Connecting to WMS and WFS services (read only)

Prerequisites

To connect your ArcGIS 8.3 to WMS services you need download and install OGC Interoperability Add-On for ArcGIS.
Optionally you can download the ArcGIS OGC Interoperability Add-On User's Guide for instructions on how to enable and use these new tools.

Steps

1. Active interoperability toolbar right clicking on one toolbar of ArcGIS, and checking Interoperability Tools option.
   
2. A new toolbar is shown. Click on Add WMS Data button for image services and Add WFS Data button for feature services.
   
3. On URL input a discovery URL of your WMS Geoserver. Press Get List button to get a list of advertized layers.
   
4. Select the layers you wish to add and click OK.
   

Connecting to WFS-T services (read, write & locking)

ArcGIS 9.x supports 2. WFS Feature transactions (WFS\-T) through wfsEditor Extension by con terra making full use of the locking and transactional capabilities of GeoServer.

Prerequisites

To connect your ArcGIS 9.x software to WFS-T services you need buy and install wfsEditor Extension.

Features

• Processing of ArcSDE datasets and Shapefile repositories even with ArcView
• Interoperability through use of transactional OGC Web Feature Services (WFS\-T) with FeatureLocking
• Comfortable editing of spatial objects using standard processing tools available in the ArcGIS Desktop client
• Support of online editing and long-term transactions
• Simplified editing strategy made possible by implementing an exclusive lock concept
• Status information on individual objects and editing sessions available at all times
• Ideal as an addition component to the sdi.suite for managing spatial data in an SDI
• Simple administration
• Extension for ArcGIS from version 8.3

External Links

• wfsEditor Extension by con terra

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