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Share a web map without a basemap

CharlesCorbin — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:32:52 GMT

Why am I required to have a basemap in a map I am sharing to ArcGIS Online as a web map? Maybe I don't want to include a basemap. Maybe I want to have all the layers in the map served as feature layers. Maybe I want to use my local coordinate system instead of the WGS 84 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere coordinate system. I have found this requirement extremely frustrating.

I even tried to create my own empty basemap. That did not work. A basemap in an ArcGIS Pro project must include a layer. So I added a single layer and then turned it off so it appears empty. That seemed to work but when I tried to open the web map in ArcGIS Online's Map Viewer, I get an error about a non-valid basemap and the web map will not open.

Please allow me to publish a web map without a basemap!!!!!!!

Re: Share a web map without a basemap

JonahLay — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:48:32 GMT

Basemaps are required because they define the spatial reference of the web map and the tiling scheme for your cached layers. For more information, see Basemap layers.

Have you tried publishing your web layers individually apart from in web maps? Also, if the default basemap doesn't work for you, you can always author a custom basemap.

Re: Share a web map without a basemap - Status changed to: Closed

JonahLay — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:54:22 GMT