Set basemap

Change a map’s basemap.

Use case

A basemap draws beneath all layers on a Map or Scene and is used to provide visual reference for the operational layers. Basemaps should be selected contextually. For example, in maritime applications, it would be more appropriate to use a basemap of the world’s oceans as opposed to a basemap of the world’s streets.

How to use the sample

Tap the map button in the toolbar to view a list of the available basemaps. Tap an item to set it as the map’s basemap.

How it works

1. Create a Map object with the arcGISImagery basemap style.
2. Create a MapView instance with the map.
3. Create a BasemapGallery using the toolkit.

Relevant API

• Basemap.Style
• BasemapGallery
• Map
• MapView

Additional information

Organizational basemaps are a Portal feature allowing organizations to specify basemaps for use throughout the organization. Customers expect that they will have access to their organization’s standard basemap set when they connect to a Portal. Organizational basemaps are useful when certain basemaps are particularly relevant to the organization, or if the organization wants to make premium basemap content available to their workers.

This samples uses the BasemapGallery toolkit component, which requires the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift Toolkit. The BasemapGallery toolkit component supports selecting 2D and 3D basemaps from ArcGIS Online, a user-defined portal, or an array of Basemaps.

See Customize basemaps in the Portal for ArcGIS documentation to learn about customizing the organization’s basemap list in a portal.

Tags

basemap, map