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Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro

Craig_Eissler_Iceman — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:07:47 GMT

Question: Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro?

Re: Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:55:33 GMT

Craig - technically the basemaps come from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. Depends how you are signing into ArcGIS Pro. If you go to the Map Viewer, all web maps start with a required basemap in WGS 1984 Web Mercator. Same for inserting a new map view in ArcGIS Pro, it adds a default basemap of your organization. If you do not have a basemap when you share a web map from ArcGIS Pro, it throws a 00216: Map does not contain a basemap error message. Not exactly a "why" answer more of a "it's just the way it is" answer. I'd be curious to hear from the others.

Re: Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro

Craig_Eissler_Iceman — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:41:26 GMT

I think the link you provided to the Web Map Basemap Help page explained it -- thanks!

...It defined the spatial reference