Connecting to a Web Map Service (WMS)

Make sure that the service you want to connect to is available and that you have the correct URL.

To connect to a web map service (WMS)

1. Click FileNewData Connection.
2. In the Connect to Data dialog box, select OSGeo FDO Provider for WMS and click OK.

   The Connection Editor is displayed to the right of the Site Explorer.

3. Under Configure WMS Connection, enter the URL to connect to.

   If you are connecting to layers that have been published to Infrastructure Map Server, the connection string looks like this:

4. http://servername/mapserver/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?

5. If the server requires a password, do one of the following:
   • If the service is set up to recognize them, select Use Map Server Credentials.
   • If the service requires them, select Use The Following Credentials and enter the userID and password.
6. Click Test Connection.

   You should see a Successful Connection message.

   
7. Click Refresh to reconnect to the server and display the feature source information in the WMS editor.
8. Click Edit Coordinate System to override the original feature source coordinate system.
9. In the WMS Schema table, you can do the following:
   • Schema column - This column displays the original feature source name, as defined in the provider’s schema.
   • Image Format column - To choose an image format for which you want to set up an override, click a cell in this column.
   • Server CS Code column - To choose from the available coordinate systems in the original feature sources on the server, click a cell in this column.
   • Layer CS Code column - To reproject the data into a different coordinate system, click a cell in this column.
   • Style column - To override the original feature source style, click a cell in this column.
   • Background column - This column displays the original feature source background. To change the background to transparent, click a cell in this column.
10. On the Autodesk Infrastructure Studio toolbar, click Save to store this connection resource in the repository.

Note:

To revert to the original state of a particular element, select it, and then click Restore.