topic Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS? in ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor Questions

Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 21:04:53 GMT

I've been testing the functionality of the ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor described in this ArcGIS Blog Post: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/developers/mapping/design-custom-basemaps-with-the-new-arcgis-vector-tile-style-editor/

I'm wondering it is possible to consume the customs basemap in my organization's portal? I have a web map hosted in Portal that could really use a custom basemap.

Anyone have any success with this?

Thanks!

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChelseaRozek — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:05:25 GMT

I was able to customize an ESRI light grey vector basemap in our Portal with help from this story map: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=a74a8b251f6141fa9561041d36ea56e3

I created a quick style with the Vector Style Editor and downloaded it as a json. In Portal, I added an ESRI vector basemap to a webmap (NOT as a basemap, just as a normal layer; Living Atlas content needs to be configured in Portal), copied it as a layer in the TOC, then on that new copy, clicked the 3 dot menu, clicked on Save Layer. On that new saved item in Portal, on its item details page, you can Update style with the json you exported from the Style Editor.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:57:26 GMT

Awesome! Thank you for the reply Chelsea, I followed your steps and it seems to be working (although there were a nervous few minutes where nothing was loading in my Web Map in Portal).

Cheers!

Chris

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:48:47 GMT

Hello again. I have a follow up question. I was able to create great looking custom vector tile basemap and it looks great in ArcGIS Online - but if I follow the above steps and apply the .json to a Vector Tile Basemap in Portal, i'm encountering rendering issues (it won't redraw as I zoom in). Have you encountered this? I'm wondering if it has something to do with the version of portal i'm using.

Thanks!

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChelseaRozek — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:34:57 GMT

Which version of Portal are you on? We're on 10.7. Can you upload a copy of the .json? I haven't used a custom vector tile basemap in production yet, so I haven't had a chance to run into any issues.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 20:09:39 GMT

I'm on version 10.5.1 I can't seem to attach the source code here - but I sent one via email.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChelseaRozek — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:10:57 GMT

Did you send it to my work email? I haven't received anything yet. Our spam filters may have been a little overzealous. Could you try zipping it or sending it as a .txt file?

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:01:40 GMT

Sorry about that. I've attached the .json file. Thanks again.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChelseaRozek — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:34:46 GMT

Nice classic look! It seems to be visualizing fine for me in the Portal Map Viewer. Draws at a reasonable speed when zooming. Do you see a difference in drawing between the map viewer and an application? Would you be able to upgrade Portal?

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:52:44 GMT

That's good to hear. Can i ask what version of Portal you are using? It may be possible for me tot upgrade.

For reference, this is what it currently looks like when I try to view it in Portal Viewer:

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:24:45 GMT

And I just realized that you said you are on 10.7. Thanks again for all your help.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChelseaRozek — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:32:03 GMT

Oh wow, I haven't seen that before with vector basemaps. Are the ESRI vector basemaps fine without the custom styling?

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

ChristopherBates — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:38:33 GMT

Yeah, ESRI vector basemaps load fine with no performance issues as long as there is no custom styling. I'm cautiously optimistic that this has something to do with how the styling (.json) is being applied in my version of portal.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

DavidColey — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:43:18 GMT

We too had a difficult time with modified vector tile display in our ArcGIS Online org when it was at the 10.5.x equivalent, so much so that I left it alone for some time.

We have since moved fully to the Enterprise and are at 10.7.1 and the workflows mentioned here do work and we now have a modified style of the Light Gray Reference layer (although not the new WGS84 style) that I can use as reference layer on top of my own vector tile base layers. It works well in the portal map viewer and in Web Application Builder's (2.13) basemap gallery widget.

HOWEVER, the modified Light Gray Reference layer (that I am calling our Local Gray Canvas Reference layer) will not load as a layer into ArcGIS Pro at 2.4.2 without error. Not sure why. In my portal, the modified vector tile shows as coming from my https://myorg.net/portal/sharing/rest/content/... directory, but the source url of the modified tile layer still shows as coming from the esri source at https://basemaps.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Basemap_v2/VectorTileServer

Don't have a workaround yet. It kinda feels like a CORS issue.

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

WillHughes — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:14:26 GMT

Perfect! Thanks

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

DavidColey — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:57:25 GMT

This has since become a non-issue with the vector tile style editor available at 10.8

Re: Is it possible to use vector base maps in Portal for ArcGIS?

JeffreyThompson2 — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:20:33 GMT

I was able to use @ChelseaRozek solution to import into Enterprise version 10.9.1, but I needed to use the Classic Map Viewer. There doesn't appear to be a way to save a single layer in the New Map Viewer.