Operational Layers or Base Maps?

jameshawks — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:50:07 GMT

All I want are my three services and a map switcher. I don't want fires, streets, topo, aerial etc. There's plenty of other places to get that besides my future site. Should I make my three services (all three are dynamic and the same projection and extent) base maps or operational layers?

Re: Operational Layers or Base Maps?

BjornSvensson — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:56:31 GMT

Should I make my three services (all three are dynamic and the same projection and extent) base maps or operational layers?

Depends...

If you want people to switch between them (but only one being ON at a time), then go for basemaps. Otherwise, go for operational layers.

If you want one of your service to always be ON, then make that the basemap, and the other operational layers.

Re: Operational Layers or Base Maps?

jameshawks — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:25:52 GMT

Just one service on at a time (its three different scale bands).

I tried three base map services and now I can't see any of my services/data and now. Here is config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<configuration>
    <title>NOAA's ENCDirect to GIS</title>
    <subtitle>... using ArcGIS</subtitle>
    <logo>assets/images/noaa.png</logo>
    <stylecolors>0xFFFFFF,0x333333,0x101010,0x6666cc,0xFFD700,0xCCCCFF</stylecolors> 
    <stylealpha>0.8</stylealpha>

    
    <widget left="10" top="50"    config="widgets/Navigation/NavigationWidget.xml" url="widgets/Navigation/NavigationWidget.swf"/>

    <widget right="20" top="55"    config="widgets/MapSwitcher/MapSwitcherWidget.xml" url="widgets/MapSwitcher/MapSwitcherWidget.swf"/>
    <widget left="0"   top="0"     config="widgets/HeaderController/HeaderControllerWidget.xml" url="widgets/HeaderController/HeaderControllerWidget.swf"/>

    <map initialextent="-15083000 3139000 -4779000 5458000" top="40">
       <basemaps>
       
<layer label="General" type="dynamic" visible="true" alpha="1"

                   url="http://10.60.5.79:8399/arcgis/rest/services/General_ENCD/MapServer"/>

    <layer label="Coastal" type="dynamic" visible="true" alpha="1"
                        url="http://10.60.5.79:8399/arcgis/rest/services/Coastal_ENCD/MapServer"/>
       <layer label="Approach_Harbor" type="dynamic" visible="true" alpha="1"

                   url="http://10.60.5.79:8399/arcgis/rest/services/AH_ENCD_layernames/MapServer"/>


        </basemaps>
        <operationallayers>
      
      

</operationallayers>
    </map>

    
    
    <widgetcontainer layout="float">


        

<widget label="LayerList"
                icon="assets/images/i_layers.png"
                config="widgets/LayerList/LayerListWidget.xml"
                url="widgets/LayerList/LayerListWidget.swf"/>
    </widgetcontainer>

</configuration>

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