Change the basemap style

Learn how to change the static basemap tiles style.

The ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles service provides access to raster basemap tiles for the world. The service supports a number of ArcGIS styles such as navigation, streets, outdoor, and light-gray. The tiles are returned as PNG files.

In this tutorial, you use the dropdown menu to toggle between the different static basemap tiles.

Prerequisites

Steps

Get the starter app

Select a type of authentication and follow the steps to create a new app.

Set up authentication

Set developer credentials

Use the API key or OAuth developer credentials so your application can access ArcGIS services.

Add a style selector

1. Create a <div> tag to contain the <select> dropdown menu, which you will populate in a later step.

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       <div id="map"></div>
   
       <div id="basemaps-wrapper">
         <select id="basemaps"></select>
       </div>
   
       <script>
   
       </script>
   

2. In the <style> element, add CSS styling to the basemaps-wrapper and basemaps.

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       html,
       body,
       #map {
         padding: 0;
         margin: 0;
         height: 100%;
         width: 100%;
         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
         font-size: 14px;
         color: #323232;
       }
   
       #basemaps-wrapper {
         position: absolute;
         top: 20px;
         right: 20px;
         background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
       }
   
       #basemaps {
         font-size: 16px;
         padding: 4px 8px;
       }
   

Update the map's viewpoint

1. Change the map's center to [-91.2996, 37.1174] and zoom level to 5. This will focus the map on the United States of America.

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       const map = new ol.Map({
         target: "map",
   
         view: new ol.View({
           center: ol.proj.fromLonLat([-91.2996, 37.1174]), // USA (x, y)
           zoom: 5
         })
   
       });
   

Set the basemap

Use a function to reference the Static Basemap Tiles service and a style enumeration to update the map. This will be used when a selection is made.

1. Create a url function to append the name of the basemap selected from the dropdown menu.

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       const url = (style) => `${basemapURL}/${style}/static/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}?token=${accessToken}`;
   

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2. Modify the url property of the Tile object to call the url function with basemapId as the default basemap style.

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       const tileLayer = new ol.layer.Tile({
         source: new ol.source.XYZ({
           url: url(basemapId),
           tileSize: 512
         })
       });
   

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3. Create a basemapsSelectElement to return the basemap from the selector.

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       const basemapsSelectElement = document.querySelector("#basemaps");
   
   

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4. Import arcgisRest.request() to make a request to the static basemap tiles service. This dynamically fetches the available basemap styles and populates the select element.

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       <!-- REST JS -->
       <script src="https://unpkg.com/@esri/arcgis-rest-request@4/dist/bundled/request.umd.js"></script>
   
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       arcgisRest.request(`${basemapURL}/self`, {
         httpMethod: "GET",
         authentication: arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(accessToken)
       }).then((response) => {
         response.styles.forEach((style) => {
           const option = document.createElement("option");
           option.value = style.path;
           option.textContent = style.name;
           basemapsSelectElement.appendChild(option);
         });
   
         tileLayer.getSource().setUrl(url(response.styles[0].path));
   
       });
   

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5. Run the code to ensure the map displays the default basemap and that the <select> element contains different basemap enumerations.

Add an event listener

Use an event listener to register a basemap change in the <select> element and to update the map.

1. Add an event listener to store the selected basemap.

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       const basemapsSelectElement = document.querySelector("#basemaps");
   
       arcgisRest.request(`${basemapURL}/self`, {
         httpMethod: "GET",
         authentication: arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(accessToken)
       }).then((response) => {
         response.styles.forEach((style) => {
           const option = document.createElement("option");
           option.value = style.path;
           option.textContent = style.name;
           basemapsSelectElement.appendChild(option);
         });
   
         tileLayer.getSource().setUrl(url(response.styles[0].path));
   
       });
   
       basemapsSelectElement.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
         const style = e.target.value;
   
       });
   

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2. Update the tileLayer's source URL with the new basemap style.

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       const basemapsSelectElement = document.querySelector("#basemaps");
   
       arcgisRest.request(`${basemapURL}/self`, {
         httpMethod: "GET",
         authentication: arcgisRest.ApiKeyManager.fromKey(accessToken)
       }).then((response) => {
         response.styles.forEach((style) => {
           const option = document.createElement("option");
           option.value = style.path;
           option.textContent = style.name;
           basemapsSelectElement.appendChild(option);
         });
   
         tileLayer.getSource().setUrl(url(response.styles[0].path));
   
       });
   
       basemapsSelectElement.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
         const style = e.target.value;
   
         tileLayer.getSource().setUrl(url(style));
   
       });
   

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Run the app

Run the app.

Use the select element to switch between static basemap tiles.

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