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Quick-reference for OGC, dynamic, and catalog layers. Read before integrating external services. 1. Protocol? WMS → WMSLayer; WMTS → WMTSLayer; WFS 2.0.0 + GeoJSON → WFSLayer; OGC API Features → OGCFeatureLayer; KML → KMLLayer; ArcGIS MapServer → MapImageLayer; catalog layer in a FeatureServer → CatalogLayer (a MapServer is rejected). 2. Toggle a MapServer sublayer? Mutate sublayer.visible, don't re-create. 3. Need to query? WFS yes; WMS no (images).
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Agent Guide: arcgis-advanced-layers
Quick-reference for OGC, dynamic, and catalog layers. Read before integrating external services.
Quick Decision Tree
- Protocol? WMS →
WMSLayer; WMTS →WMTSLayer; WFS 2.0.0 + GeoJSON →WFSLayer; OGC API Features →OGCFeatureLayer; KML →KMLLayer; ArcGIS MapServer →MapImageLayer; catalog layer in a FeatureServer →CatalogLayer(a MapServer is rejected). - Toggle a MapServer sublayer? Mutate
sublayer.visible, don't re-create. - Need to query? WFS yes; WMS no (images).
Setup Checklist
- Use HTTPS endpoints; configure CORS or a proxy for third-party hosts.
- For
MapImageLayer, setsublayerswith{ id, visible }. await layer.load()before inspectingCatalogLayercontents (footprintLayer,dynamicGroupLayer).- WMS names: load once without
sublayersand readallSublayers(a wrong name fails silently). - Declared
MapImageLayer.sublayersreplace the service list: list all you keep.
Anti-patterns (one-liner reminders)
- ❌ Querying features from a WMS layer, or
OGCFeatureLayer.queryFeatures()(query its layer view). - ❌
WFSLayeron a WFS 1.x-only server. - ❌ Re-creating a MapImageLayer to toggle a sublayer.
- ❌ Mixed-content (http on https page) OGC URLs.
Files in This Skill
SKILL.md/SKILL.es.md— full guidesreferences/api-detail.md— WMS/WFS/MapImage/Catalog signaturesreferences/examples.md— sublayer + OGC examplesreferences/pitfalls.md— extended troubleshootingscripts/snippet-wms.ts,snippet-mapimage.ts,snippet-catalog.ts
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