Browse layers

To add information to the map, search for layers from your content, your favorites, groups to which you belong, your organization, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, or ArcGIS Online as follows:

• My content—Layers you own.
• My favorites—Layers you've marked as favorites.
• My groups—Layers from groups to which you belong.
• My organization—Layers from your organization.

• Living Atlas—Selected layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, including traffic, demographics, and land-cover layers. This option is only available if ArcGIS Enterprise is configured to use ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World content.

• ArcGIS Online—Public content from ArcGIS Online.

When searching for layers to add to the map, you can change the way the results are displayed and sort and filter the results to help you find the layers you need. You can also view details about each layer to learn more about it before adding it to the map.

Tip:

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly complete common workflows in Map Viewer. To view the full list of keyboard shortcuts in Map Viewer, press Alt+? on Microsoft Windows or Option+? on Mac.

To find and add layers in Map Viewer, complete the following steps:

1. On the Contents (dark) toolbar, do one of the following:
   • Click Add and click Browse layers to search for spatial layers.
   • Click Tables and click Add table to search for table layers.

     The Add table pane is prefiltered to show only table layers.

2. Choose where you want to search for layers: My content, My favorites, My groups, My organization, Living Atlas, or ArcGIS Online.

   If you are not signed in, only public layers from the portal and public ArcGIS Online layers are available.

3. Optionally, do any of the following to help you find layers:
   • Type search terms in the search box. You can also use advanced search to help narrow the search results.
   • Click Filter to sort the layer results, change the sort direction, and narrow the search results.

     The filter options available depend on where you are searching for layers, and whether and how you are signed in.

     For example, if you are searching for layers in an organization and content categories have been set up, you can use the Categories filter to narrow the results. You can also filter ArcGIS Living Atlas layer results using the ArcGIS standard category set. Use the Status filter to only return layers that have been designated by the administrator as authoritative.

     Note:

     To limit search results based on the current map extent, turn on the Only show content within map area toggle button. For example, if the map is zoomed to Nevada, USA, the search results are ordered and based on the map extent. Changing the map extent to Pennsylvania typically returns different results (depending on your keywords). All layers that overlap the current map extent (and match your keywords) are returned.

   • Click the title of an item to see its details. In the item details pane, expand Overview, Description, and Details to see more information about the item. If the item contains multiple layers, expand Layers to see more information about each layer. Click View item to open the item page to see more information about the layer.
4. Click Add on the item results page to add the layer to the map. Alternatively, click Add to map in the item details pane to add the layer to the map.
5. Repeat the previous step for each layer you want to add.

   Once you add layers to Map Viewer, you can configure each layer. For example, you can change the style, create labels, and configure pop-ups on each layer you added to the map.

6. Click Remove on the item results page to remove the layer from the map. Alternatively, click Remove in the item details pane to remove the layer from the map. To use the item as a basemap, click Use as basemap.

   Note:

   Only tile layers, map image layers, imagery layers, and tiled imagery layers can be used as a basemap.