Using Online Basemaps/Tiles as local packages

[GeorgeFaraj]

Is there a way to download the data for ArcMap's basemaps (like the World Topographic Map for example) and load it into my application in a machine that doesn't have internet access?

[ShaunWeston]

As far as I know, no you won't be able to do that. You would have to make your own basemap in an MXD and then create a tile package out of it. Esri provide the topographic map template in the community maps gallery, so you could just add your data to that.

[GeorgeFaraj]

So, I should be able to add the WTM basemap in ArcMap, then share it as a TPK and when I load it in my app in the internet-less machine, it should work?

[ShaunWeston]

Oh if you add the World topo map service into ArcMap and create a tile package out of that it won't work. You would have to download the World topo template mxd and point it at your own data e.g. feature classes, shapefiles etc. then create a tile package out of that.

[GeorgeFaraj]

The thing is, I don't know what shapefiles will be used in my app beforehand. The user can load any number of shapefiles/MPKs/GDBs/etc into the map, I just want to have a default basemap added at the beginning. Can I just download the topographic MXD and save it as a TPK without any extra shape files?

PS: Where do I download that MXD?