topic Multisource Vector Tile and Raster map service in ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor Questions

Multisource Vector Tile and Raster map service

Spike73 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:48:05 GMT

Hi all,

I'm setting up a Multisource vector tile custom basemap and I would like to include a raster Hillshade. I've tried with the following code in the style file but it hasn't work:

"sources": { "landuse": { "type": "vector", "url": "https://ags1.organization.org/arcgis/rest/services/Hosted/TerrainLanduse_V01/VectorTileServer" } , "landcover": { "type": "vector", "url": "https://ags1.organization.org/arcgis/rest/services/Hosted/TerrainLandcover_V01/VectorTileServer" }, "hillshade": { "type": "raster", "tiles": [ "https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Elevation/World_Hillshade/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}" ], "tileSize": 256 } }, "layers": [ { "id": "Hills", "type": "raster", "source": "hillshade", "paint": { "raster-opacity": 0.85 } }, .... more layers

Is it possible to also include raster sources in multisource vector tile style files?

Re: Multisource Vector Tile and Raster map service

Andy-Green — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:09:09 GMT

ArcGIS clients only implement vector tile sources in styles. We do support multiple vector sources though. The difficulty we have is that the vector tile style is a whole map spec for mapbox. For us, we just use it for vector tile layers. Hillshade + vector tiles should be done as two layers in the ArcGIS ecosystem (can be saved out as a web map). This also gives Esri the advantage of supporting things like blend modes that the style spec doesn’t support.

Re: Multisource Vector Tile and Raster map service

MarcelloTola — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:39:08 GMT

Dear @Andy-Green ,

Thanks for your reply.
I realise it isn’t possible to implement the map in that way. In the meantime, I’d already adopted the two-layer structure. Thanks again, and please keep me updated on any developments.