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Defining Map Layers

Administrators can define external web services to be used as map layers in APM configurations.Note that to define a map layer you should already have an understanding of the different types of web services and their components.
Note: In order to include additional external map layers, Microsoft Internet Explorer™ version 11 or greater must be installed.
This topic explains how to define a web service for a map layer so that it can be used as a base map or additional map layer for configurations.

To Define a Map Layer

1.
On the Enterprise window, select the Customization Center view.
2.
Select the User Interface tab, and then the Map Layers tab. For example:
3.
Click New. The Map Layer dialog appears.
4.
Complete the following information:
Setting Name
Description
Name
The name of the map layer. You can enter a maximum of 100 characters.
Type
The type of map layer. Options are Web feature service (WFS), Web map service (WMS), Web map tile service (WMTS).
Base Layer
If selected, this map layer can be a base map layer and will appear in the list of Other Web Maps on the configuration dialog’s Appearance tab, Map tab, Base Map tab.
5.
If you selected Web feature service (WFS), complete the following information:
Setting Name
Description
Projection
The projection object for the map layer.
URL
The base URL of the web map service. A maximum of 200 characters can be used.
Version number
The WFS version number.
Feature type
The feature type of the map layer.
Feature namespace
The feature namespace of the map layer.
Feature prefix
The feature namespace alias and is only used if Feature Namespace is provided. The default is “feature”.
Geometry name
The name of the geometry attribute of the map layer feature.
Max features
The maximum number of features to retrieve for the map layer.
6.
If you selected Web map service (WMS), complete the following information:
Setting Name
Description
Parameters
The parameters for the web map service.
Options
Additional options for the web map service. A maximum of 500 characters can be used.
7.
If you selected Web map tile service (WMTS) service, complete the following information:
Setting Name
Description
Web map tile service configuration
Configuration for the web map tile service.
8.
Click OK to close the dialog and save the map layer.
9.
Repeat steps 3 to 8 for each map layer you want to create.