https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705019#M103381 <P>You can’t directly convert a basemap into a polygon because basemaps are just images, not real vector data.</P><P>If you need that green area as a polygon, you have 3 options:</P><UL><LI>Manually trace it (Sketch tool)</LI><LI>Use imagery and run classification tools</LI><LI>Find a land cover dataset that already has boundaries</LI></UL><P>If it’s just a quick job, manual tracing is usually the fastest.</P> Thu, 28 May 2026 18:02:16 GMT KrishnaDaravath 2026-05-28T18:02:16Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705017#M103380 <P>Is there any way I can extract the green area from the basemap to a polygon? Trying to find an quicker/easier solution than manually tracing it.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="TrevorDunne10_0-1779990709382.png" style="width: 512px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153182i62C5400725327091/image-dimensions/512x362?v=v2" width="512" height="362" role="button" title="TrevorDunne10_0-1779990709382.png" alt="TrevorDunne10_0-1779990709382.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 May 2026 17:55:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705017#M103380 TrevorDunne10 2026-05-28T17:55:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705019#M103381 <P>You can’t directly convert a basemap into a polygon because basemaps are just images, not real vector data.</P><P>If you need that green area as a polygon, you have 3 options:</P><UL><LI>Manually trace it (Sketch tool)</LI><LI>Use imagery and run classification tools</LI><LI>Find a land cover dataset that already has boundaries</LI></UL><P>If it’s just a quick job, manual tracing is usually the fastest.</P> Thu, 28 May 2026 18:02:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705019#M103381 KrishnaDaravath 2026-05-28T18:02:16Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705020#M103382 <P>Thank you!</P> Thu, 28 May 2026 18:04:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705020#M103382 TrevorDunne10 2026-05-28T18:04:20Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705300#M103405 <P>As stated above, no.&nbsp; But this Learn ArcGIS lesson provides another workflow to do something similar -&nbsp;<A href="https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/extract-high-resolution-land-cover-with-geoai/arcgis-pro/" target="_blank">Extract high-resolution land cover with GeoAI | Documentation</A></P> Fri, 29 May 2026 19:49:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/extracting-polygons-from-basemap/m-p/1705300#M103405 Robert_LeClair 2026-05-29T19:49:10Z