Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro

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03-14-2023 02:07 PM
Craig_Eissler_Iceman
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Question: Why does sharing as a Web Map need the basemaps from ArcGIS Pro?

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Robert_LeClair
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Craig - technically the basemaps come from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.  Depends how you are signing into ArcGIS Pro.  If you go to the Map Viewer, all web maps start with a required basemap in WGS 1984 Web Mercator. Same for inserting a new map view in ArcGIS Pro, it adds a default basemap of your organization.  If you do not have a basemap when you share a web map from ArcGIS Pro, it throws a 00216:  Map does not contain a basemap error message.  Not exactly a "why" answer more of a "it's just the way it is" answer.  I'd be curious to hear from the others.

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Robert_LeClair
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Craig - technically the basemaps come from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.  Depends how you are signing into ArcGIS Pro.  If you go to the Map Viewer, all web maps start with a required basemap in WGS 1984 Web Mercator. Same for inserting a new map view in ArcGIS Pro, it adds a default basemap of your organization.  If you do not have a basemap when you share a web map from ArcGIS Pro, it throws a 00216:  Map does not contain a basemap error message.  Not exactly a "why" answer more of a "it's just the way it is" answer.  I'd be curious to hear from the others.

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Craig_Eissler_Iceman
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I think the link you provided to the Web Map Basemap Help page explained it -- thanks!

...It defined the spatial reference 

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