. Am I missing something? Corresponding feature layer that has to be included in the upload in some way? I really don't even care about popups or being able to query.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

rachelg_esri — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:53:57 GMT

Hello Sam!

At the moment, ArcGIS Online does not have a vector tile layer legend capability. We have several customers asking for this capability and we have an enhancement logged in our system:

[ENH-000099289: Please enhance ArcGIS Online to generate legends for vector tiles automatically similar to how raster tiles do.]

The enhancement is currently in an "Under Consideration" status. I'd recommend that you give us a call here in Support Services and request that a case be created on your behalf so that you can attach your account to this enhancement, thus adding support for the idea to be put to action. Provide support with the above enhancement number and they can assist with that request.

We look forward to hearing from you in Support!

Best regards,

Rachel

Esri Support Services

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

arnaudleboucher — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:22:48 GMT

hello Esri, no caption or tooltip to tell users what they see, vector tile, even if it is very powerful, is unfortunately quite useless when you want to share a lot of data to non-specialists. keep up the effort, please!

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

ScottStopyak — Tue, 07 May 2019 18:35:38 GMT

I'd like to see vector tile layers symbolized in the legend too.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

AZendel — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:38:45 GMT

Add me to the list. The lack of a legend is making me find a different approach to share this dataset.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

Ajeng_SalmaYarista — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:50:39 GMT

Hi! Just curious if there is any update regarding this idea

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

MatthewHampton2 — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:29:20 GMT

Hi Rachel Guttmacher's Blog - I am looking for a solution for automatic legend generation for vector tiles and was curious if [ENH-000099289] has been developed. Thanks!

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

MosheurRahman — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:09:21 GMT

Waiting to have legend capability with Vector Tile.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

MosheurRahman — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:11:13 GMT

Hi Rachel,

Do you have any update on this or any future plan to prioritise it?

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

NPetersonCMAP — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:47:29 GMT

Is this still under consideration? I searched for ENH-000099289 but couldn't find it on the support site.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

AmaiaMartinez — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:50:32 GMT

I also searched for ENH-000099289 and couldn't find it anywhere... Do you have any update?

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

JustinJohnston — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:37:49 GMT

Please add me to the list. My current workaround has been to create a legend using Adobe Photoshop to make a PNG or JPG of what the legend would look like and put that picture next to the webmap that is brought in to a website using an <iframe> tag. It gets the job done, but is not the cleanest, took me a while since I don't know Photoshop well, and I wasn't able to precisely match the symbology in the picture with the webmap since I don't have the exact same size of icons/symbols. See here: Project News – Prince George's County and District of Columbia Reliability and Reinforcement Project (pgcdcrrp.com)

Cheers,

Justin

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

Boyang_Wang — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:57:29 GMT

My workaround is to publish a image service using the same symbology as in the vector tile and add to the web map just for showing the symbols in the legend. Even if you delete the features in the published image service, the symbol will still show up in the legend.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

MarkoPolo — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:53:58 GMT

Still waiting.... why was this even shipped without such a core feature?

ESRI is the worst software I have ever used. 15 years of pain.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

JoeBryant1 — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:56:35 GMT

Another vote. I just sold my firm on publishing vector tiles for basemaps that will be used across our ArcGIS Pro project figures, and found out they can't be added to our legends. Don't I look smart. Back to Map Image services for now...

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

JoeBryant1 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:44:14 GMT

This sounds like a good work around. Can you confirm your workflow?

-You publish the populated layer as a vector tile,

-create a separate layer using the same symbology but pointing to an empty dataset (or maybe just set a definition query that removes all the data)

-and publish that image service at a single zoom level (the reference scale set for the symbols/labels)?

-Then you can use that image layer to generate the legend without slowing down performance?

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

Boyang_Wang — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:53:56 GMT

I did this in Enterprise environment with the image service being referenced. I just tried to publish the image service as hosted and it worked as well. You can try loading this hosted image: https://gis.passaiccountynj.org/arcgis/rest/services/test_point_symbol/MapServer

Although it has no data, the symbol shows up in Map Viewer's legend. I believe it will not slow down performance.

I am not sure about reference scale. The symbol I used has no reference scale. Its size is 20 pt.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

David_Brooks — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:55:34 GMT

Another vote from me. Lots of clients asking for this. Also enable popups like mapbox VTiles supports.

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

JohnGallop — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:43:00 GMT

Hi,

I have come across the same issue as I am trying to save credits using a vector tile vs. publishing just a vector. I contacted ESRI and they say if you want a work around you should just load the file as a raster tile package instead of a vector. This will allow you to have a legend.

This seems to work perfectly for my purposes.

Hope this helps.

John

Re: Vector Tile Legend?

Jeff-Reinhart — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:20:47 GMT

Another vote for Vector Tile Layer legends. Would really like to be able to expand a legend in a LayerList without a bunch of workaround.