Map text to coordinate layer

AdamNicholson — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:14:43 GMT

Hi all,

I am looking to use OS maps to make a layer. Can arcgis pro search the basemap image for "swallow hole" for example, and then create a shapefile with coords at every instance of those words on the map?
I want to use it to make a rough swallowhole location layer for later groundtruthing.

Any help would be super appreciated, thanks

Linoom

Re: Map text to coordinate layer

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:32:13 GMT

No—there aren’t any Esri basemaps in ArcGIS Pro whose label text is keyword-searchable. Basemaps are for visualization and aren’t searchable by attributes, so you can’t search their drawn text/labels.

If you need keyword search, the text must come from operational feature layers (searchable attributes) or a locator (for place-name/address search). In this tutorial below, it mentions that users can’t “search for features in the basemap” and that interactive/searchable layers should be in the operational map: Tutorial: Create an offline map—ArcGIS Pro.

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Map text to coordinate layer

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