About using OGC service layers
You can use many Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), services that are available on the Web using ArcGIS Desktop—for example, you can use WMS, WFS, and WCS services as map layers. In addition, you can use ArcGIS Desktop to publish Web services using a variety of OGC protocols.
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Service type |
Description |
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OGC Web Map Service (WMS) |
A Web Map Service delivers georeferenced map images. A WMS service may also contain a Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) to specify how the WMS layer is to be symbolized and portrayed. |
OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) |
A Web Coverage Service delivers raster data and cell values, such as elevation values from a digital elevation model (DEM) or pixel values from a multiband image. |
OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) |
A Web Feature Service serves, queries, and updates feature geometry and attributes using a Geography Markup Language (GML) profile. |
For more information regarding OGC support in ArcGIS, see the following: