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ArcGIS Online – Adding Vexcel WMTS & XYZ Services API 2.0

ArcGIS Online – Adding Vexcel WMTS & XYZ Services API 2.0

Owned by Clara Baker
Last updated: Jan 02, 2025
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How to Add Vexcel WMTS into ArcGIS Online

Requirements 

VDP Members or public safety stakeholders log in as a user to their ArcGIS Online organization

Instructions

  • Under Layers select “Add > Add Layer from URL”

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  • Enter in the URL:

https://api.vexcelgroup.com/v2/ortho/wmts

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  • Click Add Custom Parameter to create a parameter and enter:

    Parameter: api_key  

    Value: enter a valid token as provided (for long-term tokens it will be api_key, for named user accounts it will be token)

     

    Parameter: Format  

    Value: PNG

    • Click Next

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  • Select a layer to add as a new layer and then click Add to map:

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Layer Name

Layer Description

Layer Name

Layer Description

urban-r

Urban data collected with Condor (7.5 GSD)

urban

Urban data collected with Osprey (7.5cm GSD)

urban-g

Urban data collected by Geomni (7.5 GSD)

wide-area

Wide area data collected with Condor (15-20cm GSD)

graysky

Gray Sky events collected with either Condor (15-20 cm) or Osprey (7.5 cm) cameras

graysky-g

Gray Sky events collected by Geomni

  • The layer will show under the Layer menu on the left-hand side:

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How to Add Vexcel XYZ Tile Service into ArcGIS Online

Requirements 

VDP Members or public safety stakeholders log in as a user to their ArcGIS Online organization

Instructions

  • Under Layers select “Add > Add Layer from URL”

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Layer Name

Layer Description

Layer Name

Layer Description

urban-r

Urban data collected with Condor (7.5 GSD)

urban

Urban data collected with Osprey (7.5cm GSD)

urban-g

Urban data collected by Geomni (7.5 GSD)

wide-area

Wide area data collected with Condor (15-20cm GSD)

graysky

Gray Sky events collected with either Condor (15-20 cm) or Osprey (7.5 cm) cameras

graysky-g

Gray Sky events collected by Geomni

  • Optional Parameters which you can append onto the URL as desired:

Optional Parameters XYZ Table

Expand to see all the optional parameters you can include in the XYZ service (listed on the API 2.0 documentation under ortho/tile)

Parameter Name

Available Values/Notes

Example

Parameter Name

Available Values/Notes

Example

graysky-event

The name of the graysky event

graysky-event=us-fl-helene-hurricane-2024

collection

The identifier of the AOI (Area of Interest) which contains the desired imagery.

collection=n30w83-us-fl-valdosta-2024

order-by

The method by which to order the coverages, separated by commas.
Allowed values: layer-asc, layer-desc, first-capture-date-asc, first-capture-date-desc, last-capture-date-asc, last-capture-date-desc, first-publish-date-asc, first-publish-date-desc, last-publish-date-asc, last-publish-date-desc, avg-gsd-asc, avg-gsd-desc, area-asc, area-desc
Additionally, a single collection can be written at the very start to place it on top of everything else.

Default value: layer-asc, last-capture-date-desc, avg-gsd-asc

order-by=layer-asc,collection-last-capture-date-desc,image-center-distance-asc

collect-year

The year of collection.

collect-year=2024

min-first-capture-date

The date of the earliest acceptable first capture date. Collections with first capture date prior to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

min-first-capture-date=2024-01-01T00:00:00

max-first-capture-date

The date of the latest acceptable first capture date. Collections with first capture date after to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

max-first-capture-date=2024-03-31T23:59:59

min-last-capture-date

The date of the earliest acceptable last capture date. Collections with last capture date prior to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

min-last-capture-date=2024-01-31T00:00:00

max-last-capture-date

The date of the latest acceptable last capture date. Collections with last capture date after to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

max-last-capture-date=2024-03-31T23:59:59

min-first-publish-date

The date of the earliest acceptable first publish date. Collections with first publish date prior to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

min-first-publish-date=2024-03-31T23:59:59

max-first-publish-date

The date of the latest acceptable first publish date. Collections with first publish date after to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

max-first-publish-date=2024-05-31T23:59:59

min-last-publish-date

The date of the earliest acceptable last publish date. Collections with last publish date prior to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

min-last-publish-date=2024-05-30T23:59:59

max-last-publish-date

The date of the latest acceptable last publish date. Collections with last publish date after to this date will be excluded. (pattern: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss)

max-last-publish-date=2024-08-31T23:59:59

bands

  • rgb (default): Imagery is returned in red, green and blue bands. This matches the visible spectrum.

  • irg: Imagery is returned in infrared, red and green bands. These bands are color-shifted: infrared is displayed as red, red is displayed as green and green is displayed as blue.

bands=irg

image-format

Available values: jpeg, png, tiff, jpeg/png

image-format=png

  • Type = Tile layer

  • Click Next

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  • Add in a title that makes sense (please note the below is specific to the example that’s been used) and attribution = Vexcel Imaging/Imagery or Vexcel

  • Click Add to map

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  • The layer will show under the Layer menu on the left-hand side:

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