topic Use ESRI World Streetmap as Basemap in State Plane Coordinates? in Cartography and Maps Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/use-esri-world-streetmap-as-basemap-in-state-plane/m-p/878830#M911 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have numerous datasets using <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">State Plane</SPAN> coordinates (North Oregon actually). I want to use the <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">ESRI World Street Map</SPAN>,a tiling, as a <SPAN style="color: #993300;">basemap</SPAN>.&nbsp;It was created using World Mercator Auxiliary Sphere as cs. Am I correct in thinking that it will not work, unless the map frame itself also uses World Mercator Auxiliary Sphere? I don't believe tilings can be reprojected, and I don't believe that <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">World Street Map</SPAN> is available in any projected coordinate system other than <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere</SPAN>.True?</P><P></P><P>In the past I used&nbsp;b<SPAN style="color: #993300;">asemaps</SPAN> from <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">Business Analyst</SPAN>. These were normal layers, available at several different scales, but which also admitted scaling to any arbitrary magnification, and could also be reprojected. I would prefer to keep using them. But if you try and import those feature classes into <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">ArcPro</SPAN> (the future)&nbsp;you will crash and burn. Despite all the hoopla about ArcPro, it is just more of the same from ESRI: ever more sluggish, ever more bloated.</P><P></P><P>(I know I can reproject all my existing datasets, or have them project on-the-fly. That is not what I am asking. I don't wish to be obliged to keep reprojecting, nor do I especially wish to use Web Mercator: there is a reason why local authorities use State Plane coordinates in their maps).</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:13:06 GMT RobertStevens 2020-02-21T17:13:06Z Use ESRI World Streetmap as Basemap in State Plane Coordinates? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/use-esri-world-streetmap-as-basemap-in-state-plane/m-p/878830#M911 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have numerous datasets using <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">State Plane</SPAN> coordinates (North Oregon actually). I want to use the <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">ESRI World Street Map</SPAN>,a tiling, as a <SPAN style="color: #993300;">basemap</SPAN>.&nbsp;It was created using World Mercator Auxiliary Sphere as cs. Am I correct in thinking that it will not work, unless the map frame itself also uses World Mercator Auxiliary Sphere? I don't believe tilings can be reprojected, and I don't believe that <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">World Street Map</SPAN> is available in any projected coordinate system other than <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere</SPAN>.True?</P><P></P><P>In the past I used&nbsp;b<SPAN style="color: #993300;">asemaps</SPAN> from <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">Business Analyst</SPAN>. These were normal layers, available at several different scales, but which also admitted scaling to any arbitrary magnification, and could also be reprojected. I would prefer to keep using them. But if you try and import those feature classes into <SPAN style="color: #3366ff;">ArcPro</SPAN> (the future)&nbsp;you will crash and burn. Despite all the hoopla about ArcPro, it is just more of the same from ESRI: ever more sluggish, ever more bloated.</P><P></P><P>(I know I can reproject all my existing datasets, or have them project on-the-fly. That is not what I am asking. I don't wish to be obliged to keep reprojecting, nor do I especially wish to use Web Mercator: there is a reason why local authorities use State Plane coordinates in their maps).</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:13:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/use-esri-world-streetmap-as-basemap-in-state-plane/m-p/878830#M911 RobertStevens 2020-02-21T17:13:06Z