Can ArcIMS consume WMS/WFS services?

Ed McNierney ed at TOPOZONE.COM
Wed Sep 1 07:53:19 EDT 2004


Tyler -

No, you probably just read another interview where Jack Dangermond
talked about how incredibly important interoperability and standards are
to ESRI.

        - Ed

Ed McNierney
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-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:43 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Can ArcIMS consume WMS/WFS services?

I'd swear I just read something, somewhere, saying it could.  Or was I
assuming that "interoperability" meant consume and not just serve up?

Tyler

On August 31, 2004 06:09 pm, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Probably a question best directed to an ESRI representative.
> My best knowledge is that currently the answer is "no", ArcIMS can 
> only "cascade" against ArcMap web services.
> Paul
>
> On Tuesday, August 31, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Judd, Chris wrote:
> > List folks,
> >
> > We are interested in ArcIMS (we are currently running version 4.0.1)

> > consuming a WMS/WFS compliant data service.  We know that ArcIMS can

> > serve WMS/WFS compliant data services, but can it consume it?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Chris Judd
> > Florida Department of Environmental Protection
>
>       Paul Ramsey
>       Refractions Research
>       Email: pramsey at refractions.net
>       Phone: (250) 885-0632



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