Adding custom web tile layer to ArcMap?

Question

I would like to use a basemap from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, available as maptiles via Mapbox, as basemap in my ArcMap desktop version 10.2.2.

It is possible to add a web tile layer to ArcGIS online as described in:

• Using Stamen and MapBox tilesets as basemaps in ArcGIS.com

Is there a similar solution to add a custom map tile layer to ArcMap as in the question underneath?

Adding custom map tile layer using QGIS?

Note: I am looking for a solution that's not using external pluggin or ArcGIS Online.

Answer 1

I am using 10.2.2 and as far as I have been able to tell, there is no equivalent to the (rather excellent) way you can do this in QGIS.

The only option is to save a custom map layer on ArcGIS online and then connect to it using the 'Add data from ArcGIS online' option in the Add Data tab. Otherwise you are restricted to the generic base maps provided by ESRI.

In Arcmap:

File > Add Data > Add data from ArcGIS online..

Answer 2

Update for September 2017:

This is pretty straighforward at this point (finally). You don't need to "own" the tiles to do this, only add the tile service to an ArcGIS online webmap (Add --> Layer From Web) like so:

After that, save the webmap (not the tiles themselves) to your "Content". Then go to Content, and click on the map:

This will bring up the page for your particular webmap:

From here, you can click Open in ArcGIS Desktop. This will download a mysterious item.pkinfo file, which when clicked will open ArcMap with the tile service displayed.