[gis_info] ArcMap with ESRI World Imagery - rotated data frame at large scale

[Will Allender]

I posted this question over the on the heavily used GIS Colorado mailing
list, but did not get a valid response, and cannot replicate the issue when
zoomed in to uplands.  It seems to be a coastal issue; hence, I will repost
it here with additional info.

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Hello list:

I recently came upon an ArcMap problem and was curious if anyone here has
experienced it and has worked through it to a solution.  It seems like it
could be a very common problem for anyone doing rotated strip maps.

Most basic steps to recreate problem:
1) Open a fresh, blank ArcMap session, not an existing mxd (I am using
ArcGIS 10.6)
2) Add ESRI World Imagery basemap
3) Add any other feature class of your choice.
4) Rotate the data frame (I am rotating to 322 degrees)
5) Zoom in to some large scale. My current limit is 1:6750 and my original
goal was 1:4800.

Refresh the screen.  My ArcMap effectively locks up and will never draw my
feature class, and appears to never be able to finish drawing the basemap
(flicker in lower left corner of data frame).

IMPORTANT NOTE: The feature class in Step 3 is not required; however, it is
used to substantiate that the imagery never finishes drawing, because the
ArcMap draw order in the Table of Contents is from the bottom up. i.e., the
feature class will never start to draw because the basemap never finishes
drawing. An alternative to adding a feature class is to simply watch the
spinning globe in the lower right corner.

I did a Google search on the issue but couldn't find anything specific to
zooming way in to large scale maps.

Thanks for any info,
Will
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After further experimentation, this seems to only happen along the coast,
where hi-res imagery is "blended" with very low-res ocean imagery.  When
the data frame includes both, such as strip mapping up the coast, ArcMap
cannot handle it.  I have confirmed this issue on my MS Surface tablet PC
and a co-worker's high end workstation.

Can those of you in CA/OR/WA confirm or shed light on this?

Thanks,
Will
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