Hi Kieran,
Thanks for the additional info. I also found some issues trying to create a Map Tour using those basemaps. For example, if I have one of your basemaps in my organization's basemap gallery and try to switch to it in the Map Tour builder nothing happens, or if I try to create a tour from a web map using one of your basemaps from the arcgis.com map viewer > Share > Create a web map the resulting tour doesn't show a basemap at all.
I'll have to investigate a bit more to see if I can figure out what's going on, but I did find a workflow that you can use:
- Create a new Map Tour from scratch from the story maps website using one of the standard ArcGIS basemaps (like topo or streets).
- Add at least one tour point in the builder and save your story.
- Go to My Content and find the web map that is used in your Map Tour (it will have the same name).
- Open the web map, change the basemap to one of your custom basemaps, and save the web map.
- Reload your tour in builder mode. Your basemap and tour points will be there.
- Continue adding tour points until your tour is complete.
Here's a tour I created with one of your basemaps: http://arcg.is/2ekbPQR
Let me know if this works for you.
Owen
Owen Evans
Lead Product Engineer | StoryMaps