In the previous article "ArcGIS Pro Basemap Service Access Issues in China and Solutions", we discussed the unavailability of ArcGIS Pro basemap services within China. One of the suggested solutions was to wait for an official fix. Surprisingly, the ArcGIS Pro team acted swiftly. Just yesterday (2025-09-18), upon opening ArcGIS Pro, the basemap services were already functioning normally again.
Early yesterday morning, our team received several messages in the Malagis GIS backend asking why the ArcGIS Pro basemap services couldn’t be loaded. I went to check it out and was quite puzzled—everything was working smoothly on my end without any issues. So, I posted about it on social media and found that most friends couldn’t access it either, with only a few reporting it was working. Some also shared solutions in the comments.
After seeing everyone’s workarounds, I realized my tool had been set to the default mode all along. After switching to direct mode, a big exclamation mark indeed appeared.
Author: An anonymous GIS professional specializing in astronomy, geography, remote sensing, and geomancy.
Tianditu (National Platform for Common Geospatial Information Services), hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources, provides public online geospatial services and promotes geospatial data sharing. For GIS professionals, a common requirement is loading various online basemaps. Tianditu offers convenient services for desktop software like ArcMap and QGIS. While QGIS has mature plugins, this guide focuses on ArcMap users.
Following our guide on https://malagis.com/qucik-build-a-cesium-study-example.html, this article addresses limitations of Cesium Ion—particularly accessibility challenges for Chinese users—by demonstrating alternative basemap integration methods.
The ImageryLayers class manages map imagery display in CesiumJS, enabling:
In follow-up to our tutorial on Creating Dynamic Marathon Route Visualizations with MapPlus: A No-Code GIS Solution, we compiled a comprehensive dataset of Chinese marathons through automated data processing. This article documents the methodology and technical implementation.
Marathon distribution heatmap in QGIS
While reviewing flood reports, an unusual phenomenon caught my attention: Vietnamese ducks carried by floodwaters into Guangxi, China. This initially seemed geographically counterintuitive—Vietnam lies south of China, so why would floodwaters flow northward? Further investigation revealed fascinating hydrological realities.
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