topic Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels in ArcGIS Online Questions

Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

JoanneMcGraw — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:09:36 GMT

There are a number of posts of people looking for basemaps without labels and replies talking about the various services available. One idea came up a few times suggesting you could load the base of an ESRI Basemap directly and simply not load its corresponding reference layer.

From what I can tell, though, most of bases actually have text (for example, Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Base (MapServer)). I don't suppose there really is a light gray base kicking about somewhere that really doesn't have labels?

Cheers,

jtm

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

VenusScott — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:06:41 GMT

Here, here! Really...no labels basemap needed.

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

RussRoberts — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 23:27:30 GMT

If you want to create your own custom style using the vector basemaps you could disable the labels in your custom style.

How to Customize Esri Vector Basemaps | ArcGIS Blog

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

VenusScott — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:57:28 GMT

Oooo...time to play!

Thanks!

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

JoanneMcGraw — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:11:11 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion, Russell! Works like a charm.

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

MatthewBaber — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:55:29 GMT

Here is a blog on how to do this: Using basemaps without reference layers | ArcGIS Blog

Includes directions specific to light gray canvas. Hope this helps.

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

JoanneMcGraw — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:11:42 GMT

Thanks for the link, Matthew, but unfortunately that blog discusses how to add a basemap that does have labels. As I noted in my initial post, many people have already suggested what it does with respect to not including the reference layer, but that was not what I was looking for.

So, to anyone who's looking for a basemap with no labels ("no, really no labels"), you can skip the blog post above. Russell Robers response about Vector Basemaps actually delivered.

Cheers,

jtm

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

deleted-user-sYHsW3p_gN5o — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:13:34 GMT

Hi Russell, Do you know if this exists for the new vector basemaps? I'm trying to find the World topographic maps with no labels.

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

Marie_Ducharme — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 22:43:14 GMT

Any evolution on this....almost all the base maps have labels, feels like there is a need/desire for basemaps with NO labels

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

tnguyen — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:12:53 GMT

The ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor web application allows us to generate new styles that can be used as basemaps in our projects:

I found this to be the best way:

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-customize-default-basemaps-without-labels-000028877

You can't exactly turn the labels "off", but you can turn layers on and off AND make labels smaller so that they "disappear".

Hope this helps!

Re: Basemap without labels...no, really without labels

kmsmikrud — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:59:54 GMT

Update:

When I add the vector tile to ArcGIS Pro using the Catalog Pan -> 'Portal' -> My Content (AGOL) the vector tile layer looks the same as it does in AGOL. I had been adding the AGOL url in ArcGIS Pro ->Add Data ->Data from Path. In using the url I had the color differences. I'm so excited this will work thru the Catalog Pane...there is hope.

Hi @tnguyen ,

I was using the ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor available thru the ArcGIS Developers dashboard in the link you shared above.

I was able to turn labels off for certain features like rivers, but my issue is when I save the basemap to my AGOL folder I am seeing differences in how the vector basemap looks in AGOL Map Viewer compared to opening in ArcGIS Pro for the overall colors? I am trying to create a poster with a topo background, but I need to adjust the fonts to better align at a poster size. Anyone experience the same with customized basemap looking so different in ArcGIS Pro? Any work arounds? @BernSzukalski

Thanks in advance,

Kathy

AGOL customized basemap colors as expectedArcGIS Pro customized basemap colors not as expected