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Basemaps provided by Esri

Both clients - QGIS and ArcGIS Desktop/Pro - are rendering the same information - tiles of imagery, basemaps, etc. So really just images at the exact same resolution, so it has nothing to do with the ...
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Connecting QGIS to ArcGIS world imagery?

This question appears to have resurfaced so it is worth adding an updated answer. Adding ArcGIS imagery and mapping is now easy in QGIS 3.x and you can add these services through the add data ...
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Using own basemap with ArcGIS API for Javascript?

For arcgis javascript SDK version 3.x you can use esri/basemaps class to declare and register custom basemaps and use with your map: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jsapi/esri.basemaps-amd....
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Which ArcGIS Online basemap has the best performance in ArcMap?

tl;dr; The performance of all basemaps from arcgis.com inside ArcMap will pretty much be equal. The basemaps you reference all come from the same cloud infrastructure and show the same thing: static ...
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Adding more basemaps to Add Basemap window of ArcMap?

These basemap are provided with ESRI, and developed in their own window. You cannot add basemap directly in this basemap window. However you can integrate other basemaps as services in the ArcMap. ...
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Basemaps provided by Esri

I complement the anwer with this aclaration: Esri satellite base mapa (Imagery) will render the same information (tiles, resolution...) in any user interface used, could be a desktop software or a ...
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Add a basemap for ArcGIS Pro using ArcPy

You pass a name, not a URL. From the documentation: addBasemap (basemap_name) Parameter Explanation Data Type basemap_name The name of the basemap as it appears in the basemap gallery. String If ...
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Removing labels from a basemap

Are you referring to getting rid of the labels in Basemaps added to ArcMap that don't have separate reference layer labels? If so, you can just add the map service layer directly to your map instead ...
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Creating new project with Map.aptx now has World Hillshade basemap?

Yes, same for me when I updated to 2.2:
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Which ArcGIS Online basemap has the best performance in ArcMap?

Coming from a remote area with slow and often spotty internet, I have found that it is necessary to set the dataframe coordinate system to WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) when using an ArcGIS ...
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Click on the OpenLayers map to return the correct x and y coordinates

To get the WGS84/EPSG:4326 coordinates, not the EPSG:3857 coordinates, use the toLonLat method: ol.proj.toLonLat(map.getCoordinateFromPixel(event.pixel)). Instead of: map.on('click', function(event) { ...
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How to turn off, or have a blank base map, in an AGOL Web App?

Custom basemaps are not supported in the Basemap Gallery in Web Apps on ArcGIS Online. However, a workaround would be to create a blank raster layer that can be included in the layer list to provide a ...
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Adding basemap in ArcMap gives blank window

You should keep an eye on the Esri blog, some base maps have been retired as discussed on the blog. They have also withdrawn http support which may be affecting you. You are using an old unsupported ...
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Unable to increase Esri Map size

The default height is 400px, so you will need custom CSS. In many of the examples, you will see CSS like this: <style> html, body, #mapDiv { padding:0; margin:0; height:100%; }...
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clear map zoom and geometries of feature layer

To avoid the error you can simply check the feature first, before getting the geometry. A1_layer.selectFeatures(query, FeatureLayer.SELECTION_NEW, function (features) { if(features && ...
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ArcGIS - How to find street map labels for separate layer

I believe ArcGIS Online's World Transportation layer is exactly what you are looking for.
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How to solve the "Map data not yet available" tiles when exporting from QGIS Composer?

I'm late to the party, but... at 3.10.3 I had the same problem: ESRI basemaps via QMS would fail to print as pdfs from the Layout Manager. However, I did find a solution: instead of bringing the ...
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How to solve the "Map data not yet available" tiles when exporting from QGIS Composer?

I saw this in 2.16.1 at the same location (Alicante?), tile service (ESRI grey light?) and zoom level. I found that zooming out a couple of levels did work. I see the QGIS canvas also shows the ...
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ArcGIS JS API 3.x - Update the default selected feature highlight styling when a pop up displayed

When defining the popup, you can turn off the highlight by setting the highlight property to false or you can set a specific marker symbol, line symbol, or fill symbol
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ArcGIS Server - Print Map Task result retrieving

If the ExportWebMap service is set to 'esriExecutionTypeAsynchronous', then yes, this is exactly how it works. You send a request and get a jobID back. It becomes the application's responsibility to ...
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Which ArcGIS Online basemap has the best performance in ArcMap?

The best resource I've found that can provide an idea of performance and ways to assist is Esri's Technical Guide to Map Service Drawing behaviors of the map service Basemap layers and map services ...
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Arcgis 10.5 have got problem

This is a known error triggered due to the update on improving ArcGIS Online security using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 connections, affecting products that are connected to ArcGIS Online. ...
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How to find the number of unique values in a field using Arcade expression in ArcGIS Online

The following Arcade code will give you what you want: // Summarize data into a FeatureSet with two fields, Process and NumProcess var aFS = GroupBy($layer, 'Process', { name: 'NumProcess', expression:...
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Seeking something like 'world' basemap of QGIS in ArcGIS Pro

Provided ArcGIS Pro is capable of reading geopackages, whats's wrong with using the referred C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.28.7\apps\qgis-ltr\resources\data\world_map.gpkg ... (or whatever your installation ...
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Increasing label size of World_Street_Map layer or any other basemap layer in ArcMap?

You can customize some properties of Esri Vector Basemaps (not just any basemap), including the labels font size. Summarized workflow: in arcgis.com, create a copy of a Vector Basemap and save it ...
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QGIS 2.14.2 Rotating map quick map service

A work around in composer seems to be to rotate the frame and not the content. As described in this post: Blank Base Map when exporting from Print Composer
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Highlight portions of basemap

What you essentially want is a vignette or feathering effect added to you map in which the edges gradually soften and eventually blend into the background. In your case, I would create a master ...
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BasemapGallery loading event

This blog post by Rene Rubalcava is a good overview on how to find out when you have access to layers and when data is visible on the screen. It goes over how to use the MapView updating property and ...
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ArcGIS Server - Print Map aynschronously using Map_Only template

I manually added the export options to the Web map json. Below is the code snippet. var exportMapAtCurrentExtent = function() { printTask = PrintTask(printTaskUrl); initPrintParameters(); ...
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Setting custom scale in ArcGIS Online?

Mapbox will not do what you would like, since it tiles on the same level scheme as ArcGIS Online, which itself uses the de-facto scale levels set out by Google/Bing. The only way to achieve what you ...
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