Add SVG as Background Image to ArcGIS Online

[TD1]

Have an SVG of a stylized background image. This will go behind my vector polygons. ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online don't seem to accept the SVG. Is there a way around this?

The reason I want to use SVG is that I've tested with rasters and they are blurry at different zoom levels in ArcGIS Online web maps.

Any ideas or workarounds?

[RussRoberts]

We support uploading SVGs for point symbols when using the symbol styler on point features. We currently do not have a symbol building experience where you could add or swap out individual symbol layers for your symbol styling. If you publish the final symbol as a web style you will be able to use it in Map Viewer to style your polygons with that SVG.

[TD1]

@RussRoberts  how do you publish an SVG to a web style? By doing this will i be able to mimic the SVG being a background layer as I had hoped? Publishing to raster is causing blurred outputs.

[RussRoberts]

These blogs outlines the steps for creating the web style and using it in Map Viewer

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/use-published-2d-symbols-in-arcgis-o...

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/a-new-way-to-add-web-styles-in-map-v...

[TD1]

@RussRoberts  but will this allow me to use my image as a background?

[RussRoberts]

It would be a point symbol layer using a picture marker in the polygons you mentioned above to have that symbol appear there.  You could then cook this as a vector tile package to tile layer if you needed and use it as a base map layer.  If you were trying to change the background of the entire map to be an image that is not supported and you can only change the background color. 

[TD1]

@RussRoberts In Pro I created a new style but it won't let me create a new item with the style

[RussRoberts]

Not sure why Pro would be blocking this case. Make sure you are publishing the web style as 2D and not 3D type. 

[TD1]

@RussRoberts Still can't get it to show up

[RussRoberts]

If you have a Pro project you can share I can take a look thanks!