Add WMS layers from an external ArcGIS Server to ArcGIS online???

[Anonymous User]

Original User: kmjohnson

I've searched around and come up with some documentation about how to do this, but it is not particularly clear and doesn't solve my problem.

I'm currently connected to an ArcGIS server via WMS in ArcMap. I'd like to add the same WMS layers from the server as an Item in my ArcGIS Online content. Using the same URL that I did to connect to it via WMS in ArcMap does not work.

Based on the following documentation, should I email the owner of the service to ask for the REST URL instead? If so, why isn't it possible to just connect with the same URL used in connecting via WMS?

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgisonline/index.html#/Adding_items_from_the_web/010q000000780...

[Anonymous User · Accepted solution]

Original User: kmjohnson

Ok, seems I've found the answer to my own question here. So I will post it in case it helps anyone else out.

I used this URL to connect via "Add ArcGIS Server" in ArcMap: http://ctecoapp3.uconn.edu/arcgis/services. This connection allowed me to connect to all of the layers made available via that server.

In ArcGIS Online, it appears that I can only add the layers via that server one at a time. So I had to locate the section on their website where they listed the available layers, and add them one at a time via the "Add Item" in the "My Content" section of ArcGIS online.

The individual layers could be added once a folder and service name were available (in the below URL, the folder is "images", the service name is "ortho_2012" and the type is ImageServer). So an example of one layer would be:

http://www.ctecoapp3.uconn.edu/arcgis/rest/services/images/ortho_2012/ImageServer


Hope that might help anyone else with the same issue.