/
ArcGIS Pro – Adding Vexcel WMTS & XYZ Services API 2.0

ArcGIS Pro – Adding Vexcel WMTS & XYZ Services API 2.0

Owned by Clara Baker
Last updated: Jan 02, 2025
5 min read

How to Add Vexcel WMTS into ArcGIS Pro

Requirements

Being a VDP Member or a public safety stakeholder with a login as a user to their ArcGIS Online account with ArcGIS pro.

Instructions

After logging into ArcGIS Pro:

  • Navigate to Home

  • Under New Project Select Map

image-20241106-200141.png

  • On your New Project:

    • Go to the Insert Tab

    • Select Connections > Server > New WMTS Server

WMTS Add Connection ArcGIS Pro-20241126-151559.png

  • In the Add WMTS Server Connection:

    • For the Server URL: enter https://api.vexcelgroup.com/v2/ortho/wmts

    • If you would like to use a username and password (not available for federated authenticated accounts) you may do so, or,

    • Expand out the Custom request parameters with your authentication method:

      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)

image-20241106-201800.png

  • In your Catalog under the Project tab expand out Servers (if it isn’t already) you should see a new Vexcel Group WMTS Server that will have the layers specific to your organization subscription when you expand:

image-20241126-152141.png

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

  • Drag and drop the layer into your map to see the imagery

image-20241126-152315.png

How to Add Vexcel XYZ Tile Service into ArcGIS Pro

Requirements

Being a VDP Member or a public safety stakeholder with a login as a user to their ArcGIS Online account with ArcGIS pro.

Instructions

After logging into ArcGIS Pro:

  • Navigate to Home

  • Under New Project Select Map

image-20241106-200141.png

  • On your New Project:

    • Go to the Map Tab

    • Select Add Data > From Path

XYZ Add Data from Path-20241127-143739.png

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)

Parameters

Available Values/Notes

Example

Parameters

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

  • Service Type = Automatic

  • Click Add

XYZ Vector Tile Service-20241127-144700.png

  • The XYZ service will automatically be added as a layer on the left-hand side of your menu:

image-20241127-144900.png

 

Related content

Need help? Create a support ticket | support@vexcelgroup.com