Questions tagged [basemap]
A background layer that serves as visual reference for additional layers in a map.
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Adding map from maps-for-free to QGIS?
I've already tried How can I add map from website maps-for-free.com as my base map on QGIS 2.10.1-Pisa? with the adjusted filepath for the metadata.ini file but it didn't work. The FreeMap option ...
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Setting Google street basemap language in QGIS?
I use google street map as my project's basemap in QGIS: Using Tile Server: https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}.
As my computer default language is Chinese, when the ...
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Generate GeoServer WMS layer from multiple shapefiles
I have multiple shapefile layers that I intend to use to create a WMS basemap with GeoServer.
What is the best approach for this?
I would first generate raster image from my shapefile layers, then ...
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Leaflet layer control improperly selects basemaps when displaying multiple maps
As described on github, there seems to be an issue in Leaflet 1.4.0 when displaying multiple maps on a same page: base layers aren't properly selected.
In Leaflet 0.7.2 however, this seemed to work ...
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OpenRailway Map basemap in QGIS
I'm a bit of a QGIS noob when it comes to anything other than the basics so hoping someone has an easy solution to this. I am trying to use Open Railway Maps ( https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ ) as a ...
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Searching open source Terrain and Satellite maps for Leaflet
For our project, we are exploring Terrain and Satellite maps using Leaflet.js
While exploring the Internet got this OpenTopoMap. However, not sure whether this is a Terrain Map.
For Satellite got ...
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Enabling ability to change basemap in Carto?
I have a carto web map that I would like to be able to toggle between the Carto basemap and satellite imagery. Similar to how this is easily done in ArcGIS Online with "Basemap Gallery" widget.
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Searching locations in any ArcGIS Basemaps?
I am wondering if it is possible to search locations in the basemap that is used as a background map in my project or whether I can add any searchable layer (such as it happens in Google Maps?).
The ...
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Convert a AWS EC2 URL to WMS URL
I have built my tile server on AWS EC2 instance and want to use it as a base map in QGIS.
When I try to add it as a WMS layer on QGIS, I get an error saying The server you are trying to connect to ...
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QGIS Data Frame Clipping for Basemaps
In ARCGis its possible to Clip your Data Frame so you just see the Data within the defined area. Like shown here:
https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/pdfs/GIS-Tips-Data-Frame-Clip-Function.pdf
With this ...
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QField 1.0.0: How to clip and use a Google Satellite Hybrid basemap offline?
After a few attempts I've transferred my QGIS project successfully to Qfield. I'm using Google Satellite Hybrid as my basemap and need to use it at as high a resolution as possible offline.
I've ...
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Changing basemap in CartoVL
Similar to the provided example of selecting different layers in CartoVL, is it possible to select different basemaps?
For example, my map uses:
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
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Add basemap copyright in QGIS?
I am using the QuickMapServices plugin for basemap imagery and was wondering if I can add a QGIS legend that includes default copyright information? I know this can be done in ArcMap...!
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Remove all labels from Esri basemap for use in server run application
We pull in basemaps into our mapping tools, but we would like to remove all labels, not just the reference layer's labels of a basemap. I'm struggling with how to achieve this without having to build ...
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Switching basemap automatically in QGIS?
I want to know if there is a way to switch basemaps if some basemaps are not able to show any imagery while creating an atlas in QGIS. I understand it is possible to do it individually but when you ...
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Alternate between Web Mercator and UTM basemap in ArcGIS Javascript 4.x Map
Is it possible to use the esri/widgets/BasemapToggle with basemaps in two different projections? I'm starting out with the vector-dark gray basemap and in the toggle I'm setting the next basemap to ...
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Google Satellite Imagery Offset in QGIS
I am using Google Satellite imagery as a base map to capture the vector data in QGIS 3.2.2 for past couple of months. Yesterday i noticed that the google imagery has offset issue in some locations ...
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QGIS 2.18 QuickMapServices basemap labels shrink when exported to PDF from Print Composer
For the love of all that is good on this Earth does anyone have a fix for this? When I export my print composer map in anything greater than 120 DPI the street labels from the ESRI Transportation ...
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Counting rooftops in QGIS? [duplicate]
In part of a city, I am trying to count rooftops on a basemap/Google satellite in QGIS and create several polygons around x number of rooftops in the area. One similar question like mine was ...
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Configurable map viewer cannot display non-cached basemap?
I download the sample from github. Then I tried to add a custom basemap at the mapOption section. I have followed the instruction given in here. Also, I followed this post as well. But none worked, no ...
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Add a Header to BaseMapGallery Widget added in ExpandWidget ArcGIS Javascript API 4.1
I want to add a Header in the BaseMapGallery Widget. I have added the BaseMapGallery widget in my ExpandWidget as content. How can I now add some text to the BaseMapGallery widget (e.g. instructions) ...
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Hiding specific OpenStreetMap basemap tags?
I have been trying to find a way to hide or suppress specific tags on OSM within my .js code. There is just too much information packed into the OSM basemap and it takes away from what is important ...
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QGIS OSM Basemap with English place names? [duplicate]
I am pretty new to QGiS and to cartographic software in particular. I wanted to create some maps of some cities in the Arab Gulf and wanted to use an Open Street Maps basemap. However, everything in ...
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QuickMapServices QGIS showing nothing
I have downloaded the QuickMapServices Plugin for QGIS, however when I try to open an OSM layer (or any layer) nothing happens. It appears in the legend, but not in the project workspace (other layers ...
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Creating buffers around locations when using a Geographic Coordinate System
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I am trying to make students familiarize with some some basic GIS procedures (using QGIS 2.18), like creating simple maps featuring points that represent the location of shops in a given ...
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Preparing basemaps for offline use?
we have an offine application of ArcGIS Explorer (in Germany) and we have to have the base map as well. I have searched About the possible solution and saw the ESRI solution for that via creating ...
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Did leaflet-bing-layer change? (Angular 6)
So for the development of my app I've been using Esri's basemap. I wanted to switch to bing. This is my import as i saw in another question asked here.
import 'leaflet-bing-layer';
Then this is in ...
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Setting basemap layers of WebMap using ArcGIS Python API?
Using the ArcGIS Python API, I've create a WebMap and two Layers (one containing features, the other containing labels):
cbmt = WebMap()
cbmt_geometry_layer = Layer(url = <url of geometry layer>...
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Which ArcGIS Online basemap has the best performance in ArcMap?
My company plans to do demos of ArcMap Add-Ins for some of our clients and we want to make sure ArcMap is performing the best it can.
One of the major performance concerns is the speed of the ...
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Simplified base map in OpenLayers
I am trying to make an online map with GeoServer.
I am making the map now in HTML with the OpenLayers library. I want to use a different base map because the default map from OpenLayers is more than ...
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Setup shadedrelief background in basemap using a cropped orthographic projection
I'm trying to plot a sector of the world in basemap using an orthographic projection and I would like to have a shadedrelief background.
If I don't use shadedrelief everything works fine:
import ...
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QGIS 3.2 using a USGS Topo for a basemap
On QGIS 3.2 I add, through the XYZ Tiles tab in the browser, this URL:
http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/USA_Topo_Maps/MapServer/tile/${z}/${y}/${x}.jpg
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Unable to export basemap from QGIS into NEXTGIS
I've exported most of the map including geotiffs from QGIS into NEXTGIS, but I cannot export the basemap.
error - Import 'Google Satellite' failed. need more than 1 value to
unpack.
How do I ...
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Basemaps not available in my ArcGIS 10.6.1
My ArcGIS 10.6.1 has only 6 basemaps, it doesn't have the gray basemap etc.
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Get specific interaction from the map in OpenLayers 5
I am developing a map with OpenLayers v5.2.0, and I am having problems for the interaction change.
Currently, I have a function that adds all the controls to the map (selection, draw, etc). Which ...
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Bing and Esri satellitary basemaps are misaligned by about 2 meters
Did you ever notice a shift (2 meters) between satellitary basemaps from Bing and Esri?
The problem basically arose when GIS technicians have to deal with drawings made in CAD using Bing basemaps as ...
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Can QGIS generate custom formatted, nice looking maps? [closed]
I just finished a long trip, and with the gpx/kml track, I want to generate a nice looking map of our route. I only want to do some basic things like overlay the route over a basemap with significant ...
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Anyway to automatically cache the entire basemap in ArcMap?
At my job we are developing Add-Ins for ArcMap. We are expecting to do some demos for clients in the near future and to make the demos go as smooth as possible we would like to build up the local ...
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Adding cartodb voyager basemap to QGIS and Mapinfo
How do I add cartodb_voyager as a basemap to QGIS and Mapinfo? The map can be found here: https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/#filter=CartoDB.Voyager
I am using qgis v3.2 so ...
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Adjusting Overlay of Google Satellite Base map and Parcel Boundary
I'm fairly new to QGIS and have bounced back between version 2.18 and 3.2. I've been unable to fix my overlaying issue regardless of versions, openlayers plugin, quickmapservices, and using XYZ tiles. ...
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leaflet change attribution prefix on baselayer change
In leaflet is there a way to change the attribution prefix when a specific baselayer change happens using the default layer control?
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Using online GIS map with shapefiles as basemap in ArcMap?
An official website is providing some GIS data as cadastre map with the following addres:
http://cadastre.mimt.gov.ir/Map/Map.aspx?PNid=0
The mentioned website's data are secure and are not ...
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.SVG Basemap from QGIS?
I'm having trouble getting a gray basemap of Philadelphia in a vector scalable format using qgis. I've tried using the openstreets basemap plugin, and then taking that to print composer, but that ...
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Using specific online map as basemap in ArcMap?
The following link contains data which I want to display them as basemap in ArcMap for further investigations,
Could you help me to do that?
http://cadastre.mimt.gov.ir/Map/Map.aspx?PNid=0
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Printed map has different scales for raster and vector layers in QGIS?
I am trying to help a friend in another part of the country diagnose this problem. She has a background layer from google and has a vector layer overlaid on it. It looks fine in the composer but ...
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Loading water layer from webpage maps-for-free.com into QGIS?
I have loaded the relief map from https://maps-for-free.com/ using plugin QuickMapServices. The process is as follows: in my data_sources folder (C:\Users\PC1.qgis2\python\plugins\quick_map_services\...
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Export a ESRI base map image as a raster for posterior soil and vegetation classification using ArcGIS 10.5.1
I need to export a ESRI basemap (or anyone with high resolution) image as a raster to perform a posterior classification. I need to differentiate trees from ground soil to obtain the proportion and ...
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QuickMapServices not showing basemap for my location - QGIS
I've plotted several locations based in Auckland, New Zealand, using Grid NZGD2000:ESPG:2193. When I load QuickMapServices and set to the same grid, The basemap produced is situated off Omen.
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Esri JS API 4.7 - Changing the view spatial reference in place
Asked this already in GeonNet, but asking here as well as I can get valuable help from both sites.
I'd like to change the view.spatialReference property in place to be able to switch between basemaps ...
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Overview window in basemap viewer in ArcMap hides toolbar and can't be moved
When adding a basemap to ArcMap project an overview window appears that hides the toolbar and can't be moved. How can this window be adjusted or removed?
