topic Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget? in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

AdamInglis — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:32:15 GMT

I'm able to get Bing maps to show up in Flex versions of my webmaps, and I can use Bing as a base map in Web AppBuilder apps, but I haven't figured out anyway to add the Bing map collection to the basemap gallery wideget. Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Adam

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:57:05 GMT

I'm assuming you are wanting to add the bing basemaps to your ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Basemap gallery? Typically for this I would create an ArcGIS Online map and add the Bing layer as the base map, then save the map to my custom basemap gallery group. I went to test this last night to give more details, but I'm wondering if there is currently an issue with ArcGIS Online and Bing map services. Like you, I'm able to access thru Desktop with my Bing key. I also have the Bing key entered in my AGOL enterprise account, but following the steps to add the Bing base doesn't give any error, but the basemap is blank.

I tested that it was still available thru desktop (to verify my Bing Key was still valid) so I'm now thinking it is a current issue with just AGOL. ??

As to how to reference it directly in code, I do not know how to do that (but would like to know if it's possible).

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

AdamInglis — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:06:58 GMT

Thanks for the reply Rebecca. I had already created a basemap group for AGOL so they show up in my AGOL Basemap Gallery, and in my Flex application Basemap Gallery, however, they do not show up in my WAB applications that use the exact same webmaps as the Flex version.

I used ArcGIS Viewer for Flex to build my Flex applications and I had to enter my Bing key in the settings in order for the Bing maps to show up in my Flex apps. I'm looking for the settings in WAB where I could add my Bing key and haven't found it yet.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:23:47 GMT

So, first placed I would have thought it was on the "attributes" tab......maybe hacked as an added proxy rule? Just guessing.

Have you tried the "click to add a new basemap" in the properties for the Basemap Gallery widget?

If you can figure out the item ID from AGOL you would expect it to see the key you have entered there. If not, this seems this is an overlooked feature "we" should ask for. Enter it on the Esri Arcgis Ideas | Ideas Submission Portal page, and I'll vote for it.

But my guess is it may need to be a custom/modified widget. Suggestions, since this is related to AGOL too, it might help to move this discussion to the ArcGIS Online or maybe Robert Scheitlin, GISP‌ 's Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets page. That may help it get more views from others doing the same sort of thing. And Robert plans to work on custom JS widgets as he did for Flex. Good location to join/follow.

Edit: forgot to add the image.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

AdamInglis — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:52:38 GMT

The ExtenChooser.js in C:\arcgis-web-appbuilder-1.0beta2\client\stemapp\jimu.js\dijit has a spot that looks like you could enter the Bing key:

initExtent: null,

//bingMapsKey: String

// required if working with Microsoft Bing Maps

bingMapsKey: ' ',

I just haven't been successful using it myself.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

CoyPotts1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:54:31 GMT

I have been unable to accomplish this as well. I wanted to bump this thread to see if we could get a current answer.

I am simply trying to add the Bing maps basemaps to the basemap widget within my Web App Builder custom application. I have the Bing key entered into our AGOL Organization page, and have no problems accessing the map from Desktop.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:07:26 GMT

Coy,

Following the steps in this blog still works for me.

How to install a Microsoft Bing Key for use with ArcGIS Online & ArcMap | Support Services Blog

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

CoyPotts1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:14:17 GMT

Robert, thank you for sharing the link. That is a lot of work to accomplish a very simple task, but at least it seems pretty straight forward. Thanks again!

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

VeronicaAnderson2 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:07:19 GMT

Does this solve your issue of not being able to get Bing as a basemap option in the WebApp Builder? It doesn't look like that has been addressed with this link. I am having the same issue. I can force WAB to recognize the Bing basemap if I load it into the map I'm using to run the app but I also want to add the other basemaps I have in my basemap gallery as options as well.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:31:08 GMT

Veronica,

The article does describe how to add Bing map to your orgs basemaps. See step 11 specifically.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

CoyPotts1 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:24:13 GMT

One thing I didn't understand was that when you create a web map and add the Bing basemap to the map, the other default Esri basemaps will still show up in the basemap gallery widget of the custom application.

To get the Bing basemap into your map, the below workflow worked for me:

Open feature layer in Map Viewer
Click "Add" drop down > Click "Add Layer from Web" > Click drop down > Select "A Bing Basemap"
Select your desired Bing basemap > Click "ADD LAYER"
Save the web map
Share the web map using a custom application template that has the basemap gallery widget enabled

The application will open up with the chosen Bing maps basemap as the default, but opening the basemap gallery will show all of the other Esri default basemaps as well.

The image below is a snippet from one of my custom applications. The hybrid Bing map is shown at the bottom, but all of the other default maps are still there as well.

And as Robert mentioned, step 11 in the link provided above is how you enable this functionality. I hope that helps.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

VeronicaAnderson2 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:13:08 GMT

The original question is not how to get Bing into your basemaps gallery, but how to get that basemaps gallery in to the WebApp Builder widget for changing the basemap. I still don't know how to put Bing into my APP other than to add it to my map, which forces the app to recognize it and add it to the basemap widget, and then to add the actual basemap I want to see first as a layer on top of it.

I have several other basemaps available when creating a map (shown below) but they do not show up in the basemap widget (shown above).

I'm pretty sure this is the same as the original issue that adaminglis was referring to.

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:36:28 GMT

Veronica,

Once I follow that article step by step and then add the basemap gallery to my add then the Bing map I added to my orgs basemap group is available in WAB apps as seen in the attached image:

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

VeronicaAnderson2 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:44:24 GMT

Robert!

All I had to do was remove the widget and add it again to my app! Now all the basemaps in my basemap gallery show up in the widget. What a rookie mistake. I guess I learned my lesson. Thanks so much for your help.

Cheers,

Re: How to add Bing maps to Basemap Gallery widget?

CoyPotts1 — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:26:30 GMT

Sorry I misunderstood the original question. And you gotta love those types of mistakes .