WMC Client
- Go to Geoportal Server Downloads page for latest WMC clients
- WMC Client for ArcGIS Desktop 10.0
The WMC Client allows for a Web Map Context (WMC) file to be opened directly in ArcMap. WMC files adhere to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specification and have the extension ".cml", "wmc", or "xml". WMC files provide pointers to remote accessible data, specifically Live Data and Map resources. Please note that OGC Web Feature Services (WFS) are only available in ArcMap when the ESRI Data Interoperability extension is installed and enabled. For example, if there are WFS layers in the saved WMC document, the display of these layers will be dependent on the Data Interoperability extension.
The following are steps to Download the WMC Client and Add it to the toolbar in ArcMap.
- Download the WMC Client and unzip the file.
- Open the folder to which you downloaded the WMC Client and run setup.exe.
- Follow the instructions in the wizard.
- Start ArcMap.
- Click Customize > Customize Mode. The Customize window appears.
- In the Customize dialog, select the Commands tab.
- Scroll down through the list of Commands and select Geoportal. Select the WMC Client icon
under the Commands list on the right, and drag the icon to a toolbar in ArcGIS Desktop. - After dragging the icon, click Close to close the Customize window.
WMC files are created either by saving the file through map viewing clients that support the WMC format, or by creating the WMC file through an XML editor. Instructions below assume that you have a WMC file that you want to use in ArcMap.
- Open ArcMap and click the Open WMC Document wmc_client.png button
- Enter the filepath to your saved WMC file, or click Browse and navigate to the file
- Highlight the file and click Open
- Once the file name is transferred to the Open Web Map Context Document dialog, click Open again
- Click Close when you have finished opening WMC files and want to exit the tool
