Use the Imagery Web Service option in ArcGIS Excalibur to access your imagery by directly connecting to an imagery web service URL or a Web Map Service (WMS) URL to explore your imagery in the catalog or canvas view.
Obtain an imagery web service URL
You can obtain an imagery web service URL for use in ArcGIS Excalibur in the following ways:
- On the Content tab of your organization's ArcGIS Enterprise portal, you can search My Content or My Organization's Content for the imagery layer type.
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Once an imagery layer has been identified, you can view the item details of the layer. Copy the URL of the layer from the item details page to ensure the correct URL is used. - Find a service in the ArcGIS REST API Services directory, https://host.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services. Many services defined as an ArcGIS Image Server service denoted by ArcGIS Image Server can be supported.
- Ask your organization's GIS administrator.
Validate the imagery web service URL
After obtaining an imagery web service URL, use the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option on the ArcGIS Excalibur home page to validate your URL for use in the application.
- Click the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option.
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In Excalibur, an ArcGIS Image Server service is the only supported image web service URL. In future releases, additional options such as WMS and WMTS will be supported. - Enter the imagery web service URL in the input box and click outside the input box to validate the URL.
- If the URL validation is successful, click Connect to Catalog or Connect to Canvas to begin exploring your imagery.
- If the URL validation is unsuccessful, ensure that the URL has been entered correctly, or supply a different URL to validate.
Validate the WMS URL
WMS is a specification for consuming and serving dynamic maps on the web. ArcGIS Excalibur supports WMS URLs so you can view and work with online imagery services. You can publish WMS services to ArcGIS Server. To publish your WMS service to use in ArcGIS Excalibur, see Publishing a WMS service.
After obtaining a WMS URL, use the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option on the ArcGIS Excalibur home page to validate your URL for use in the application.
- Click the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option.
- Select WMS Service in the URL Type drop-down menu.
- Enter the imagery web service URL in the input box and click outside the input box to validate the URL.
- If the URL validation is successful, click Connect to Catalog or Connect to Canvas to begin exploring the entire WMS service, or select one or more sublayers within the service to begin using your imagery.
- If the URL validation is unsuccessful, ensure that the URL has been entered correctly, or supply a different URL to validate.
Validate the WMTS URL
Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) specification is an international specification for serving digital maps over the web using cached image tiles. ArcGIS Excalibur supports WMTS URLs so you can view and work with cached map or image services available across different platforms and clients. You can publish WMTS services to ArcGIS Server. To publish your WMTS service to use in ArcGIS Excalibur, see Publishing a WMTS service.
After obtaining a WMTS URL, use the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option on the ArcGIS Excalibur home page to validate your URL for use in the application.
- Click the Connect to an Imagery Web Service by URL option.
- Select WMTS Service in the URL Type drop-down menu.
- Enter the imagery web service URL in the input box and click outside the input box to validate the URL.
- If the URL validation is successful, click Connect to Catalog or Connect to Canvas to begin exploring the entire WMTS service, or select one or more sublayers within the service to begin using your imagery.
- If the URL validation is unsuccessful, ensure that the URL has been entered correctly, or supply a different URL to validate.
Connect to Catalog
When you click Connect to Catalog, the imagery catalog search pane appears, where you can search for, discover, and queue images for further use. The search map in the imagery catalog is zoomed to the extent of the image service, where you can define search settings such as the area you want to search.
Connect to Canvas
When you click Connect to Canvas, the imagery exploitation canvas appears, where you can focus on and work with specific images using the display and exploitation tools.
The map focus panel in the imagery exploitation canvas is zoomed to the extent of the image service and displays footprints, and the image metadata table is populated with corresponding images.