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Load 2D and 3D Layers in Esri Clients

Yaniv Dayan
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Esri clients can load both 2D (WMS/WMTS layers) and 3D (mesh layers) from SkylineGlobe Server. SGS exposes 3DML data in I3S format for access by Esri clients, i.e. ArcGIS Earth, ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, while storing only the original data format on the server. The following Esri versions are supported: ArcGIS Pro v 2.3.0 and above, ArcGIS Earth v 1.9, and ArcGIS Online June 2019 update.

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  • Loading WMS/WMTS Layers in ArcGIS
  • Loading 3DML Exposed as I3S in ArcGIS

Loading WMS/WMTS Layers in ArcGIS

  1. Set the Spatial Reference to WGS 84 and add a new WMS/WMTS connection.
  2. Connect to SGS in one of the following ways:
    • Connect to SGS’s public URL (ArcGIS Desktop, Earth, Pro, Online)
    • Connect to SGS with a token (ArcGIS Desktop, Earth, Pro, Online)
    • Connect to SGS with authentication and load layers (ArcGIS Earth, Pro)
  3. Select the required layers from the list of layers.

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Loading 3DML Exposed as I3S in ArcGIS

In ArcGIS Earth and Pro:

  1. Add a portal: https://[ServerName]/sg/[SiteName]/arcgis
  2. Log in to SGS. 
  3. Enter the URL of the layer you want to load: https://[ServerName]/sg/[SiteName]/arcgis/rest/services/[LayerID]/SceneServer

In ArcGIS Online:

  1. Connect to https://www.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html and sign in with an ArcGIS account.
  2. Enter the URL of the layer you want to load: https://[ServerName]/sg/[SiteName]/arcgis/rest/services/[LayerID]/SceneServer
  3. Log in to SGS.

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