topic Specific Image Service Problems in ArcGIS for AutoCAD Questions

Specific Image Service Problems

Rudy_Stricklan — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:33:11 GMT

The environment is AutoCAD 2018, using the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin, version 370. In the main, it works fine, but when trying to access http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services > Imagery > AerialComposite, the system just hangs and finally errors out with the message "Error adding service. The remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden." The problem is that this same fully-formed URL (http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Imagery/AerialComposite/MapServer) works fine in ArcMap, ArcGIS Earth and open source QGIS. Can anyone tell me what might be going wrong for this particular service? All of the other http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services endpoints work fine-- except for any of the imagery layers.

Thanks,

Rudy Stricklan

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

DonKuehne — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:31:05 GMT

I was not able to access the REST endpoints for any of these services. Were you able to see them in a browser? Perhaps double check the syntax?

Error: Services Directory has been disabled.

Error: Services Directory has been disabled.
Code: 403

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

Rudy_Stricklan — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:41:37 GMT

Don! I'm so glad you were the one to respond. In previous lifetimes, we met

one another on several occassions.

Yes, you're right-- the services directory has been disabled (misguided IT

Department paranoia). But the service endpoints can be directly accessed.

The endpoint that is configured in the AutoCAD plugin is

http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services. Try hitting the

http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services > Imagery > AerialComposite when

you have the Maricopa County services configured in the AutoCAD plugin.

What is 100% weird is that the aerials are the only services that won't

connect. Image services from other Arizona agencies like

https://azgeo.az.gov/arcgis/services work fine through the plugin. I'm

supposing that it has to be something specific on the County side, although

we're not likely to get any help from them directly.

Thanks for noting this so quickly.

Rudy Stricklan

Rudy Stricklan, RPLS, GISP

Mapping Automation, LLC

602.317.0130

www.mappingautomation.com

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

Rudy_Stricklan — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:42:13 GMT

Right, the services directory has been disabled (misguided IT Department paranoia). But the service endpoints can be directly accessed. The endpoint that is configured in the AutoCAD plugin is http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services. Try hitting the http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/services > Imagery > AerialComposite when you have the Maricopa County services configured in the AutoCAD plugin. What is 100% weird is that the aerials are the only services that won't connect. Image services from other Arizona agencies like https://azgeo.az.gov/arcgis/services work fine through the plugin.

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

DonKuehne — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:56:37 GMT

Rudy,

Could you send me a URL that when I paste it into a browser I see the REST endpoint?

Something like: https://azgeo.az.gov/arcgis/rest/services

If you can’t see it in a browser, ArcGIS for AutoCAD won’t see it either.

If it is secured, I should also be able to login to the web page with credentials… and also with ArcGIS for AutoCAD.

-Don

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

Rudy_Stricklan — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:06:49 GMT

No, you're right, the http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/rest/services endpoint

is not browser-accessible. BUT... the endpoint of

http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Imagery/AerialComposite/MapServer

works fine from ArcMap, ArcGIS Earth, QGIS, etc. As well, all of the

services from http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/rest/services are accessible

through the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin, except for the ones in the Imagery

folder:

What's special about the endpoints in this particular folder???

Rudy Stricklan, RPLS, GISP

Mapping Automation, LLC

602.317.0130

www.mappingautomation.com

Re: Specific Image Service Problems

Rudy_Stricklan — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:29:28 GMT

Although the http://gis.maricopa.gov/arcgis/rest/services endpoint shows

that the Services Directory is disabled:

, the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin happily ignores this and proceeds to

connect, displaying all the available map services:

Weird, right? This is a pretty cool capability, albeit supposedly

impossible.

Rudy Stricklan, RPLS, GISP

Mapping Automation, LLC

602.317.0130

www.mappingautomation.com

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