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Adding highway marker shields as labels in online web map

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03-07-2019 09:52 PM
PaigeSinger
Emerging Contributor

Is it possible to add labels to my highway layer in my online web map that I am creating in ArcGIS online like the marker shields I am able to use in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Desktop? Or does anyone know of a Living Atlas layer that includes highway labels (with marker shields) as a top layer? The labels that come with several of the basemaps/reference layers won't work because they are covered up by other layers I also need to include in my map. I have tried a few approaches but nothing seems to work for this specific labeling need. I am using Arcmap 10.6 or ArcGIS Pro 2.3.0. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

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PaigeSinger
Emerging Contributor

I ended up creating a shapefile and making the points into the shield markers. Then I was able to upload/share them to ArcGIS online.

AnthonyAtkins2
Occasional Contributor

That's a great work-around but doesn't make for very dynamic labels.  I'll keep searching.

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by Anonymous User
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Any luck with this?

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KaramKhattab
New Contributor

I used the Streets Community custom vector basemap and in the designer I turned off all the layers other than the Road shields. Now I ended up with something like this  https://arcg.is/1KeKje0  (link to webmap) . You can use this layer directly by adding it to your own webmap. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=88b8f632e95c4a67b350b2fa081951ff . I do not know if this will help. Also, if you want this layer to be on the top of all other layers, you need to use the new map viewer(beta) and you can easily drag the shield layer and put on top. Please see it in the map viewer beta Map Viewer 

dgiersz_cuyahoga
Frequent Contributor

Great idea, I just created my own.

I'll have to come back to this and build a style from scratch with just the road layers I need in it.

#CLE #sloth
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Kohl_Haessly
Emerging Contributor

Hello,

I just created my own and I can open it from the new Tile layer page, but when I try adding to an actually existing web map it adds the whole World Basemap layer and not only the Shields. Do you know how I can only reference the Shields tile layer that was created? I tried adding yours too but it will only add the whole Work Basemap layer. 

 

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dgiersz_cuyahoga
Frequent Contributor

I think that was the basemap used to create the Highway Shields layer. When you open that layer in Map Viewer you can change to different basemap or turn the basemap off.

#CLE #sloth
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Kohl_Haessly
Emerging Contributor

Thank you for the reply. I did open it in map viewer and was able to only see the Highway Shields, but when I try to add the service to an existing web map it adds the whole basemap and they are not separate? I may be doing something wrong, but I just cant figure it out.

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