- "In previous releases, maps and scenes were intialized based on the _mode_ argument entered in the [GIS.map()](/python/latest/api-reference/arcgis.gis.toc.html#arcgis.gis.GIS.map) method, or by setting the [_mode_](/python-2-3/api-reference/arcgis.widgets.html#arcgis.widgets.MapView.mode) property of a _MapView_ object. Either way, you were always working with an instance of the _MapView_ class. You can still use the _mode_ argument when intializing the _gis.map()_ object, but rather than returning the same type of object, the default value of _2D_ will return a _Map_ object, and _3D_ will return a _Scene_ object. Refactoring the calls allowed Python development to align with the [web map specification](https://developers.arcgis.com/web-map-specification/) and the [web scene specification](https://developers.arcgis.com/web-map-specification/) directly. This will increase widget compatibility within notebooks to more closely reflect the browser experiences of the Map Viewer and Scene Viewer.\n",
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