topic Re: Adding a WMS layer in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Adding a WMS layer

MarkSmith1 — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:29:14 GMT

I saw that the new release of the viewer includes a new Layer tag that allows you to overwrite the WKID sent to a WMS server. Does this mean you can add a WMS layer to a viewer that is using a projection NOT supported by the WMS service?
I'm trying to add the NRCan Toporama service to my viewer (which is using wkid 102100) but nothing is showing up in when I examine the response from the server in Fiddler I get an unsupported SRS message. The Toporama service does not support Web Mercator (102100).
Maybe I don't understand but the change at 2.3.1 made it sound like I could force the wms to use the viewers wkid.
Here is the tag I'm using:

<layer label="NRCan" type="wms" visiblelayers="hypsography" url="http://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en" wkid="102100" skipgetcapabilities="true" version="1.1.1"/>

Re: Adding a WMS layer

BjornSvensson — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:09:09 GMT

Yes, this is supported in 2.3.1.

You just need to change the wkid in your example. You can't force the WMS server to use a WKID it doesn't support. Instead you tell it to use an ID that it does understand - 900913 (Google's ID for Web Mercator).

<layer label="NRCan"
    type="wms"
    skipgetcapabilities="true"
    url="http://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en"
    version="1.1.1"
    visible="true"
    visiblelayers="limits"
    wkid="900913"
/>

Re: Adding a WMS layer

MarkSmith1 — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:57:44 GMT

That did it! Thank you very much.

Re: Adding a WMS layer

MLowry — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:08:42 GMT

I'm trying to configure a pop-up for a WMS, and it is not working. The WMS provides the right symbology, but for some reason does not have pop-up configuration.

Are pops usable with a WMS?

Re: Adding a WMS layer

BjornSvensson — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:23:52 GMT

No, popups are not supported for WMS.

"...the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex supports pop-ups windows for tiled and dynamic map services, as well as feature layers."
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Pop_up_configuration_files/01m30000002q000000/

Re: Adding a WMS layer

MLowry — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:49:33 GMT

No, popups are not supported for WMS.

"...the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex supports pop-ups windows for tiled and dynamic map services, as well as feature layers."
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Pop_up_configuration_files/01m30000002q000000/

Well WMS's are great to have for up to date information, but that's pretty worthless if the up to date information isn't accessible to the end user via pop-ups. I hope this is supported in a future release, or I hope I am misunderstanding how Flex Viewer is used to view WMS's.

Re: Adding a WMS layer

GeraldLee__GISP — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:14:32 GMT

I have to agree. Viewing popups for WMS services would be a great enhancement. PLEASE consider including this functionality!!..

Re: Adding a WMS layer

ElenaBachilo — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:59:29 GMT

I'm trying to add wms service (wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en) to my flexviewer 3.0 web application. I add code displayed below into config file. Do I have to do something else to make this service visible?

Thanks

Re: Adding a WMS layer

BjornSvensson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:02:25 GMT

I add code displayed below into config file.

Could you share the exact line of your config.xml?
Are you sure that URL is a working WMS service?

Re: Adding a WMS layer

BjornSvensson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:11:02 GMT

I'm trying to add wms service (wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en) to my flexviewer 3.0 web application. I add code displayed below into config file. Do I have to do something else to make this service visible?

No, that should be it. Works fine when I test it

        <operationallayers>
            <layer label="NRCan"
                type="wms"
                skipgetcapabilities="true"
                url="http://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en"
                version="1.1.1"
                visible="true"
                visiblelayers="limits"
                wkid="900913"
            />
        </operationallayers>

What basemaps are you using? (Is it in a different projection than the Esri basemaps?)

Re: Adding a WMS layer

BillSpiking__GISP — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:05 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to add the USFWS Critical Habitat wms to my flexviewer 2.5 app and can't seem to get it to work. I've tested adding the NRCan wms in the above threads and it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

<layer label="Critical Habitat" type="wms" visible="true"
                   url="http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/arcgis/services/crithab/usfwsCriticalHabitat/MapServer/WMSServer?"
                   version="1.3.0"
                   skipgetcapabilities="true"
       wkid="900913"
                   visiblelayers="Critical Habitat - Linear Features"/>

Re: Adding a WMS layer

DasaPaddock — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:22:13 GMT

Try:

<layer label="Critical Habitat" type="wms" visible="true"
url="http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/arcgis/services/crithab/usfwsCriticalHabitat/MapServer/WMSServer"
skipgetcapabilities="true"
visiblelayers="1"/>

ArcGIS Server doesn't work with wkid="900913" and the layer names are the layer ids.

See the Capabilities at:
http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/arcgis/services/crithab/usfwsCriticalHabitat/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS